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    Fast-Fix Jewelry and Watch Repairs vs Flip Flop Shops John Richey

    Reviewed figures from each brand's Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), side by side. Each figure carries its FDD year and page. This is not a ranking or recommendation, and the two FDDs may cover different years and location groups.

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    • Both sets of figures come from 2025 FDDs.
    • Fast-Fix Jewelry and Watch Repairs discloses more than one business format, so the investment range spans formats; the full report breaks them out.
    • Item 19 figures cover the location groups each FDD names (Fast-Fix Jewelry and Watch Repairs: 2, Flip Flop Shops John Richey: 12). Different groups are not directly comparable.
    DisclosureFast-Fix Jewelry and Watch RepairsFFFlip Flop Shops John Richey
    Financial commitment
    Estimated initial investment (Item 7)
    $114,700 – $362,500
    2025 FDD · Item 7
    $182,900
    TOTAL — $182900
    2025 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 17
    Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)
    $20,000
    Discounts apply only to eligible multi-unit purchasers and qualifying veterans.
    2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 11
    $30,000
    2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 13
    Royalty (Item 6)
    6% or $14,400/yr min
    Royalty Fee
    2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 11
    $5.00 note 1) — 5%
    Royalty Fee
    2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 13
    Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)
    2% of percentage of gross sales
    Brand Fund Fee
    2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 11
    Not available
    No reviewed brand or advertising fund fee
    System scale & health
    Total outlets (Item 20)
    116
    Outlets at end of 2024
    2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 33
    Not available
    No reviewed outlet counts
    Net outlet change (Item 20)
    −14
    Calculated: 130 at end of 2022 → 116 at end of 2024
    Not available
    Only one year reported
    Outlet exits (Item 20)
    6
    Closures, terminations & non-renewals in 2024 · Calculated turnover 4.9% of outlets at start of year
    2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 33
    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year
    Franchising since (Item 1)
    October 1986
    2025 FDD · Item 1 · PDF p. 8
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Franchisor founded (Item 1)
    1986
    2025 FDD · Item 1 · PDF p. 8
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Performance (Item 19)
    Financial performance (Item 19), by location group
    Franchised (9 locations) — revenue
    $337,139
    mean Gross Sales · 2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 32
    Franchised (101 locations) — revenue
    $553,663
    mean Gross Sales · 2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 32
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Common retail spaces: malls and strip malls
    42 percent
    other Common retail shops in middle stated sales band · 2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 41
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Super-regional malls
    $55,885
    other Super-regional malls average monthly sales · 2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 42
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Mixed-use
    $11,326
    other Mixed-use lowest monthly sales · 2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 42
    +9 more groups in the full report

    Item 19 groups are shown separately and never combined. Revenue or sales figures are not profit. Net outlet change and turnover are Franopolis calculations from the disclosed counts; turnover is a count-based rate, not a measure of owner earnings.

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