The Lemon Tree vs Glamour Secrets/Trade Secrets Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of The Lemon Tree vs Glamour Secrets/Trade Secrets including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees

 
The Lemon Tree Franchise
Glamour Secrets/Trade Secrets Franchise
Investment $161,206 - $232,572$200,000 - $350,000
Franchise Fee $32,500$25,000
Royalty Fee 6%6%
Advertising Fee --
Year Founded 19742001
Year Franchised 19762003
Term Of Agreement 15 years-
Term Of Agreement 15 years-
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements

 
The Lemon Tree Franchise
Glamour Secrets/Trade Secrets Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options

 
The Lemon Tree Franchise
Glamour Secrets/Trade Secrets Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees Yes/No-/-
Start-up Costs No/No-/-
Equipment Yes/No-/-
Inventory No/No-/-
Receivables No/No-/-
Payroll No/No-/-

Training & Support

 
The Lemon Tree Franchise
Glamour Secrets/Trade Secrets Franchise
Training Additional training available as needed-
Support Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives-
Marketing Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, National media, Regional advertising-
Operations 15% of all franchisees own more than one unit

Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 5 - 10

Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (60% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

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Expansion Plans

 
The Lemon Tree Franchise
Glamour Secrets/Trade Secrets Franchise
US Expansion Yes-
Canada Expansion NoNo
International Expansion NoNo

Company Overviews

About The Lemon Tree

Lemon Tree Hair Salons is proud to be a national brand of locally owned and operated hair salons. We are a large family of professional hair salons, all locally owned and operated in many areas of the country. We at Lemon Tree Hair Salons are proud of our brand's rich history of providing high quality salon services at value pricing for the past 45 years! We value our amazing talent and are always excited to offer our full range of value priced, professional salon services, including Haircuts. So please, next time you find yourself searching online for "Haircuts near me", feel free to visit your local salon and discover for yourself the Lemon Tree difference!
The Lemon Tree was founded in 1974 to provide family haircuts. When Joan M. Cable purchased her first salon in Bethpage, New York, this mother of three kept the salon open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week.

Today, nearly 100 franchises offer services ranging from haircuts and styling to beard and mustache trim, updos, body waves, highlighting, coloring and permanents.

About Glamour Secrets/Trade Secrets

Glamour Secrets is Canada's pioneer one stop beauty shop with a full service salon and over 4,000 high quality Salon products for sale under one roof. The beauty industry is booming. Glamour Secrets is positioning itself for explosive growth with this recession proof industry. With over 65 locations with its parent company Trade Secrets , Glamour Secrets is looking for franchisees in ON and QC to join its success story.