Franchise President Wins Big for Third Time This Year with International Person of the Year Award

Posted on August 15, 2007 by Bill Dube

When asked about his success with the EmbroidMe brand, Ray notes that, “there are definitely hurdles and it takes the right personality to succeed. You have to be flexible and willing to change.” 

             EmbroidMe is part of United Franchise Group (UFG), which is comprised of the world’s largest franchise systems specializing in personalized business services including signage, embroidery and outdoor advertising.  The dynamic franchise system includes award-winning brands such as SIGN*A*RAMA, EmbroidMe and Billboard Connection. The franchisees within the system are provided the competitive advantage of working hand-in-hand with fellow UFG franchisees to develop an array of products to increase brand awareness for their customers.

            In addition, Titus has expanded his portfolio of companies to include World Franchisors, a company that helps franchises expand oversees, and FRANCHISEMART, which sells franchises in a store-front environment.

            Counselor magazine is produced by ASI (Advertising Specialty Institute®). ASI is the largest media and marketing organization serving the advertising specialty industry, with a membership of 20,000 distributor firms (sellers) and 3,500 supplier firms (manufacturers) of advertising specialties. It provides catalogs, information directories, newsletters, magazines, websites, trade shows, databases and interactive e-commerce, marketing and selling tools.

             This willingness to be flexible is evident in the quick success of the franchise. EmbroidMe has grown to 450 stores in 15 countries in only six years, and opened 100 new stores in 2006 alone. With $68 million in sales in 2005, EmbroidMe sales rose 51% from the prior year, according to Counselor magazine’s State of the Industry report.