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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?...
...Instead Mr Bazin said that one arm of the company, HotelServices, would focus on the operational and franchise roles, which includes the Sofitel and Ibis brands....
...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....
...Mr Moffett said Texas was an important litmus test for the state-wide franchising issue, “not least because of its long RBOC-friendly regulatory climate” referring to the “regional Bell operating companies...
...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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