How does Degree Wellness provide marketing materials to franchisees?
Degree_Wellness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
As available, we will provide you with digital copies of our marketing materials via our intranet. (Franchise Agreement – Section 11.1). The Fund will be used to support and pay for marketing programs we deem necessary, desirable, or appropriate to promote the services and products offered by your and other Studios. Also, we may, at our discretion, charge you for hard or digital copies of marketing materials.
You must invest at least $12,000 on presale marketing to promote your Studio prior to opening. We will assist you in creating a marketing and promotional strategy to be executed including suggestions around scheduling relative to the soft-opening of your Studio.
You may develop, at your cost, advertising and promotional materials for your own use, but may not use them until after we have approved them in writing. You must submit to us for our approval samples of all advertising and promotional materials not prepared or previously approved by us that you wish to use. We will not unreasonably withhold our approval. If we do not approve any materials submitted to us within 15 days of receiving them, they will be deemed not approved.
In addition to any contributions to the Fund (see below) and the Technology Fee, each Degree Wellness Studio must spend, at a minimum each month, $2,500 for local advertising, promotion, and marketing.
If you purchase a franchise, you irrevocably consent to the use of your name and likeness, including voice and image, by us and its respective affiliates, successors and assigns, for all commercial purposes, including advertising and promotion, in any media, throughout the world in perpetuity, including but not limited to, on the internet.
If we require you to participate in an established cooperative advertising campaign for your market area, you minimum contribution will be $1,000 per month. The actual amount will be set by the cooperatives governing documents, of which we do not have a copy to provide to you. Each cooperative will establish their own governing documents and self-govern.
Advertising materials developed or produced by the Fund may include video, audio, and written advertising materials, which will be prepared by our in-house marketing department. The Fund will furnish you with approved advertising materials at its direct cost of producing those advertising materials.
Source: Item 11 — Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training (FDD pages 32–42)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Degree Wellness's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the company offers marketing assistance in several ways. Degree Wellness provides digital copies of marketing materials via its intranet. However, Degree Wellness may charge franchisees for hard or digital copies of marketing materials at their discretion. Franchisees are also required to invest at least $12,000 on pre-sale marketing to promote their studio before opening.
Degree Wellness must approve all advertising and promotional materials, and franchisees must submit samples for approval. If Degree Wellness does not approve the materials within 15 days of receiving them, the materials are deemed not approved. Franchisees must spend a minimum of $2,500 each month on local advertising, promotion, and marketing.
Degree Wellness also has the right to use a franchisee's name and likeness for commercial purposes, including advertising and promotion, in any media worldwide. Degree Wellness may form advertising cooperatives or councils, requiring franchisee participation with a minimum contribution of $1,000 per month, although the actual amount will be set by the cooperative's governing documents. The advertising fund may be used to create various advertising materials, including video, audio, and written content, and Degree Wellness will furnish approved advertising materials at its direct cost of production.