by Rainier Wong

Created on: June 20, 2008   Last Updated: June 25, 2008

Franchising has been around for many years. Although both men and women have been in franchise businesses, franchise providers are looking for women because women, as studies show, are more capable of multi-tasking,a skill that is required for making new franchises to be success stories.(1). Franchising for women is an important area that aspiring women entrepreneurs should not ignore. There are some franchises that tend to be most appropriate for women, and therefore, can be called women's franchises. Some great examples are Edible Arrangements, Gigglemedia, Snap Fitness, The Maids, and OccasionOgraphy.

Edible Arrangements (www.ediblearrangements.com) is a business that sells fruit and chocolates arranged like beautiful bouquets of flowers. The business is looking people who are genuinely committed in creating quality products, and women are, according to research, are more committed than men.(2)

According to some experts, a woman has a larger corpus collosum that helps her to transfer information between the analytical and creative sides of her brains faster.(3) This makes her suitable for this franchise that requires both creativity, and analytical skills to work well together.

Edible Arrangements has franchises in many countries around the world. Starting a Edible Arrangements franchise requires a minimum net worth of $300,000.(4) Application for a franchise can be done either online or manually.(5) Edible Arrangements provides marketing support to its franchisees.(6)

Gigglemedia(www.gigglemedia.com) is a business that sells CDs containing songs that include the children's names sung by their favorite characters.(7) This business is great for women as they can relate better to customers including children.(8)

Starting and running a Gigglemedia franchise is easy, and does not cost much as it only requires a computer and software to create copies of the CDs and to print out the personalized CD labels. The business can be run at home or other places like the mall, trade shows, and fund raising events(9).

The Maids (www.maids.com), is a professional cleaning business with businesses in the United States and Canada that began in 1980, and as its name is implies, is most appropriate for women entrepreneurs.(10). It is the best women's franchise in its category, and ranked #50 on the list of the fastest growing franchise.(11) This franchise is great for women because it has been widely accepted that cleaning is a woman's traditional job, and customers will have more

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