The Irish outlet is company-owned, although Zara also has a number of joint ventures and franchises. |
The trio's new joint venture intends to bid for other inter-city rail franchises in Britain. |
The real money-spinners are franchises aimed at children, which are essentially licences to print money. |
The franchises of the bishop of Durham and the earl of Chester stood outside the shire system of England and had a special independence. |
At one point, here in the U.S., I sold Mercedes franchises and then wholesaled Mercedes cars to those dealers. |
Those players would then be distributed evenly among the franchises to play alongside semi-pro players on realistic salaries. |