What is the Omni-Channel Program for Batteries Plus Bulbs designed to promote?
Batteries_Plus_Bulbs Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Omni-Channel Program. We have implemented the Omni-Channel Program, which is designed to promote the offer and sale of various batteries, light bulbs and related items, as well as device repair and related services through one or more electronic channels of distribution to retail, key accounts and business customers. You must participate in this Program, and comply with the terms of the Omni-Channel Program (or any future or successor electronic commerce programs) and periodically will establish rules (as described in the Operations Manual) under which you may recognize revenues from the sale of products and services to customers in your Protected Area. We may sell products and services to customers in your Protected Area through the Omni-Channel Program. We may terminate, modify or replace the Omni-Channel Program at any time, although we cannot unilaterally modify certain e-commerce territory rights you receive under the Franchise Agreement.
Source: Item 12 — Territory (FDD pages 43–46)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Batteries Plus Bulbs Franchise Disclosure Document, the Omni-Channel Program is designed to promote the offer and sale of various batteries, light bulbs, related items, device repair, and related services. This promotion occurs through one or more electronic channels of distribution, targeting retail, key accounts, and business customers.
Participation in the Omni-Channel Program is mandatory for franchisees. Batteries Plus Bulbs periodically establishes rules, detailed in the Operations Manual, that govern how franchisees recognize revenues from sales to customers within their Protected Area. It's important to note that Batteries Plus Bulbs retains the right to sell products and services to customers within a franchisee's Protected Area through this Omni-Channel Program.
Batteries Plus Bulbs also reserves the right to terminate, modify, or replace the Omni-Channel Program at any time. However, the document states that Batteries Plus Bulbs cannot unilaterally modify certain e-commerce territory rights granted to franchisees under the Franchise Agreement. This suggests that while the overall program can change, some fundamental e-commerce rights are protected for the franchisee.