A rare opportunity to acquire a very well established greeting card master franchise that owns the rights to a large exclusive area stretching from Bedfordshire, through the East Midlands all the way up through Yorkshire and to Northumberland.
The current owner lives near Northamptonshire.
In addition to a directly run franchise the company also has two well established sub franchisee owners.
The business works on a consignment model which means it supplies retailers with various designs of greeting cards and similar merchandise on display units. Then each month the retailer is restocked via a direct visit from the business owner or a merchandiser. Retailers value the service because they only pay for what they sell and, if they want it they also get a display unit free on loan too.
This is a cash generative model, providing predictable monthly revenues based on known fairly typical average sales per outlet. A number of factors make this a very solid business proposition.
• It is a repeat business model
• A large client base provides minimal risk as each outlet represents a very small % of the overall sales volume.
• The franchise and its franchisees can work whatever hours and days they like because there are no particular commitments to appointments.
• It is a low overhead business that can be run from a home base.
• The franchise has exclusive product ranges that are unique to it.
• The business can be run by its owners or as a management franchise employing staff.
• Since the franchisee owns the regional master rights then a new owner can appoint other franchisees to fully optimise the region.
The current owner is in no rush to sell and will be happy to professionally handover the reigns to a new owner.
