Must a Floyds 99 Barbershop participate in promotions instituted periodically for all Floyds 99 Shops?
Floyds_99 Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
All marketing and promotion of your FLOYD'S 99 Shop must conform to our standards and specifications. You must submit to us samples of all advertising and promotional materials that have not been prepared or previously approved by us. Your Barbershop must participate in promotions we institute periodically for all FLOYD'S 99 Shops, or for all FLOYD'S 99 Shops within a particular area. We retain the right to develop and control all Internet advertising and messages of any kind, including social media, using our Marks. We reserve the right, upon 30 days prior written notice to you, to require that you participate in electronic advertising by creating, customizing or providing access to a linked web page or otherwise. All FLOYD'S 99 Shops, including our Barbershops, must participate in this program and in other promotions we may adopt.
Source: Item 8 — RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (FDD pages 24–29)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Floyds 99 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are required to participate in promotions. Specifically, a Floyds 99 Barbershop must participate in promotions that the company institutes periodically for all locations, or for all shops within a specific area.
In addition to participating in system-wide or regional promotions, franchisees must ensure that all marketing and promotional materials conform to Floyds 99's standards and specifications. Franchisees are required to submit samples of any advertising and promotional materials that have not been prepared or previously approved by the company.
Floyds 99 also retains the right to develop and control all internet advertising and messages, including social media, using their trademarks. Furthermore, with 30 days' prior written notice, Floyds 99 can require franchisees to participate in electronic advertising by creating, customizing, or providing access to a linked web page. All Floyds 99 shops, including company-owned locations, must participate in this program and any other promotions the company adopts.