Earl Blanks is a former owner of a Party City franchise. Prior to his involvement with Party City, Blanks had started a small consulting business, the Small Business Marketing Planning Center, which provided marketing consulting services to smaller companies that generated $3-5 M per year in sales. Prior to that experience, Blanks worked at Procter & Gamble for over 7 years. Earl Blanks received his undergraduate degree from University of Arkansas and his MBA from Cornell University.
Okay. I think that franchising is a strategy that is not looked at enough by people who are seeking to get into business for the first time, especially. A little history on franchising. About 42 percent of our retail sales in this country are generated through franchises. They employ over 10 mil...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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