Useful articles about franchising in Bulgaria
Despite information about franchises in Bulgaria is scarce and difficult to find (at least, it was before our arrival) we can find several articles and webs which could be useful for those of you interested in having more information about this topic.
Information is power, so let’s go:
History
Bulgaria Country Commercial Guide FY2001: Franchising Market
In this article dated on 2001 we can find a good briefing about the situation of franchising in those years. It is a good option if you want to know more about the development of the sector. However, the most interesting part in the history of franchises in Bulgaria starts in 2006, with the opening of the two first shopping centers in the country (Mall of Sofia and City Center, both in Sofia).
BULFA (Old website)
There are several good articles in the old website of the Bulgarian Franchise Association, concerning the first franchises which entered into the bulgarian market and general information about the country. The page was last updated in 2002.
Nowadays
Bulgaria–bullish on franchising: Bulgaria’s franchise market is still mostly unexplored and untapped
By Miroslava Marinova, research analyst at FRANdata.
A very good article, containing some of the most interesting topics about franchising in Bulgaria.
Bulgaria – Franchising
Please, note this link goes to a .doc file (Doc type of Microsoft Word)
In this short but good article we can find the most well-known brands and the best developing sectors concerning franchises.
BULFA - Current site
And last, but not least, the current website of Bulfa. Last year they organized a seminar (”Franchising days in Bulgaria”) and they are preparing an event for the next september. Currently, the website needs a lot of work in order to improve the information availability, but it is an interesting site. We hope they start updating more frequently.
So, that’s all by the moment. We hope to be able to find more information for you in the future, and if someone of you is interested in sending us more data we would share with the rest of the people.
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