Can I develop my own marketing materials for my Beauty Bungalows franchise?
Beauty_Bungalows Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
e. (See Section 8.11 of the Franchise Agreement).
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- Provide marketing, promotional materials, and services to you. Materials provided may include video and photography, copy-ready print marketing materials, posters, mailers, banners social media graphics and copy, digital advertising collateral, and miscellaneous items. You will receive one sample of each at no charge. If you want additional copies, you must pay duplication costs. We may use either national advertising agency or a regional advertising agency and marketing agencies and internal staff to create advertising. You may develop marketing materials for your own use, at your own cost. We must approve the marketing materials in advance and in writing within fifteen days from receipt. We reserve the right to utilize marketing and photography/videography developed by you for the use of all Franchisees without any payment or other compensation to you. (See Section 9.02 of the Franchise Agreement).
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- We may hold periodic regional or national conferences to discuss on-going changes in the industry, operational techniques, studio rental developments, training, bookkeeping, accounting, advertising programs and new service procedures.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 23–30)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Beauty Bungalows' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees can develop their own marketing materials for their individual use, but at their own cost. However, Beauty Bungalows requires that franchisees submit these marketing materials for written approval at least fifteen days before use. Beauty Bungalows also reserves the right to use any marketing and photography/videography developed by the franchisee for the use of all franchisees without any payment or other compensation to the franchisee.
Beauty Bungalows also provides marketing and promotional materials to franchisees, including video and photography, copy-ready print marketing materials, posters, mailers, banners, social media graphics and copy, and digital advertising collateral. Franchisees will receive one sample of each at no charge, but must pay duplication costs for additional copies.
Beauty Bungalows also states that there are no restrictions on local marketing, except that franchisees may not advertise independently on the World Wide Web and any advertising or marketing materials must be approved by them prior to use. Franchisees are required to market on a local basis as an individual Beauty Bungalows Franchise or by local marketing agencies hired by them. Beauty Bungalows recommends that franchisees spend approximately 1% to 2% of gross revenue on local marketing efforts.