What does Stretch Zone provide in terms of promotional methods and materials?
Stretch_Zone Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- (d) Promotional Methods and Materials. We will provide you with promotional methods and materials that we develop.
- (e) Radio and Television Commercials. We may provide a preapproved radio script and camera-ready television commercials (not including airtime) for your use in your DMA but only if they are created through funds in the Media Fund.
(a) Your Expenditures. You must spend a minimum of $2,000 per month on Local Advertising of your Franchised Business within your DMA.
- (b) Our Approval. You must submit to us for our approval all materials used for Local Advertising, unless we have previously approved the materials or the materials consist of materials we have provided. All materials containing the Intellectual Property must include the applicable designation - service marksm, trademark™, registered® or copyright© , or any other designation we specify. If you have not received our written disapproval of materials you submitted within 10 days from the date we received the materials, then we are deemed to have approved the materials. We may require you to withdraw and/or discontinue the use of any promotional materials or advertising, even if previously approved, if in our judgment, the materials or advertising may injure or be harmful to the Business System. You will have 5 days after you receive of our written notice to discontinue using the materials or advertising, unless otherwise agreed in writing.
- (c) Social Media. You cannot engage in social media concerning the Franchise Business without our prior written consent. You must purchase social media management software from our Designated Supplier. All content on your social media regarding Stretch Zone belongs to us.
You agree that we have the right to establish a Regional Advertising Cooperative in any DMA. Upon our request, you will immediately become a member of the Regional Advertising Cooperative for the DMA that includes your Limited Protected Territory. All Company-Owned Units within your DMA must also become members of the Regional Advertising Cooperative.
Source: Item 8 — Receipts. Any sale made must be in compliance with § 683(8) of the Franchise Sale Act (N.Y. Gen. Bus. L. § 680 et seq.), which describes the time period a Franchise Disclosure Document (offering prospectus) must be provided to a prospective franchisee before a sale may be made. New York law requires a franchisor to provide the Franchise Disclosure Document at the earliest of the first personal meeting or ten (10) business days before the execution of the franchise or other agreement or the payment of any consideration that relates to the franchise relationship. (FDD pages 99–263)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Stretch Zone's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Stretch Zone will provide franchisees with promotional methods and materials that they develop. Stretch Zone may also provide preapproved radio scripts and camera-ready television commercials for use in the franchisee's DMA (Designated Market Area), but only if these are created through funds in the Media Fund.
However, franchisees are required to spend a minimum of $2,000 per month on local advertising within their DMA. All materials used for local advertising must be submitted to Stretch Zone for approval, unless the materials have been previously approved or consist of materials provided by Stretch Zone. If written disapproval is not received within 10 days of Stretch Zone receiving the materials, the materials are deemed approved. Stretch Zone retains the right to require the franchisee to discontinue the use of any promotional materials or advertising, even if previously approved, if they believe the materials may be harmful to the Business System. The franchisee will have 5 days after receiving written notice to discontinue using the materials or advertising.
Furthermore, franchisees cannot engage in social media concerning the Franchise Business without Stretch Zone's prior written consent and must purchase social media management software from their Designated Supplier. All content on the franchisee's social media regarding Stretch Zone belongs to them. Stretch Zone also has the right to establish a Regional Advertising Cooperative in any DMA, and franchisees will immediately become a member of the Regional Advertising Cooperative for the DMA that includes their Limited Protected Territory. All Company-Owned Units within the DMA must also become members of the Regional Advertising Cooperative.