Hours of Classroom Hours of “On-the-Job” Subject(1)(2) Training Training Location Business Orientation 2.5 0 Plymouth, MN, or a location we designate Fundamentals of 1.0 0 Plymouth, MN, or a Franchising location we designate Real Estate 1.5 0 Plymouth, MN, or a location we designate New Store Development 2.5 0 Plymouth, MN, or a location we designate Business Planning 4.0 0 Plymouth, MN, or a location we designate Personnel and Labor 2.0 0 Plymouth, MN, or a Planning location we designate Marketing 1.0 0 Plymouth, MN, or a location we designate Accounting Basics and 3.5 0 Plymouth, MN, or a QuickBooks location we designate TOTALS 18.0 0 TRAINING PROGRAM SESSION 2 Hours of Classroom Hours of “Hands On” Subject(1)(2) Training Training Location Operations Review 2.0 0 Plymouth, MN, or a location we designate Business Planning 2.0 0 Plymouth, MN, or a location we designate
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Clothes Mentor
Retail non foodClothes Mentor operates 113 franchised locations, flat year over year, led by President Ronald G. Olson and COO Chad Olson. QuickBooks by Intuit is mandated under Item 11, putting core accounting technology squarely at headquarters.
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Ordinary royalty terms
4% component; full terms unconfirmed
Complete royalty terms are not confirmed for the selected filing.
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
1 technology requirement is recorded in this filing. A required choice lists alternatives for one obligation. Read each cited clause for its conditions.
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
22 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 4 explicit no's; 8 questions the text does not settle, which is not a no.
Accounting
Must the franchisee use an accounting or bookkeeping system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You must use our designated vendor to provide bookkeeping services for your Store, and pay our designated vendor a then-current monthly fee for those services.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
We have independent access to certain operational and financial information and data produced by your POS System.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
by the fifteenth (15th) of each month monthly financial statements for the previous month that include a complete profit and loss statement and a balance sheet;
How the franchisor buys
Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?
YesItem 11
We have an advertising council composed of franchisees that advise us on advertising policies.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
0Item 8
During our fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, neither we nor our affiliates received any revenue as a result of Clothes Mentor® franchisees’ purchases of goods, products and services.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We reserve the right to receive rebates or other payment and estimate that this revenue will range between 1% to 5% or more of the total purchase price of those items.
Item 8 gives this proportion in one of two shapes: separate percentages for establishing the business and for operating it, or one figure covering "establishing and operating" together. Where they are separate, answer with the operating percentage; where the passage gives only the combined figure, answer with that. What percentage of the franchisee's purchases must come from designated or approved suppliers?
45Item 8
We estimate that the purchase of supplies, inventory and advertising and sales promotions materials which meet our specifications will represent approximately 45% to 55% of the total cost to operate your Store.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you want to use any unapproved material, fixture, equipment, furniture or sign, or purchase any items from any supplier that we have not approved, you must first notify us in writing and must submit to us, at our request, sufficient specifications, photographs, drawings or other information or samples for us to…
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
You acknowledge that we have the sole right to and interest in all telephone numbers and directory listings associated with the Licensed Marks, and you authorize us, and appoint us as your attorney- in-fact, to direct the telephone company and all listing agencies to transfer such numbers and listings to us;
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
To determine whether you are complying with this Agreement, we may, at any time during business hours and without prior notice to you, inspect the Store.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
We may add to, and otherwise modify, the Operations Manual to reflect changes in authorized products and services, and specifications, standards and operating procedures of a Clothes Mentor® store.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesFranchise agreement
You will not open the Store for business without our prior written approval.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesFranchise agreement
You will not register, as Internet domain names, any of the Licensed Marks or any abbreviation, acronym or variation of the Licensed Marks, or any other name that could be deemed confusingly similar.
Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?
YesItem 11
You must spend at least 5% of the Net Sales of your Store during each calendar year on “approved” local advertising and promotional activities in your local geographic area.
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesItem 11
You also must participate in and contribute to the local or regional advertising cooperative (the “Cooperative”) established in the area where your Store is located.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
You must purchase the POS System. You will purchase the POS System directly from our designated vendor, Resale1.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesFranchise agreement
You will use in constructing and operating the Store only those types of construction and decorating materials, fixtures, equipment (including computer hardware and software), furniture, and signs that we have approved for Clothes Mentor® stores as meeting our specifications and standards for appearance, function and…
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
You must accept those bank cards and credit cards we specifically approve in the Operations Manual.
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesFranchise agreement
hereby authorize Clothes Mentor, LLC to withdraw or deposit funds, utilizing the following account, by ACH draft or electronic debit for payment or receipt of funds relating to royalty fees, technology access fees, advertising fund contributions, or payment of goods or services.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must use in your Store a computerized multi-purpose point-of-sale system (“POS System”) that we have selected for use in Stores.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We have independent access to certain operational and financial information and data produced by your POS System.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesFranchise agreement
We may charge you a reasonable fee for the supplemental and refresher training programs.
The filing answers no to 4 questions
- Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?Item 8
- Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?Item 8
- Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?Franchise agreement
- Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?Franchise agreement
The vendor opportunity at Clothes Mentor
The network is led by Ohio, Texas, Minnesota, Illinois, and Florida, and the FDD makes a financial performance representation.
Who controls software purchasing
President Ronald G. Olson and COO Chad Olson lead the executive team, joined by VP of Strategic Planning Michael D. Smith and SVP Jenny Mann. That team mandates the brand's core accounting system, and with 89 of 98 mapped operators running a single store, headquarters carries most of the weight in any technology decision.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required
QuickBooks by Intuit is mandated under Item 11 — every Clothes Mentor location must use it.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Clothes Mentor runs an Approved Suppliers List under Item 8, which may designate specific suppliers for certain items, though franchisees can submit alternatives for evaluation and approval. Item 17 of the FDD covers renewal, transfer, and termination terms; the filing below has the specifics.
How to read the Clothes Mentor FDD
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Ordinary royalty terms
Complete royalty terms are not confirmed.
Questions vendors ask
Clothes Mentor, answered from the filing
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
98 operators run 112 mapped locations. 9 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Top states by locations
| OH | 18 |
|---|---|
| TX | 11 |
| MN | 7 |
| IL | 7 |
| FL | 6 |
Ownership
The portfolio behind Clothes Mentor
Ownership: OUAM, Inc..
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