"The Success Of Our Franchisees Is Our Highest Priority"

Build a retail business that is artistic, creative, highly stimulating and filled with sales potential. The Great Frame Up is a business that stays fresh and interesting because every single customer transaction is unique.

The Great Frame Up...
A Perfect Franchise Opportunity?

• A solid, 30-year track record
  
• A well-known, respected brand name
  
• A proven operating system
  
• A creative environment
  
• Doesn't require a large staff
  
• You'll spend every day working on interesting new projects with people who've come to you for help in beautifying their homes and offices.

There are four key components that make up our franchise package.

1. The Store Concept

Through over 30 years of experience and refinement, we deliver to you a store concept designed to help you capture the picture framing and art business in your local market. As described, our stores are warm, inviting, interactive, and designed to create an image that is both high quality and high tech, with all the newest systems.

We bring your store to life by providing blueprints, guidance on equipment and inventory, and management during construction. We help you create The Great Frame Up where customers enjoy shopping and visiting.

2. The Great Frame Up Location

Location, location, location. It is the foundation for successful retailers everywhere. And we put a premium on helping you find the best home for your store.

Our perfect site is a strip center-type mall that is located near a large population of mid-to-upper income home owners. We seek a site that is easily accessible, very visible, and filled with other retailers that will attract our primary shopper who is a woman, 25+ years of age, whose household income puts her in the middle of the market and above.

3. The Training

The Great Frame Up features an 10 day training program at our Franchise Support Center in St. Louis, MO that covers all technical aspects of picture framing and art as well as store management and marketing. It is designed to give you the skills to satisfy every customer.

4. The Marketing

The Great Frame Up is focused on providing you with comprehensive marketing support to build your presence and business in your local area.

For your new store, our marketing support starts with a one year plan.

Once your store is up and running, our marketing support encompasses helping you prepare an ongoing marketing plan.

These programs include a Frequent Framer Program, a consumer newsletter called Great News, a high school support program called Creative Self Expression, and Commercial Selling materials to name a few.

Beyond the marketing support we provide to your individual store, we have radio and TV spots that you may choose to run in your local market. In addition, we also use the Internet to build more awareness for all stores.

To support these efforts, we have an in house marketing department. You and the other store owners are our one and only client. And our goal is to make The Great Frame Up the best known, best liked picture framing and art store in your community and around the country.

5. The Investment

You can open a new The Great Frame Up store for as little as $50,000 - $60,000 down with an approximate total investment of $156,825 - $223,400. The Great Frame Up is on the SBA registry, which speeds up your approval process. Most lenders will lend 70% - 80% of the investment.