Day: 10 August 2018

HEMA Says The Contract With Franchisees
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HEMA Says The Contract With Franchisees

HEMA says the Contract with Franchisees. Retail chain HEMA wants to get rid of the shop owners who are board members of the franchise association Vereniging Vloten, VAB HEMA.   The company has declared in a recently sent letter that it will not continue the contracts with these franchises. The franchisees operate 24 stores. HEMA has disagreed with its franchisees for some time, including costs related to online sales. The 96 franchisees, united in the VAB HEMA, hold approximately 40 percent of the HEMA stores in the Netherlands. Last month, the court in Amsterdam still mostly ruled the franchisees in the long-running conflict with the head office about costs for e-commerce. Consultation is only allowed via VAB board The meeting between HEMA and the VAB is at a standstill. HEMA ...