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AlphaGraphics vs Clothes Mentor — which franchise is the better buy?

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	AlphaGraphics	Clothes Mentor
Disclosure honesty	B	C
Investment from	$53,457	$305,000
Total fees	7.5%	9%
Outlets	229	113
Lawsuits	1	2

AlphaGraphics: what their numbers say

Discloses 2025 gross sales data for 215 centers (median $1.09M). Provides expense percentages by category. Excludes net income calculations; cherry-picks reporting centers, excludes closures/new openings.

Clothes Mentor: what their numbers say

Provides 3-year average Net Sales ($744K-$780K) and Gross Profit margins (67%). Excludes temporarily closed stores and recently opened stores. Shows quartile data with extensive caveats.

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