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Batteries Plus vs Clothes Mentor — which franchise is the better buy?

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	Batteries Plus	Clothes Mentor
Disclosure honesty	C	C
Investment from	$284,786	$305,000
Total fees	6%	9%
Outlets	734	113
Lawsuits	2	2

Batteries Plus: what their numbers say

Discloses franchise store net revenues, merchandise margins, and company-owned store EBITDA (~$122K avg all stores). No franchisee net income/owner compensation shown; company-store EBITDA used as proxy; cherry-picks commercial-focused stores favorably.

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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