Research Franchising In NZ
Articles focussing specifically on the New Zealand franchising market, including examples, industry news and market analysis.
The Market
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What’s the next big thing in franchising?
One of the questions that anyone who works in franchising is regularly asked is ‘What’s the next big thing, then?’ Here are some thoughts to help readers decide the answer for themselves
An introduction to franchising in New Zealand
New Zealand has more franchise systems per capita than any other country in the world. Here is a guide to this exciting sector
Statistics and Surveys
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Rapid escalation for New Zealand economy - Westpac
17 August 2021 – The latest Economic Overview from Westpac suggests that, while the New Zealand economy has been charging ahead and built up a head of steam, it faces some growing pains and Covid-related uncertainties for a bit longer
2024 Survey - Franchising health check shows strong pulse
Findings of the 2024 Franchising New Zealand survey conducted by the Massey University Business School show that franchising is in solid shape.
Legislation
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Franchise agreements could be affected by new business protections – lawyers
26 September 2019 – Andrew Skinner and Khushbu Sundarji of Stewart Germann Law Office discuss the potential impact on franchising of proposed changes to the Fair Trading Act
Legal protections to affect small businesses – and franchising?
24 September 2019 – Proposed changes to the Fair Trading Act would extend current consumer protections against unfair contract terms to apply to business contracts with a value below $250,000
Immigration
Articles focussing specifically on information and advice for new immigrants to New Zealand.Here’s a selection of the most popular articles in this section – for the full list, click here.
Advice for new residents in NZ (in 5 languages)
Protect your own interests as you assess any franchise business opportunity. Translated versions of this article are available in Hindi, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Korean.


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