4 | Franchise Concept Inc. 1970s, all operated independently of one another. The Great Frame Up (the largest and oldest of the three) launched in 1971 and quickly garnered prestige as a leading American purveyor of professional framing services, so vital for the promotion and preservation of all manner of art, as well as any minutia of materials one might wish to highlight and hang-on-the-wall for display. In 1974, a similarly-focused franchise known as the Framing & Art Centre was founded in Canada. Generally situated among neighborhood shopping centers, the Framing & Art Centres likewise grew and are distinguished today as that nation’s largest and most recognized framing franchise, in fact, it is the only operation of its kind that has exclusive rights to offer travelers with Air Miles reward miles - picture that. Deck the Walls began in 1979. Like the other two, it became equally engaged and prospered as a provider of professional framing services, the sale of specialty prints as well as other forms of wall art, and accessory galore. Dave Dahl actually owned several Deck theWalls franchises in the San Francisco area of California. His business was rolling right along until he experienced what may be the worst kind of shake-up any entrepreneur can ever endure – San Francisco’s infamous 1989 earthquake, a 7.1 magnitude event that resulted in more than 60 deaths and incalculable devastation to homes, businesses and municipal infrastructure. In the wake of that decimation, Dahl says he and wife ultimately determined to seek out other geographic alternatives thereby compelling him to sell his stores. He was subsequently approached by corporate principals who successfully persuaded him to assume a new role as regional manager. Several years later, in 1994, Deck the Walls elected to expand the company
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