Does a Bath Tune Up franchisee assume responsibility for the inventory?
Bath_Tune_Up Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Franchisee may display and offer for sale all Products that have been approved for sale by franchisees of Franchisor. Unless otherwise approved in writing by Franchisor (which consent may be withheld arbitrarily or otherwise in Franchisor's sole discretion), Franchisee may not sell any products other than Products that have been approved for sale by all franchisees of Franchisor. Franchisee acknowledges that Franchisor may have other franchisees in the same general area of Franchisee's Showroom and that Franchisor may consider the interests of all franchisees in deciding whether to allow additional products to be sold from the Showroom.
To ensure no sales are made in the territories of other franchisees and to avoid misunderstandings when customers are quoted a price for Products that are different than the prices of other franchisees, Franchisee must as a preliminary matter first determine if the customer is from another franchisee's contracted territory. If so, Franchisee must refer the customer to the franchisee in whose territory the customer is located and provide such franchisee's name and contact information and must not quote any prices, sales terms or other information to the customer. Franchisee will not be compensated for these referrals but will provide them as a means to protect the goodwill of the BATH TUNE-UP® brand and the Marks.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 52)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Bath Tune Up FDD, franchisees are responsible for the Products, which are defined as all Bath Improvements parts, hardware, materials, supplies and any other tangible items as authorized by Franchisor. The franchisee may display and offer for sale all Products that have been approved for sale by franchisees of Bath Tune Up. However, unless otherwise approved in writing by Bath Tune Up, the franchisee may not sell any products other than Products that have been approved for sale by all franchisees of Bath Tune Up.
Bath Tune Up may have other franchisees in the same general area of the franchisee's Showroom and that Bath Tune Up may consider the interests of all franchisees in deciding whether to allow additional products to be sold from the Showroom. To ensure no sales are made in the territories of other franchisees and to avoid misunderstandings when customers are quoted a price for Products that are different than the prices of other franchisees, the franchisee must as a preliminary matter first determine if the customer is from another franchisee's contracted territory.
If so, the franchisee must refer the customer to the franchisee in whose territory the customer is located and provide such franchisee's name and contact information and must not quote any prices, sales terms or other information to the customer. Franchisees will not be compensated for these referrals but will provide them as a means to protect the goodwill of the Bath Tune Up brand and the Marks.