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The show will be located at the Javits Center and it will be a great opportunity to join thousands of entrepreneurs and business owners.

If you would like to attend the show please email us at franchise@fastfix.com for a GUEST pass.

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International Franchise Expo 2012 in New York City

While fashion is far from dead, record drops in fine jewelry and watch sales
across the country provide proof that consumers are turning to other options to
fulfill their need to accessorize.  In the past, a missing stone or a size
change due to the loss of a few pounds meant tossing that ring into a drawer
and purchasing a new one.  That dead battery meant a new watch was in
order.  Today, those pieces are being refurbished and repaired in record
numbers.  Even in a retail environment that has witnessed tremendous drops
in traffic counts for most regional shopping centers, Fast-Fix Jewelry and
Watch Repairs has increased average tickets and experienced record turn rates,
demonstrating a meteoric trend toward service retail growth.
For centers looking to provide their customer base with a complete service
and total lifestyle setting, Fast-Fix Jewelry and Watch Repairs is a must-have
tenant.

Past challenges for expanding a retail service concept like Fast-Fix Jewelry and
Watch Repairs into the world’s most premier, top-tier centers involved
unassuming store design and build out.  Our design and construction team
has been busy resourcing and engineering new materials, colors and concepts
that are now elevating Fast-Fix Jewelry and Watch Repairs to a new level of
retail vision.  The latest generation of Fast-Fix proves that service retail
does not have to be boring and nondescript.  Strategic changes
include vibrant new colors, innovative materials and lighting, updated signage and
in-store marketing techniques, as well as state-of-the-art equipment that
attracts customers with a curiosity for the latest technology.

Design highlights of the modern-day Fast-Fix Jewelry and Watch Repairs center
include storefronts utilizing extensive natural stone tiles surrounding custom made
faux cut-coral columns.  Each column supports a matching overhead portico
and is bordered by soaring frameless glass windows.  The central focal
point of the entry, employing the latest version of Fast-Fix corporate
branding, is the updated store signage.  Inside, customers are greeted
with the welcoming feel of natural wood flooring, coordinating custom cabinetry
and showcases, and an inviting palate of colors and textures, all selected to
enhance the feeling of a place where one is completely comfortable in leaving
that valuable family heirloom for repair.  Duratran light boxes
prominently display colorful signage to illustrate the services offered by
Fast-Fix.  Along with the vast array of repair services offered, Fast-Fix
also displays an assortment of related products, including fine jewelry,
diamonds, precious gemstones, watches, giftware and jewelry cleaning supplies.

The overall vision of the store is to provide the customer a contemporary, clean
and professional environment for service and repair of all their jewelry, watch
and accessory needs.  The new look of Fast-Fix Jewelry and Watch Repairs
is designed to blend seamlessly with even the most upscale shopping centers in
the world.

We had full attendance from our DC Metro area Owners as well as a few
Owners who travelled from as far as Rochester, NY and Philadelphia, PA.

The meeting focused on marketing efforts that have succeeded
in the DC area, followed by Gary Biltis who talked about what’s working around
the country. Strongly recommended were Cable advertising, social media and
M.A.P. (FAST-FIX’s Monthly Advertising Program). Along with mall gift cards
and building on our highly successful referral program, we have seen marketing
drive in huge numbers this year! Cell phone repair has become a big sales
revenue for many stores and the way to promote this was reviewed.

The meeting concluded with an analysis of each store’s
departmental sales, analyzing strengths and avenues of opportunities.
The DC Metro area has always been a strong region for us and it was great
seeing many friends we had not seen since the annual convention in July.

Until next time…

These meetings, like our annual conventions, are an informal forum for us to share ideas that are succeeding in other stores. Successful marketing, merchandise, equipment, sales … we discuss them all and ALL that attend leave with great ideas to  implement in their stores.

Our Director of Marketing, Gary Biltis presents new marketing programs and store signage, while Ken Marks,President, reviews sales figures for all in attendance.
This helps look at a store’s departmental breakdown and where increases are available.

Our most recent marketing Meeting in California was a huge success, with a stress on increasing social media advertising, new store signage and new available markets (buying gold and cell phone repair).

We look forward to seeing all FAST-FIX owners in DC.

Future Marketing Meetings will be announced.

One woman approached us and mentioned how Company A had
taken 3 months to repair her watch! She was familiar with our stores and told
us she would now be using her local FAST-FIX to repair her other watch of
sentimental value. Don’t wait months to have your watch repaired – visit any of
our stores and they will be able to get the work done while you shop!

Remember you can visit any of our stores for a FREE
Jewelry Steam Cleaning! Here is a picture of our team at the booth! Until next time…

The show will be located at the Miami Beach convention Center and it will be a great opportunity to join thousands of entrepreneurs and business owners. The franchise expo south is the premier franchise expo serving the Southeastern US, Latin America and the Caribbean.

If you would like to attend the show please email us at franchise@fastfix.com for a FREE pass. We hope to see you at the show!

Then, on one New Years Eve, I got a call from my boss and he said he could not afford to have me on the payroll anymore and that he was letting me go. That was the call that changed my life.

FAST-FIX already had a store in Miami, Florida (Dadeland Mall) and I went to the owner and asked him if I could work for him. He said that he was not hiring at that time. I told him that I knew the business very well and I could improve his sales – he told me to prove it to him.

We agreed that I would work for him for one month and he would pay me 5% of the total sales at the end of the month, if I could improve his sales by $1000 or more (as he was averaging about $17000 at that time). I was so confident that I could do it that I took him up on his offer. You want to know what happened? I worked open to close that whole month and we did more than $23,000 that month an increase of over $6,000.

To make a long story short, I worked with the FAST-FIX owner for three months while I negotiated with the FAST-FIX headquarters for the opportunity to own my own FAST-FIX store. I opened my own store in Melbourne, Florida in 1991 and since then have never looked back. FAST-FIX is all I know and I will always be grateful to FAST-FIX because I have come a long way since 1991.

FAST-FIX has fulfilled my dreams. Today I can afford almost anything I want.

My future plan includes opening a few more FAST-FIX stores and at present I am training my current employees and doing a lot of role playing with them so that one day they can successfully run and manage my existing store, while I get busy looking for other FAST-FIX franchised stores in different areas.

I can go on and on talking about FAST-FIX. I truly enjoy being a part of the FAST-FIX family and can assure all future owners, if they put their heart and soul into this business and work every minute towards making money, they will give themselves and their families a very secure future.”

Benny Mirpuri

St. Charles Towne Center
Waldorf, MD

Fashion Centre at Pentagon City
Arlington, VA

Union Station
Washington, DC

If you like people, desire success and want to enjoy a lucrative business, this will work for you even if you are like me and have no jewelry experience.”

Fred Gosielewski
Arrowhead Towne Center
Glendale, AZ
Scottsdale Fashion Square
Scottsdale, AZ
Chandler Fashion Center
Chandler, AZ