Can the Floors To Go system be modified over time by FTG?
Floors_To_Go Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
ustomized pages and any changes thereto will be subject to our prior review and written approval. From time to time, additional features and benefits may be added to the website, for which we reserve the right to charge a fee to assist in covering costs, including, but not limited to, the costs of developing, implementing and maintaining said features and benefits. In addition, we reserve the right to require you to use "Floors 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. You may face competition from other franchisees, from outlets that we own, or from other channels of distribution or competitive brands that we control. Specifically, you may face competition from other FTG Showrooms that we or our affiliates franchise or own and that operate at traditional sites outside your territory. Also, you may face competition from other outlets that we franchise or own, or from other channels of distribution or competitive brands we control, including, but not limited to, competition from the FTG Shop At Home program.
As part of the FTG System, FTG will grant territorial rights to you which are officially identified in Schedule "A" of the Membership Agreement.
Source: Item 16 — RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT THE FRANCHISEE MAY SELL (FDD page 33)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Floors To Go FDD, FTG has the right to modify the system over time. Specifically, FTG can add features and benefits to the website and charge a fee to cover the costs of development, implementation, and maintenance. FTG also reserves the right to require franchisees to use "Floors To Go" in their trade name and signage.
If a franchisee chooses to develop an independent website, it must comply with FTG's trademark, service mark, logo, and advertising requirements, as well as any applicable policies and procedures. This includes obtaining prior written approval for the domain name, home page addresses, hyperlinks, and other links. FTG also requires franchisees to comply with their trademark, service mark, logo, and advertising requirements for any internet-based advertising.
Floors To Go will regularly update its price list to inform franchisees of current approved vendors and manufacturers, carpet and floor covering selections and grades, vendor's prices as negotiated by FTG, the vendor's distribution arrangements, and other pertinent information. FTG will also research the market to evaluate floor coverings and discounts, updating its list of approved merchandise and vendors. This allows Floors To Go to maintain a broad range of floor covering products in various costs, qualities, and styles, negotiating the best vendor prices and discounts available for the FTG System.