Financial Assistance Provided: Not internally
Site Selection Assistance: No
Lease Negotiation Assistance: No
Recruiting Assistance: NA
Co-Operative Advertising: Yes
Training: Winmark conducts its 2-part training program at Winmark's
training center in Minneapolis. The training program is typically
offered 11 times per year. The first session of the training
program, New Franchisee Orientation Training (NFOT), covers several
aspects of management and operation of a franchised retail
business, including real estate matters, business plan development,
buying used and new products, Winmark's service vendor program and
other topics Winmark may select.
The first session will take place over a period of 5 days. At NFOT,
you will be required to participate in an online financial
management course conducted by Winmark's third party vendor. This
course will educate you on how to understand your financial
statements and utilize the information to build your business.
The second session of the Plato's Closet? training program, Concept
Training, is attended when financing, lease and the online
financial training program are complete. It is conducted over a
period of at least 5 days and will include instruction on sales,
customer service, marketing, advertising, computer operation and
store inventory, staff and financial management, as well as topics
Winmark may select.
High profit, High Margin business.
Top Quartile average gross sales $1,621,916 (2019)
Top Quartile average gross profit $1,005,675 (2019)
Average Gross Sales Chart:
- 2002 - $522,931
- 2006 - $587,145
- 2010 - $858,716
- 2014 - $1,006,564
- 2019 - $1,093,448
100% franchisee driven
3,000-4,000 square feet
An extensive training program to prepare you for the business
ownership
Our willingness to work with first-time franchisees and family
teams
Ongoing operations and marketing support from our dedicated
franchise team
A critical and enticing niche inside the retail marketplace
Powerful POS system and online cloud platform to assist you with
pricing and reporting
A robust corporate infrastructure that is ready to support the
needs of our franchisees
*The Average Store numbers are the 2019 Average Gross Sales and
Average Gross Profit amounts stated in Item 19 of the 2020 Music Go
Round? Franchise Disclosure Document (as reported by the 33 stores
that had been in operation at least one year as of December 28,
2019). Of the 33 reporting stores, 15 or 45% of the stores attained
or exceeded the Average Gross Sales and 14 or 42% of the stores
attained or exceeded the Average Gross Profit. The Top Quartile
Average Gross Sales and Average Gross Profit only relates to 8 of
the reporting Music Go Round? Stores who ranked in the top 25% of
the gross sales range. Of the 8 reporting stores in the top
quartile, 3 or 38% of the stores attained or exceeded the top
quartile Average Gross Sales and 4 or 50% of the stores attained or
exceeded the top quartile Average Gross Profit. A new franchisee's
results will likely differ from these results.