What is the required retail location for Degree Wellness products?
Degree_Wellness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
nt from those in this Agreement. You also acknowledge and agree that we may, in our sole discretion and business judgment, waive or modify comparable provisions of any of those franchise agreements in a non-uniform manner, so long as we do so on a reasonably non-discriminatory basis.
2. GRANT OF FRANCHISE.
- 1 Term; Reference to Exhibit 1. You have applied for a franchise to own and operate a Degree Wellness Studio, and we have approved your application in reliance on all of the representations you made in that application. As a result, and subject to the provisions of this Agreement, we grant to you
- a Franchise to operate a Studio offering all products, services, and proprietary programs of ours in accordance with all elements of the System, that we may require for Degree Wellness Studios. You must operate the Franchise at a mutually agreeable site (the "Premises") to be identified after the signing of this Agreement, and to use the System and the Marks in the operation of that Franchise, for an "Initial Term" of 10 years. The Initial Term will begin on the Agreement Date, unless you are assuming the Franchise pursuant to a Transfer, in which case the length of the Initial Term shall be determined by the applicable Transfer Agreement. To avoid uncertainty, the expiration date of the Initial Term is listed on Exhibit 1. Termination or expiration of this Agreement will constitute a termination or expiration of your Franchise and the rights you received in connection with the Franchise, including your rights to use the Marks or any portion of the Confidential Information (defined below). All references to the "Term of this Agreement" refer to the period from the Agreement Date to the date on which this Agreement actually terminates or expires.
- 2.2 Full Term Performance. You specifically agree to be obligated to operate the Franchise, perform the obligations of this Agreement, and continuously exert your best efforts to promote and enhance the business of the Franchise for the entire Initial Term, and any subsequent renewal or extension of the Term of this Agreement.
- 2.3 Protected Territory; Reference to Exhibit 1; Reservation of Rights. You acknowledge that the Franchise granted by this Agreement gives you the right to operate your Franchise only at the Premises.
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 66–257)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Degree Wellness's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees must operate at a location (Premises) that is mutually agreeable with Degree Wellness. The franchisee's application to own and operate a Degree Wellness Studio is approved based on the representations made in the application. The franchise grants the right to operate a studio offering all products, services, and proprietary programs in accordance with the System. The franchisee must use the System and Marks in the operation of the franchise for an initial term of 10 years.
The FDD states that the franchisee acknowledges that the franchise grants them the right to operate their franchise only at the Premises. Provided the franchisee is in full compliance with the Agreement, Degree Wellness and its affiliates will not operate or grant a franchise for the operation of another Studio franchise physically located within the Protected Territory described in Exhibit 1.
The franchisee agrees that neither the Franchise nor the Premises will be used for any purpose other than the operation of the Franchise in compliance with the Agreement. The franchisee will maintain the condition and appearance of the Franchise; its equipment, furniture, furnishings, and signs; and the Premises in accordance with Degree Wellness's standards and consistent with the image of a Degree Wellness Studio franchise. The franchisee will not make any material alterations to the Premises or the appearance of the Franchise, as originally developed, without Degree Wellness's advance written approval.