What is the timeframe Christies International Real Estate has to either accept or reject a proposed item or supplier?
Christies_International_Real_Estate Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
If you want to use a material, supply, equipment, product or sign that we have not yet approved, or you want to purchase any items from any supplier that we have not approved, you must first notify us in writing and must submit to us, at our request, sufficient information, specifications, and samples for us to determine whether the services, material, supply, equipment, product or sign complies with our specifications and standards, or whether the supplier meets our approved supplier criteria. We reserve the right to approve or disapprove without any obligation to provide an explanation of the approval criteria to you. Within 90 days of receiving your request, we will either accept or reject the proposed item or supplier. You will not distribute or offer for sale any products or services of the proposed supplier until you receive our written approval. We do not charge a fee to evaluate alternative supplier or items. We may revoke our approval of any supplier or item with 30 days' prior written notice to you. Upon receipt of written notice of such revocation, you must cease to purchase from the disapproved supplier(s) or to purchase the disapproved item(s).
Source: Item 8 — RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (FDD pages 20–24)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Christies International Real Estate's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if a franchisee wants to use a material, supply, equipment, product, or sign that Christies International Real Estate has not yet approved, or purchase any items from a non-approved supplier, the franchisee must notify Christies International Real Estate in writing. At Christies International Real Estate's request, the franchisee must submit sufficient information, specifications, and samples for Christies International Real Estate to determine whether the item or supplier complies with their standards.
Christies International Real Estate reserves the right to approve or disapprove any proposed item or supplier without explaining their approval criteria. Within 90 days of receiving the franchisee's request, Christies International Real Estate will either accept or reject the proposed item or supplier. The franchisee cannot distribute or sell any products or services from the proposed supplier until they receive written approval from Christies International Real Estate.
Christies International Real Estate does not charge a fee to evaluate alternative suppliers or items. However, Christies International Real Estate can revoke approval of any supplier or item with 30 days' prior written notice to the franchisee. Upon receiving written notice of revocation, the franchisee must stop purchasing from the disapproved supplier or purchasing the disapproved item.