seeking info sounds like fishing info with a fancy rod in murky waters but forgive my observation on. if your fancy fishing rod brand name's different than mine, it doesn't mean i don't know yours, does it? info comes from varieties of sources and the EF sharks are well known around. they launder the money in china and shame that a foreign company has got so low. they bent their arses at the the border crossings and offered some fairly one-sided franchisor-franchisee contractual agreements to the mainland. now,they're feeling the pain and so they've put some ointment on. by owning a few centers to lead by example, they feel the cherry will come back there. lol

seeking info, you've been seeing info around on the topic, haven't you? i hope you know they've decentralized their operation on mainland previously and that in order to expand quickly and "efficiently". the profitability has almost certainly been assured there as some local business people have jumped at their fine opportunities, invested a couple million and agreed to pay the few percent royalty fees. the owners knew this was (and is) china and the book keeping is just in their favor as well. investing their filthy money in EF (educations) was just less risky and more respectfull than investing it in the market that they knew little about or keeping it which would make them a target. too bad for us that few EF owners knew or cared what the product was all about. but what a great marketing strategy from the EF headless office to expand. now, when the filthy sewage is sold and isn't moving, it's been bought back in some locations. lol

the question rises why would anyone put his/her two cents in to clean up this sewage? if it is due to the fact that there are a way too many unpro employment agreements around, then i can sympathize. if it is 'cause of the location, then i question the EF choice as there still are some other choices than this filthy mac sewage.

cheers and beers to cleaners :)