The Desert Sun Tanning Salons franchise was rated one of the worst franchise opportunities in America by Forbes magazine.
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(UnhappyFranchisee.Com) The June 16, 2014 issue of Forbes magazine features their picks for America’s Best And Worst Franchises.
The Desert Sun Tanning Salons franchise made the Forbes list of the worst franchise opportunities in the $500,000+ investment range.
The Forbes ranking for Desert Sun Tanning Salons included the following assessment:
No. 8 Desert Sun Tanning Salons
Has sunbeds and spray-tan options; sells moisturizers and lotions.
Average Initial Investment: $519,300
Initial Training Hours: 80Growth rate: –9%
Continuity: 50%
Franchisor Support: B
Here are the rest of Forbes worst franchises:
(With #1 being the worst)
Concept: Restaurants specializes in comfort food like meat loaf, fried steaks and apple pie.
Concept: Coffee shops that also sell tea and smoothies
Concept: Soft-serve ice cream shops with walk-up and fast-food locations.
Concept: Fast casual restaurants selling soups, sandwiches and baked goods
Concept: Full service restaurant & bar
Concept: Full service family restaurant
Concept: Family restaurant serves chicken, seafood and sandwiches, as well as steaks
Concept: Tanning salons with sunbeds and spray-tan options
Concept: Quickservice Mexican restaurants with strip center, freestanding and downtown locations
Concept: Full service restaurant & bar, founded by Howard Johnson’s in 1969.
See all Forbes Worst Franchises here:
America’s Best And Worst Franchises
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Horrid run by teenagers, beds break nobody knows what to do. Not high quality employees apply or are retained.