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title: "Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Franchising"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/1a2062f2-52bc-4050-93c7-08e426f1fcf3
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/small-business-entrepreneurship-and-franchising-8425
category: "Retail"
industry: "Retail"
published: 2016-12-15T00:19:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:14:07.268Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1507679799987-c73779587ccf?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Franchising

**TL;DR:** MODE, a designer outlet store, was founded in 2007 by Ciara Stockeland and her husband Jim Stockeland and has franchisees throughout the Midwest. The company is looking to expand throughout the Midwest.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-12-15. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/small-business-entrepreneurship-and-franchising-8425).*

## Story

MODE® is a designer outlet store in a boutique environment. Home of the $40 Designer Jean ®. We are a Franchise and currently have Franchisees with thriving MODE stores throughout ND, SD, MN and KS and are looking to expand throughout the Midwest.

MODE® was founded in 2007 by Ciara Stockeland and her husband Jim Stockeland. Through an opportunity to liquidate a truckload of designer overstock, Ciara and Jim created the MODE brand. Always intending to build a brand, they found the franchising was the best way to grow the MODE brand and bring it into communities throughout the Midwest. The first MODE franchise was located in Bismarck, ND.

Ciara has a passion for franchising and shares her experience testifying before the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Retail (sector)
- franchising (topic)
- retail expansion (topic)
- small business (topic)
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (regulator)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/small-business-entrepreneurship-and-franchising-8425). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/1a2062f2-52bc-4050-93c7-08e426f1fcf3).