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The captive market built into franchises

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It isn't a partnership; it is a legally enforced captive market. Parent companies force local franchisees to purchase their essential supplies exclusively from corporate-approved vendors, often at a severe markup. This brilliant structural requirement allows the massive parent brand to continuously extract heavy margins from the very people paying to use their name.

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