What laws must a Floors To Go showroom manager comply with?
Floors_To_Go Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
loors To Go" in your fictitious trade name and make it a permanent part of your exterior signage. If you choose to develop an independent website, it must comply with our trademark, service mark, logo and advertising requirements, as well as any of our applicable policies and procedures. Therefore, among other things, you must (i) obtain our prior written approval of any Internet domain name and home page addresses used for your independent website, (ii) obtain our prior written approval of all hyperlinks and other links to appear on your independent website, and (iii) restrict your use of any materials in which any third party has any interest. Upon your request and our prior written approval, if you include "Floors To Go" in your fictitious trade name and make it a permanent part of your exterior signage, a hyperlink to your independent website will be placed on the website that we maintain for your Showroom.
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- Advertising. If you develop or purchase internet-based advertising through email services, search engines, web portals or other internet-based advertising vehicles, you must comply with our trademark, service mark, logo and advertising requirements, as well as any of our other applicable policies and procedures that we may institute from time to time.
ITEM 12. TERRITORY
A. Your Territory
You will not receive an exclusive territory.
Source: Item 15 — OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTUAL OPERATION OF THE FRANCHISE BUSINESS (FDD pages 32–33)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
The 2025 Floors To Go Franchise Disclosure Document states that if a franchisee chooses to develop an independent website, they must comply with Floors To Go's trademark, service mark, logo, and advertising requirements, along with any other applicable policies and procedures. This includes obtaining prior written approval for any internet domain name and home page addresses used for the independent website, as well as for all hyperlinks and other links appearing on the site. Franchisees must also restrict their use of any materials in which a third party has any interest.
Additionally, if a Floors To Go franchisee develops or purchases internet-based advertising through email services, search engines, web portals, or other internet-based advertising vehicles, they must comply with Floors To Go's trademark, service mark, logo, and advertising requirements, as well as any other applicable policies and procedures that Floors To Go may institute from time to time.
Finally, the FDD notes that other states may require registration, filing, or exemption of a franchise under other laws, such as those that regulate the offer and sale of business opportunities or seller-assisted marketing plans. Floors To Go franchisees are required to comply with all fictitious name registration statutes and must amend their fictitious business name registrations to remove the words "Floors To Go" and all marks and logos associated therewith from their business name within thirty (30) days after termination of the agreement.