According to the ACE website, they are actually an coop. *The Ace Difference* The Ace ownership opportunity is unlike any other franchise opportunity. Ace Hardware is a retailer-owned cooperative, meaning Ace retailers are the owners of the corporation. In addition to being part owner of a world-class corporation, you pay no royalty fees and a portion of the profits get distributed back to the retail owners each year. By joining the #1 distributor in the convenience hardware (Home Channel News, August 2010) you reap the benefits of collective buying power and having a global brand along with independent ownership. You will also have the flexibility to customize your offerings based on your customers’ needs.
But also a franchise. I'd suggest franchise=Ace Hardware Corporation. The same with many fast food restaurants. It might be a McD franchise, but the operator is Bad, But Taste Foods. (OK, I made that last one up.) But often a group of stores is operated by one company. On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Bryce Nesbitt <bry...@obviously.com> wrote: > Technically ACE (like their better known compatriots in Oak Brook, Il) is > a franchise: > > http://www.franchisedirect.com/retailfranchises/ace-hardware-corporation-06448/ufoc/ > It is just a really loose one, with no fixed territories of exclusive > stocking agreement. > > The tag "ACE" is valuable, even if, like McD, the actual store is likely > to be independent. > Chances are you'll find the same brand of filter, screw and hing. > > Effectively it's more like supplier=ACE than franchise=ACE or brand=ACE > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > -- Clifford OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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