What restrictions can Bambu place on a franchisee's advertising activities?
Bambu Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You may advertise your Bambū shoppe in any geographic area and you may serve all customers who enter your shoppe, subject to reasonable restrictions and policies as we may place on your activities which may include restrictions and policies regarding: (1) electronic advertising (including Internet advertising); (2) the content, methods, media and means used to advertise, market and promote your shoppe; and (3) limitations on advertising, marketing or conducting business in areas outside of your Protected Area. Other Bambū franchisees have the same rights to conduct advertising anywhere and provide programs and products to all persons who enter their shoppes, subject to any restrictions set forth in our FRC Materials. You may not use other channels of distribution such as the Internet, catalog sales, telemarketing or other direct marketing to make sales outside of your Protected Area without our prior written consent.
Source: Item 12 — (FDD pages 38–40)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bambu's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, while franchisees can advertise their Bambu shoppe in any geographic area and serve all customers who enter their shoppe, Bambu can place reasonable restrictions and policies on these activities. These restrictions and policies may include stipulations regarding electronic advertising, including Internet advertising.
Bambu can also impose restrictions on the content, methods, media, and means used to advertise, market, and promote the franchisee's shoppe. Furthermore, Bambu can set limitations on advertising, marketing, or conducting business in areas outside of the franchisee's Protected Area. Other Bambu franchisees have the same rights to conduct advertising anywhere and provide programs and products to all persons who enter their shoppes, subject to any restrictions set forth in Bambu's FRC Materials.
The franchisee is prohibited from using other channels of distribution such as the Internet, catalog sales, telemarketing, or other direct marketing to make sales outside of their Protected Area without Bambu's prior written consent. This ensures that franchisees do not encroach on each other's territories through alternative sales channels without permission.