Overview

Franchise Group, Inc. is an operator and acquiror of franchised and franchisable businesses that it can scale using its operating expertise. Franchise Group owns and operates Liberty Tax Service, Buddy’s Home Furnishings and the Sears Outlet business. Liberty Tax Service operates in the U.S. and Canada and prepared approximately 1.8 million individual income tax returns in more than 3,100 offices and online last year. Buddy’s Home Furnishings is a specialty retailer which franchises and operates rent-to-own stores that lease durable goods, such as electronics, residential furniture, appliances and household accessories, to customers on a rent-to-own basis. Buddy’s Home Furnishings operated almost 300 locations, primarily through franchise arrangements. The Sears Outlet business is a retailer primarily focused on providing customers with in-store and online access to new, one-of-a kind, out-of-carton, discontinued, reconditioned, overstocked, and scratched and dented products across a broad assortment of merchandise categories, including home appliances, lawn and garden equipment, apparel, mattresses, sporting goods and tools, at prices that are significantly lower than list prices. Sears Outlet operates over 125 locations.