ITEM 12: TERRITORY
You will receive an exclusive territory with a minimum population of 50,000 people. You will operate from one location and must receive our permission before relocating. We will not operate stores or grant franchises for a similar or competitive business within your area.
You are not restricted from selling Belmont products and services to customers residing outside your territory. Except when advertising cooperatively with appropriate franchisees, you are restricted from advertising outside your territory without prior written consent. You may not engage in any mail order solicitations, catalog sales, telemarketing, Internet, or television solicitation programs or use any other advertising media outside of your territory without prior written approval.
We retain the right, in our sole discretion, to offer goods and services identified by brands we control through channels of distribution other than through Belmont Muffler Shops to locations and customers located anywhere, including those residing in your territory. We also reserve the right to sell goods though mail order, catalog sales, telemarketing, Internet, television, newspaper, and any other advertising media to consumers located anywhere, including within your territory.
You do not receive the right to acquire additional franchises within your area.
There is no minimum sales quota. You maintain rights to your area even if the population increases.
CREDIT: The content of this post has been copied or adopted from the Federal Trade Commission’s Franchise Rule Compliance Guide.
