The Fastest 2 Minutes in International Business

Our GlobalTeam™ of highly experienced international project managers – on the ground in 32 countries – contributed to the following brief summary of the franchise world opportunities for 4th quarter 2015.

Asia	China Japan Malaysia Mongolia The Philippines Thailand Viet Nam	Watch the consumer economy not the overall GDP growth. Large corporations are investing in new consumer projects. Ringgit drop of 25% against the US$ plus political unrest. US pizza and coffee franchises flourishing. Seriously. Middle class buying power accelerating. Stable politics. Military dictatorships often are stable. US sailors on shore leave, 6%+ GDP growth.
Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Mexico Peru USA	You still get paid in soybeans, if at all. Economy is stalled, inflation climbing, corruption rife. Tim Horton’s and Burger King are now one??? New President negative on business. Investment stopped. Show me the money and where it came from. Mexico City, Monterrey and Cancun booming. Lima is a city of cranes and new foreign F&B brands. US$15/hour minimum wage means no margins, less jobs.
Europe	Ireland Germany Poland Russia Spain Turkey United Kingdom	GDP growth of 3.5% projected for 2016. Difficult to find investors/risk takers for new foreign brands. 3.5% GDP growth for 2015 is the highest in the EU. Foreign brands with US$ denominated rents are closed GDP growth for 2016 estimated to be 2.6%. Political unrest leading to drop in new project investment. 2.4% GDP growth, but normal investment analysis paralysis.
Middle East	Egypt Saudi Arabia Dubai	Pent up consumer demand, high growth but scary security. Challenges to get new businesses open due to regulations. New building push, large expat influx, airport & airline soaring.
Elsewhere	Australia India South Africa	GDP growth of 2.6% but falling commodity exports. Jobs iffy? Not another country, another universe. Low growth, high unemployment (25%), low new investment

 

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