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Keep every candidate, site visit and open store in one record.

A CRM for a retail franchise brand holds the candidate's journey from first call to opened store, and the franchisee's record after. GullySales sets up the stages, fields and ownership around your team.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

Also for retail franchise brands

Sales and marketing for retail franchise brands, the overview.

Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For retail franchise brands

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “Candidate details sit in four places”

    One field manager keeps notes in a phone, another in a sheet, and the portal holds the original form. When a manager changes territory, the history leaves with their phone.

  • “Stages are not defined”

    Without agreed stages, a candidate who has seen a shop and one who has only asked a price sit in the same list. Forecasts then cannot say how many stores are likely to open.

  • “Property details have no field”

    The frontage, the landlord, the rent and the neighbouring brands decide the deal, yet they live in a message thread. A CRM that stores only name and phone omits the facts a visit depends on.

  • “Franchisees vanish from the record after opening”

    Once a store opens, the candidate record is closed and the franchisee is forgotten. Yet the next referral, the festive stock order and the support request all start from that relationship.

What we do

What we deliver for retail franchise brands.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. Stage design

    Stages from new enquiry to qualified, site visit, agreement and opened, with the exit condition for each.

    Result: A named list of stages and what moves a candidate on.

  2. Candidate and shop fields

    Fields for frontage, area, street, landlord, capital and existing trade.

    Result: A record that shows the shop at a glance.

  3. Owner and reminder rules

    One owner per candidate, and a reminder when a stage has sat untouched.

    Result: A view of which candidates have no next step.

  4. Franchisee record after opening

    A record that continues into store life: opening date, contact, stock orders and support requests.

    Result: One file per store that outlives the sale.

  5. Import of old records

    Existing sheets and portal exports cleaned and loaded.

    Result: A tidy starting list with duplicates merged.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full CRM implementation and customisation page

Fields worth keeping

The fields a brand needs against each candidate and each open store.

Shop size, street and photographs
Filled by the field manager at the first visit. It lets the sales owner judge a site without returning.
Format and territory proposed
Set by the sales owner. It shows what has been offered and prevents two candidates being given the same area.
Stage in the process
Moved from enquiry to site visit to agreement. It shows where candidates stall and who needs a call.
Field manager and visit notes
Entered by the field manager after each visit. The next person reads the context, not a bare name.
Agreement date and opening plan
Filled by the owner of the agreement. It tells the team which stores are due to open and need stock and training.
Reason a candidate dropped
Marked in the candidate's words. A pattern of space or stock reasons guides what the brand changes.

Who it is for

This is written for these retail franchise brands.

  • Apparel and fashion brands selling stores in towns and cities
  • Footwear and accessories franchise brands
  • Mobile, electronics and appliance franchise stores
  • Kids' products and toy store franchises
  • Gifts, stationery and lifestyle store chains
  • Optical and eyewear franchise stores
  • Home furnishing and decor franchise stores
  • Brands selling shop-in-shop and kiosk formats

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Your field managers work from notebooks and will not log visits, so the CRM would hold old data.
  • You have a handful of candidates, and the sales owner remembers each.
  • You want the CRM to show store sales too, which sit in each franchisee's billing and need their agreement to share.

How it works

How the CRM work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Map the sales process

    We sit with the people who sell and write down how a deal moves from enquiry to payment, including where it stalls.

  2. 2

    Agree stages, fields and owners

    Each stage gets a name your team already uses and a proof that the deal has left it. We agree which fields are required at which stage, and who may change what.

  3. 3

    Build on a copy

    Pipeline, fields and views are built on a trial copy where the CRM offers one, or in a separate pipeline where the plan allows. Live work stays untouched.

  4. 4

    Connect channels, then switch on automations

    Channels are connected first. Each automation is then switched on separately, so a misfiring rule is easy to find.

  5. 5

    Test with real deals

    The people who will use the CRM run open deals through it. Gaps are fixed before the whole team switches over.

  6. 6

    Switch over and trim

    Once real use shows which fields stay empty and which stages nobody uses, those are cut and the handover record is updated.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Which CRM should we use?
The one your team will open daily. We work with the tool you already hold where it fits, and suggest a change only if it blocks the stages you need.
Can field managers use it on a phone?
They must, since they are in stores. Pick a tool with a usable phone view and keep the fields few.
Do franchisees get access?
Give access to their own store record only, if at all. What franchisees may see belongs in your agreement, so check it with your own adviser.
Do franchisees get access to the CRM?
Give them access only to their own store's shopper records, if the brand keeps any, and not to candidate files. Candidates share money and family details in confidence, so limit who reads them and ask an adviser on retention.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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