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Join us at one of Australia’s most beloved brands.
Serious about your future
Our promise: we’re serious about our customers’ sleep and about helping to build and support successful franchised businesses.
Our National Support Centre won’t be caught napping on the job either, offering full marketing support from national campaigns down to local area marketing for stores.
Browse the franchisee selection criteria
Successful franchisees often have these attributes, resources and skills in their toolbelt.
Leadership Skills: The ability to motivate and manage a team, delegate tasks effectively, and set a positive example.
Coachability & Collaboration: The willingness to learn, accept feedback, follow proven systems, and work collaboratively with the franchisor and wider network.
Commercial Drive & Accountability: The ability to understand business performance, take ownership of results, and proactively identify opportunities to improve and grow the business.
Sales & Customer Service Skills: The ability to understand customer needs, build trust, guide purchasing decisions, and deliver a consistently high standard of customer service.
Business & Financial Management: The ability to understand key business metrics, manage costs and budgets, and use performance data to make informed business decisions.
People Management & Development: The ability to recruit, train, coach, and manage a team to achieve strong individual and business performance.
Operational & Organisational Skills: The ability to manage day-to-day store operations, prioritise effectively, plan ahead, and consistently execute business processes and standards.
- Industry Knowledge: Experience in large format retail or a related field provides valuable insights and understanding of market trends.
- Previous Business Experience: Experience running a business, even if not in retail, can be beneficial.
Location and Market Research: Ability to choose the right location and conduct thorough market research to understand customer needs and competition.
- Technology Proficiency: Familiarity with retail technology, such as point-of-sale systems, e-commerce platforms, and inventory management software.
- Legal and Regulatory Knowledge: Understanding of Franchising, Consumer Law, the Regulatory Environment governing business ownership and operations.
- Business Plan Development: Ability to create and execute a comprehensive business plan with clear goals and strategies.
- Innovation and Trends Awareness: Staying updated with industry trends and being open to innovative ideas to stay competitive.
- Capital Investment: Sufficient financial resources or access to funding to start and sustain the business.
- Financial Management: Understanding of Profit & Loss principles; capability to manage cash flow; ability to read, understand and act upon various financial and KPI reports; and invest wisely in business growth.
Franchising opportunities
Enquire below to speak with our trusted Sleep Advisors about current franchising opportunities with Australia's leading bedroom specialist retailer.
We have over 110 individually-owned stores Australia-wide and a rich history of over 40 years.
Successful franchisees often have these attributes, resources and skills in their toolbelt.
We are always looking at new locations across Australia. If there is no Forty Winks near you yet, tell us the state and suburb you are interested in using the enquiry form below and our franchise team will let you know what is planned for that area. Below are of great interest
- Rockhampton - Qld
- Colac - Vic
- Gladstone -Qld
- Ellenbrook- WA
- Bathurst – NSW
- Mittagong – NSW
Enquire today about franchising
Tell us where you are interested in franchising and a little about yourself, and our franchise team will be in touch.
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