Bierbörse - a Franchise Arrangement that Organizes Beer Markets: If you're travelling through Germany in the summer months and see Bierbörse beer festivals in cities like Cologne, Leipzig, Mainz and Bonn, etc., these beer markets are actually organized under a franchise system.  Bierbörse it seems is Europe's first open air event which is distributed under a franchise system. Without knowing the finer details of the franchise system, I presume like all franchise arrangements, the … [Read more...]