brand owner

基本解释

A franchise is a group of restaurants that are under the same brand owner, but operate on their own.
特許經銷權是指同一品牌商旗下的餐厛獨立運行。
Even in hotels that are franchised out, the brand owner exerts strict control over the finest details, such as the types of mattress in the bedrooms.
即使是對那些特許經營的酒店，品牌擁有者仍可對具躰細節施加嚴格的控制，比如臥室牀單的類型。
Hidom Electric Co. , Ltd. is the brand owner, and the professional manufacturer of garden, aquariums products.
園林水族産品的專業制造商和品牌運營商。

"In the last two years, from big brand stores to the little guys,I would say a small business owner.

That adds one more year that the brand owner can be selling on a 20-year patent.
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The client, as brand owner, will bear the majority of the cost of developing the ads, so the profits would be divvied accordingly.
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The distributor (and by extension the original manufacturer or brand owner) is happy because the SMS text (or a call with an automated voice response system) also lets the ERP system know how much inventory is being drawn down and when to start the re-order process.
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