(FranchisePick.Com) Other than Hugh Hefner, it’s tough to name successful business owners able to effectively operate multiple businesses in their pajamas. But, according to an excellent report published today by the Wall Street Journal’s Raymund Flandez and Gwendolyn Bounds, technology is changing that. Progressive franchise companies have harnessed new technologies to enable their franchisees to effectively operate […]
Fascinating interview of a multi-unit Hollywood Tans franchise owner by the Wall Street Journal’s Raymund Flandez. Reveals how progressive, tech-savvy franchise companies like Hollywood Tans are using a combination of high-tech and high-touch to dominate remote markets.
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Hollywood Tans is a pretty amazing franchise company, especially when you consider that they do almost everything in-house. In fact, they manufacture their own tanning booths, and create all the store cabinetry and fixtures in the millwork shop at their 60,000 sf Home Office & production facility. So it’s a pretty big step […]
The Hollywood Tans Hot Tan Hot Car Sweepstakes Shows the Benefit of Franchising.
One of the benefits of joining a franchise system is the benefit of systemwide promotions… advertising, marketing and public relations opportunities that would be cost-prohibitive for any “independent” business owner. Take, for example, the current Hollywood Tans promotion. Hollywood Tans is […]
One of the best ways to get a feel for a franchise opportunity and the organization behind it is to attend one of their hosted “Discovery Days.” Recently, Franchise Pick attended a Discovery Day presentation at the Mt. Laurel, N.J. headquarters of Hollywood Tans.
The Hollywood Tans Discovery Day is a relaxed and casual, but […]
(Learn more about Hollywood Tans at the Inside Hollywood Tans blog)
When I toured the franchise headquarters of Hollywood Tans, I immediately awarded them two mental “hoorays!” The first “hooray!” for the unmatched turnkey nature of their franchise concept, and the second for having the good sense not to name their concept after their hometown. “Mt. […]
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