Peter Buckingham, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Spectrum Analysis Australia says, “We have been attending the Franchise Council of Australia (FCA) National Franchising Convention and Awards every year, all over Australia, since 1999. We have even been a Finalist in the awards three times. But this year, via an online ceremony, we won the ‘Supplier of the Year’ national… Continue reading Spectrum Analysis Australia wins Supplier of the Year in the Franchise Council of Australia Excellence in Franchising Awards
If you are going to open a franchise, or you are the franchisor of a big network of stores, and the Board expect the number of outlets to increase – how do you decide where to look? The answer is to look at the numbers! How often do we make a decision because it… Continue reading Growing in the right locations… Strategic Network Planning
Where should I go, and how do I know my territory is sufficient to support me? The great expansion in franchising appears to be in the service industries, and when you are considering a franchise, the questions about territories normally arise. Within service franchises, there are the indoor ones such as house cleaning, ironing,… Continue reading Territories for Service Franchises
When it comes to making a positive impact in workplaces and communities, few franchises can rival TDDA (The Drug Detection Agency). Born out of a desire to create safe environments in 2005, TDDA is now the industry leading drug and alcohol management partner in testing, policy and education across Australasia, completing over 250,000 tests annually.… Continue reading A business that makes a difference
Should retail rent increases be based on a shopping centres’ sales performance? Did you know that shopping centres are still trying to increase retail rents when their actual sales performance is not improving at the same rate? Spectrum Analysis has used Property Council of Australia Data to analyse shopping centres’ performance in a revised whitepaper from 2017… Continue reading Shopping Centres – Still an Inconvenient Truth
How Do I Find A Great Site? How often does a business fail, not because the product is poor, but because the retail location planning has put the site in the wrong place? It is very difficult (almost impossible) to make every retail site perfect, but you can use some processes to improve the probability of… Continue reading How Do I Find A Great Site?
International Mapping Made Easy Many Australian franchisors are expanding internationally with their already well-established systems and require up-to-date and relevant information to base their decisions on. For their Australian network, they have invested heavily in the criteria for their site selection and mapping their territories properly, but may have been ‘led’ into a different approach… Continue reading International Mapping Made Easy
Are you feeling the effects of Uber? Uber deliveries may seem fantastic for the customer, but what is the business and social reality hiding behind Uber Eats’ the flashy app and feel good brand? In the last 3 months I have personally availed myself of the convenience Uber Eats deliveries offers (and we are 60+). In the tech-savvy hipster enclaves of inner city Melbourne, Uber Eats usage is… Continue reading How is Uber changing the QSR environment?
The Census 2016 is released over a period of time, driven by the need of the Australian Bureau of Statistics to check and verify the results. Spectrum Analysis report the Data Packs were released on the 12th of July 2017, and these contain the major part of the information that franchisors, franchisees and other retailer… Continue reading First data packs from Census 2016 released