Conte's Bicycle & Fitness Equipment vs S3 Snow Skate Surf Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Conte's Bicycle & Fitness Equipment vs S3 Snow Skate Surf including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees

 
Conte's Bicycle & Fitness Equipment Franchise
S3 Snow Skate Surf Franchise
Investment $348,000 - $531,800N/A
Franchise Fee $50,000N/A
Royalty Fee 3%-
Advertising Fee --
Year Founded 1957-
Year Franchised 2004-
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Renewal Fee $2000-


Business Experience Requirements

 
Conte's Bicycle & Fitness Equipment Franchise
S3 Snow Skate Surf Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options

 
Conte's Bicycle & Fitness Equipment Franchise
S3 Snow Skate Surf Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees No/Yes-/-
Start-up Costs No/Yes-/-
Equipment No/Yes-/-
Inventory No/Yes-/-
Receivables No/No-/-
Payroll No/No-/-

Training & Support

 
Conte's Bicycle & Fitness Equipment Franchise
S3 Snow Skate Surf Franchise
Training --
Support --
Marketing --
Operations --

Expansion Plans

 
Conte's Bicycle & Fitness Equipment Franchise
S3 Snow Skate Surf Franchise
US Expansion --
Canada Expansion No-
International Expansion No-

Company Overviews

About Conte's Bicycle & Fitness Equipment

NO LONGER FRANCHISING

About S3 Snow Skate Surf

S3 stands for Snow, Skate and Surf, and that's exactly the line of product you'll find at this retailer of The Forzani Group Ltd. (FGL). Using the strong buying power that comes with being connected to Canada's largest family of sporting goods stores, S3 has targeted the burgeoning snow/skate/surf specialty market. Like many other specialty banners under the Forzani brand, S3 benefits from the strong relationships that FGL has built with well-known snow, skate and surf vendors including Burton, Airwalk, O'Neill, Orage and many other names you know. S3 currently has six locations in Quebec.