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 INDIA FRANCHISE
NEWS ARCHIVE
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: : Jul - Dec 2005
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Benetton to open more stores in India. Benetton
India, the Indian subsidiary of the Italy-based Benetton group, plans
to open more than 20 exclusive stores in the country by the end of
2006. .... [more]
28/12/05
Lepakshi plans 10 more showrooms. Lepakshi, the state-owned
handicrafts corporation, plans to expand its marketing network by
opening more outlets. .... [more]
23/12/05
Sona on diversification drive. The Sona group has embarked
on its first major diversification drive by providing car rentals,
leasing and fleet management services under a new banner, Sona Mobility
Services. .... [more]
22/12/05
Big Mac comes a-calling. KFC is a craze and Subway is
sold out, so the table is now set for Big Mac to bite into the Calcutta
food mart. .... [more]
21/12/05
Archies plan new retail chain. Greetings and gift products
company, Archies Ltd on Tuesday said it would launch a new chain of
retail stores, Stupid Cupid, for fashion accessories and premium gifts.
.... [more]
20/12/05
Neva plans to have 10 franchisees by 2006-07. Neva Garment
Ltd, the flagship company of the Rs 125 crore Duke Group, is gearing
up to open its franchisee outlets under the Neva brand all over the
country. .... [more]
16/12/05
Cookie Man to step up presence. Australian cookie retail
chain Cookie Man plans to increase its presence in India from the
existing 14 stores to 350 over the next five years. .... [more]
14/12/05
OSIM India joins hands with Godrej Lifespace. Godrej
& Boyce entered into a strategic partnership with OSIM India to
showcase OSIM health products across the country. .... [more]
8/12/05
Mothercare to set up outlets in India. Mothercare, the
specialist children’s products retailer and possibly the UK’s
most-exported brand, is set to make a formal entry into the Indian
market. .... [more]
8/12/05
Carlson WagonLit looking to franchise. Business travel
major Carlson Wagonlit is now looking to build a network of franchisees
to tap the Indian hinterland citing a catchment of SMEs keen to manage
their travel costs. .... [more]
7/12/05
Niche foreign retailers have big plans for India. Despite
the FDI policy pertaining to retail being unclear, over 10 foreign
niche segment retailers have recently set up or announced their intention
to set up shop in India using the franchisee route. .... [more]
6/12/05
Domino's Pizza eyes network expansion. Domino's Pizza
India plans to increase its number of outlets from 105, to over 300
in 3-4 years, including about 40 franchise stores, according to Ajay
Kaul, CEO of the company, Indian continent. .... [more]
6/12/05
UPS Store targets small, medium Indian businesses. United
Parcel Service Inc. is counting on robust economic growth and rising
trade between countries in Asia to boost its presence in India. ....
[more]
1/12/05
50 new KFC, Pizza Hut restaurants in India. Yum! Restaurants
International on Thursday said it would open as many as 50 new restaurants
in the country to expand India operations. .... [more]
24/11/05
Sresta Natural to expand through franchisees. Sresta
Natural Bioproducts, which operates organic superstore ‘24 Lettered
Mantra’ in the country, plans to expand footprints through franchisee
route. .... [more]
23/11/05
Music World plans more stores. Music World Entertainment
Limited is set to open stores in Orissa and Jamshedpur, with plans
to increase the number of pan Indian stores from 266 to more than
300 by the end of the current fiscal. .... [more]
19/11/05
KFC opens outlet in Hyd. Hyderabadis will now get to
taste a different kebab, the Colonel Sander’s secret chicken
recipe made with a blend of 11 herbs and spices, more popularly known
as Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). .... [more]
19/11/05
Next opens 100th store. Emart India, a multi-brand consumer
electronics and IT products retailer with a brand name 'Next', will
on Tuesday throw open its 100th store in the country. .... [more]
15/11/05
Pre-school franchises, a growing trend. Kids - adorable,
delightful, and at times annoying... but a source of revenue? Well,
apparently so, because the trend of pre-school franchises seems to
be growing in India. .... [more]
15/11/05
The Bombay Store comes to Hyd. The Bombay Store, a contemporary
lifestyle store for Indian collections, on Thursday launched its outlet
at Hyderabad, the fifth in the country. .... [more]
11/11/05
US dollar store outlets in India soon. US Dollar Store,
the Florida-based multi-million dollar company and the pioneers of
the single price stores, today announced its tie-up with a New Delhi-based
company to set up a retail chain in the country. .... [more]
8/11/05
Marriage portal opens offline outlet. An on-line marriage
portal launched its first ever offline business venture in Kolkata
today. .... [more]
7/11/05
Benetton plans sourcing from India for global market.
Italian fashion major Benetton Group is looking at doubling its retail
presence in India by adding 50 more stores across India in three years.
.... [more]
4/11/05
Yum! to cook new Pizza plan for India. The $28-billion
Yum! Restaurants International, which owns the Pizza Hut and KFC brands,
is revisiting its operating strategy for India, to keep pace with
the fast growing food retail industry. .... [more]
29/10/05
Barista plans rural brew. Barista Coffee Company is
now looking at smaller towns after establishing itself as one of the
country's leading players in the coffee retail market. .... [more]
27/10/05
Timex to open 130 showrooms by 2007. With a focus on
consolidating its retail presence, Timex Watches Ltd on Tuesday said
it will introduce international brands FCUK and Opex in the Indian
market in first quarter next year and would open 130 showrooms by
the end of 2007. .... [more]
25/10/05
Ma Foi sets up office in Aurangabad. Ma Foi Management
Consultants Ltd, India’s largest HR Services provider, commenced
its business partner operations in Aurangabad. .... [more]
24/10/05
Barnie Coffee first outlet by year-end. Barnie’s
Coffee and Tea Company, the US specialty coffee chain, will open its
first outlet in India before this year-end, Ravish Mehra, director,
Victoria Impex, the master franchisee for Barnie’s in India,
said. .... [more]
20/10/05
Food majors set up shop via franchise route. The government’s
see-sawing stand on allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail
does not seem to be dissuading retail companies from setting up shop
here. .... [more]
17/10/05
India's Shoppers Stop Signs Franchise Deal With Mothercare of
UK. The K Raheja Group-promoted Shoppers Stop Ltd has entered
into an exclusive franchise agreement with UK-based retail giant Mothercare
PLC to open Mothercare stores in India. .... [more]
14/10/05
Dotty about Dotz. The world’s coldest ice cream
is hot business. From just three outlets in Pune in 2004, Space Dots
has built a network of outlets and kiosks that covers Delhi, Mumbai,
Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore. .... [more]
12/10/05
The UPS Store Global Expansion Begins with India and Canada.
UPS subsidiary Mail Boxes Etc., Inc. is expanding The UPS Store brand
internationally. Today, the company announced the debut of The UPS
Store concept in India. .... [more]
5/10/05
Bollywood fashion goes global. On October 3, Dubai got
an unusual fashion store. The style lounge, aptly named Crossover-Bollywood
Se, retails Bollywood inspired fashion apparel and is promoted by
film star Suniel Shetty in collaboration with film producer Prakash
Khubchandani. .... [more]
5/10/05
JWT, Mumbai, wins Baskin Robbins ice-cream business.
Following a multi-agency
pitch held in July, JWT, Mumbai, has bagged the creative duties for
the premium ice-cream brand, Baskin Robbins. .... [more]
5/10/05
The Franchising Summit 2005: Franchising can drive growth in
many new sectors. According to Rony Kurien, faculty, Indian
Business Academy, “The franchise business model has the potential
to drive growth in several other sectors such as healthcare, food
and beverages, fitness clinics, education and courier services.”
.... [more]
29/9/05
Apollo to set up clinics in Andhra. Apollo Health and
Lifestyle Limited on Friday announced plans to set up its franchised
day-to-day healthcare centre – The Apollo Clinic – in Andhra
Pradesh. .... [more]
24/9/05
Planet Sports to enter India. The $5.1 billion Next
Plc, UK's high-street fashion retailing major, is in talks with lifestyle
retailing chain Planet Sports for a foray in the Indian market. ....
[more]
22/9/05
Growth spurt: A franchise every 8 mins. Globally, a
new franchise opens every eight minutes, say industry experts. Although
the franchise industry is a huge market worldwide with close to 17
per cent of world business being conducted through franchising; in
India, it is less than 3 per cent. .... [more]
20/9/05
Essar oil asks franchisees to close bunks. With the
mounting mismatch between domestic and international prices of diesel
and petrol in the retail market, Essar Oil Ltd has asked its franchisees
to close their bunks till March 2006 or accept considerably reduced
supplies. .... [more]
18/9/05
Planet Sports plans expansion. Planet Sports plans separate
branded stores for lingerie, cosmetics, healthcare and toiletries
once it has acquired the franchise rights for the respective brands.
.... [more]
14/9/05
Ma Foi mulls 100 academies by year-end. Chennai-based
HR service provider, Ma Foi Management Consultants Limited, is looking
at having 100 Ma Foi Academies in the country by the end of this year.
.... [more]
10/9/05
Costa Coffee opens shop in India. Costa Coffee - UK’s
No. 1 coffee chain - today set foot in India with its first coffee
outlet in Delhi. .... [more]
9/9/05
Subway plans 12 stores. Subway will set up 12 new food
outlets in Kolkata over the next two years to achieve the critical
mass necessary to launch its vendor development programme locally
and source its raw materials. .... [more]
2/9/05
Indo Rama scraps retail foray plan. Indo Rama’s
plan to enter the retail industry appears to have suffered a jolt
with group company, Indo Rama Retail Holding, withdrawing its application
to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board for approval of its proposed
tie-up with Office 1 Superstore. .... [more]
24/8/05
Coffee chain targets tea-loving India. Leisure group
Whitbread Plc plans to open more than 300 outlets of its Costa coffee
chain in India, traditionally a tea-drinking country, a senior manager
said in an interview on Wednesday. .... [more]
24/8/05
Big deal over a humble food. On Tuesday Jumbo King vada
pav blows out the candles on four years of successfully granting respectability
to an unsanitary but popular street food. .... [more]
23/8/05
Fairfest Media to host three-day event on franchising.
Fairfest Media Limited is hosting a seminar on the opportunities of
franchising in India, in association with the Franchising Association
of India. .... [more]
22/8/05
'My Dollarstore' to open in New Delhi. New Delhi will
have its first 'My Dollarstore' next month where consumers can buy
over 10,000 imported items at an attractive price of Rs 99 per item.
.... [more]
18/8/05
Viceroy Hotels eyes metros. The Hyderabad-based Viceroy
Hotels is planning to set up five-star hotels across major metros.
.... [more]
17/8/05
Gold Gym eyes fitness market. Gold's Gym, the largest
gymnasium chain in the world, is planning to enter the north India
in a big way. .... [more]
9/8/05
Vanshi to expand franchisee network. Branded jewellery
maker, Vanshi Diamond Jewellery, will expand its reach in Kolkata
through the franchise route. .... [more]
3/8/05
Franchise services under service tax net. The Finance
Ministry has expanded the scope of levy of service tax on franchise
services. .... [more]
31/7/05
Franchise biz yet to sprout in India. Franchising has
been recognised as a powerful way of retailing goods the world over,
but in the absence of a regulatory framework and laws to govern the
trade in India, it is yet to become as widespread as the local grocer.
.... [more]
25/7/05
Barnie's signs master franchise agreement in India.
Barnie's Coffee & Tea Co. will open its first store in India,
part of the privately held retailer's worldwide expansion effort.
.... [more]
25/7/05
Giordano off to 'rapidly accelerating' India. Giordano,
one of Asia's largest clothing retailers, recently said it planned
to open 10-20 stores next year in India, which is expected to become
the group's third largest market by 2010. .... [more]
25/7/05
Yum! Moves Into Mega Expansion Mode. Nine years after
setting up shop in India, Yum! Restaurants International, plans to
add 25 Pizza Hut outlets and seven Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurants
by the end of this year. .... [more]
23/7/05
Starbucks set to finalise India JV. Starbucks Coffee
Company, the world's biggest coffee retailing chain, is close to naming
a joint venture partner to stage an entry into the Indian market.
.... [more]
20/7/05
Branded coffee houses a rage in India. Go to any of
the mushrooming coffee bars and what do you find? The menu displays
not just a range of coffees, but an ever increasing list of soft drink
concoctions and other beverages mingling with snacks and mini-meals.
.... [more]
16/7/05
Café Coffee Day opens 50th outlet in Bangalore.
Café Coffee Day launched its 50th café in Brigade Road,
Bangalore. The new café was inaugurated by popular Karnataka
film personality Spandana. .... [more]
7/7/05
Ma Foi expands in Bengal. Ma Foi Management Consultants,
India’s largest HR services provider, has set up an office in
Siliguri, the financial hub of north Bengal often described as the
gateway town to north-eastern India. .... [more]
5/7/05
Debenhams to open 10 stores in India. Debenhams, the
department stores group whose private equity backers have taken out
£1billion since buying it 18 months ago, is to expand into India.
.... [more]
4/7/05
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