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...Alphaville was recently flipping through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) data dump from the US Treasury and came across loans for two entities called Delight Holdco I LLC and Delight Holdco II LLC....
...But the question we raised is does franchising success ultimately rely on two of America’s most acute pathologies: excessive leverage and exploiting cheap labour?...
...Another investment company, Orele Properties LLC, owns a $7m two-bed midtown Manhattan apartment, bought in 2013....
Underwriting profits have been poor, investment returns scarcely better
...private equity firm and Accor shareholder, had been pressing the group to go faster in its embrace of an asset-lite model, in which hoteliers sell off properties and concentrate on their management and franchising...
...The institutional framework is there, the legal framework is there and the appetite from investors is there,” says Mr Baldeh of the AFC....
...The company acknowledges that if its new investments are not getting results within a year to 18 months, it will look to joint ventures, re-franchising of bottlers or even disposals....
...But he also cautioned that the “defeat” in Texas did not mean the end of state-wide franchising....
...London & Boston Investments climbed 46 per cent to 7.12p, as it announced plans to float its private property search subsidiary PSG (Franchising) at £15 to £18m....
...The group has been selling hotels for several months as it moves to a business model based on hotel management and franchising rather than asset ownership....
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