Does Degree Wellness review and approve franchisee advertising?

travel, lodging, and living expenses for each attendee of yours who attends the annual conference.

• 1. Review and approve or disapprove your advertising, marketing, and promotional materials, vendors and activities (Franchise Agreement – Section 11.2). Advertising on the internet or having your own website online is restricted by your Franchise Agreement.
• 1. We will establish, maintain, and administer the Fund. 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.
• 1. As we deem advisable, conduct inspections of your Studio, including evaluations of its training methods, techniques, and equipment; its staff; and the services rendered to its customers to ensure that the high standards of quality, appearance and service of the Degree Wellness System are maintained. (Franchise Agreement – Section 13.1). At any reasonable time and without advance notice to you, we or our agents, such as a "mystery shopper" service, may: (i) inspect the Premises; (ii) observe the operations of the Franchise for such consecutive or intermittent periods as we deem necessary; (iii) interview personnel of the Franchise; (iv) interview customers of the Franchise; and (v) inspect and copy any books, referral sources, marketing and advertising, records and documents relating to the operation of the Franchise. We or our agents may record telephone calls placed to your Studio. We may provide you with additional guidance and training based on the results of these inspections.

Training Program

The Initial Training Program consists of two components: The first component being Business Training, and the second component being Studio Opening Training. You are eligible to attend Business Training only after you have a signed Lease. Typically, franchisees attend Business Training within 90 to 120 days of their anticipated Opening. The completion of Business Training is mandatory. We reserve the right to delay this training if all of the pre-training requirements, as set forth in the Manual and onboarding processes, are not met. If you are hiring a General Manager to run the studio operations, we strongly recommend you have them attend this training as well. Our business-related initial training program will be held at a classroom facility that we designate in the Ann Arbor, Michigan area, although we reserve the right to designate another training facility. We will provide the training, the instructor(s), a training manual, and other materials for up to two trainees. You must pay us a fee (currently $300 per day) for each additional attendee you send to the initial training program. We reserve the right to implement online training in addition to, or that cover certain, business-related subject matters currently included in classroom training sessions. You are responsible for all travel and lodging expenses related to attending Ann Arbor Business Training.

Source: Item 11 — Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training (FDD pages 32–42)