JRE Anounces Expansion Plans
By Staff -- JCK-Jewelers Circular Keystone, 5/1/2004
Jewelry Repair Enterprises Inc. (JRE), the Delray Beach, Fla.-based franchisor of Fast-Fix Jewelry Repairs, recently unveiled U.S. expansion plans that call for the opening of 60 to 75 Fast-Fix locations nationwide over the next five years.
The plans also call for a focus on two regions, the Northeast and Midwest. The company has identified shopping malls in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Missouri as locations for Fast-Fix kiosks and stores. Franchise owners currently operate 130 Fast-Fix kiosks and stores in the United States, most in the Southeast, Southwest, and West Coast areas.
Fast-Fix kiosks and stores provide customers with a wide range of on-the-spot jewelry, watch, and eyeglass repairs, including ring sizing, stone replacement, engraving, and mounting. Founded in 1984, the company has been ranked in Entrepreneur magazine's "Top 500 Franchises" for 14 consecutive years as well as Success magazine's "Top 200 Franchises" and Bond magazine's "Top 50 Retail Franchises." For more information, visit www.fastfix.com or call (800) 359-0407.
