U.S. Companies See Franchising Opportunities in Czech Republic

Commercial Counselor Greg O´Connor (right) with Jaroslav Tamchyna

May 29, 2009

Czech Franchise Institute (CFI) Managing Partner Jaroslav Tamchyna returned from Washington, D.C.’s Franchise Expo Fair with good news: American companies are very interested in expanding to the Czech Republic.

Tamchyna noted, “Franchising is not only a fast food phenomenon but has spread to a lot of fields, especially service industries such as real estate, cleaning, automotive, postal and health care. Franchising originated in the United States approximately 150 years ago… In the Czech Republic franchising is still developing.”

On October 20, the U.S. Embassy and the Czech Franchise Institute will co-host ‘American Franchise Day’ in Prague. For more information contact Jana Rückerová from Foreign Commercial Service of U.S. Embassy at Jana.Ruckerova@mail.doc.gov. /p>

 The full interview with Jaroslav Tamchyna

Related links:

• Foreign Commercial Services of U.S. Embassy, Section franchising  Obchodního
• International Franchise Expo
• Český institut pro franchising
• American Franchise Day - leaflet