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		Franchise Research & Strategy Institute, Inc.

Profile At Restaurant Seibu, now named as Seiyo Food-Compass Group,Inc.; Served as Supervisor of Customer Service Dept. at French cuisine At Dunkin Doughnuts; Served as General Manager at first plot type store in Japan, Supervisor and Area Manager At Sun Chain, now named as Lawson, Inc.(: one of the leading convenience store in Japan); Served as General Manager of Commodity Dept, Overall Planning Dept, Development Dept and Operating Dept. Also served as the chief negotiator representing Sun Chain when they merged with Daiei Group At Nikomart; Served as General Manager of Commodity Dept, Sales Dept, Commodity Division, Development Division, Area Franchise Operation Dept. Independent Consultant; Established Franchise Research & Strategy Institute. Present post President and CEO of Franchise Research & Strategy Institute Inc. General Manager of Customer Service Dept. and Lecturer of Supervising School at Japan Franchise Association Lecturer of Supervising School at The Institute of Marketing & Distribution Research Guest Researcher of Mitsubishi Research Institute Member of consultant center for small scale business Expert adviser on Management assistance at The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry Lectures At Japan Franchise Association At Taiwan Franchise Association At Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. At Nikkei (Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.) At Recruit Co., Ltd. At The Institute of Marketing & Distribution Research At Local Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Japan, and many others. Publications "Actual Franchise Business" (Nikkei) "Marketing Strategy for independent store and local CVS chain store" (Business-sha) "How to start CVS, and how to maintain it. -2nd" co-authored (Business-sha) "Total Research for CVS Merchandising" co-authored (The Shogyokai Publishing Co.,Ltd.) and many others.

【Company name】 Franchise Research & Strategy Institute Inc. 【Established】 December, 1998 【Capital】 30 million yen 【Head Office】 2F Kojimachi Shain Bldg. 4-4 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan Phone: +81-3-3511-3755 Fax: +81-3-3511-3754 【e-mail】 info@the-franchise.co.jp 【URL】 http://www.the-franchise.co.jp 【President and CEO】 Akihiko Uchikawa 【Number of Employees】 15 【Business Associates】 Japan Franchise Association / Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. / Nikkei (Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.) Recruit Co., Ltd. / OBIC Co., Ltd.

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