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 INDIA FRANCHISE
NEWS ARCHIVE
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: : 2002
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FTV India plans to set up cafes, bars. Fashion TV
(India), a fashion and glamour channel, has chalked out an expansion
strategy for the Indian market involving extension into areas beyond
television. .... [more]
7/12/02
Barista Coffee brews south Asian thrust. Barista Coffee
Co Ltd will open its first overseas store in Colombo, Sri Lanka on
December 14 as part of its thrust into south Asian countries. ....
[more]
3/12/02
Planet M outlet opens in city. For music lovers of Kolkata,
it's time for music, masti and magic. If you haven't got wind of the
buzz yet, here's the news - Planet M is here! .... [more]
14/9/02
Franchisee membership alters the broking game. Organised
broking houses are changing the face of the country's retail broking
business by offering franchisee memberships at throwaway prices. ....
[more]
7/9/02
Pizza Hut to open 100 outlets in India by 2004. Pizza
Hut, the flagship restaurant brand of Yum! Restaurants International,
would open 100 outlets in the country by 2004, a company official
said. .... [more]
5/9/02
Keep the party goin'. Mumbai's biggest discos and Pune's
successful restaurateurs are opening new night-spots in Pune. Life,
which recently opened near Taj Blue Diamond has plans to take their
patented franchise across the country. .... [more]
22/8/02
KVIC plans franchising. The Khadi and Village Industries
Commission (KVIC) has sought government's approval to franchise its
products through private retailers. .... [more]
19/6/02
Australia coaching firm to enter India, eyes small biz units.
The Australia-based consultancy and training company, Action International,
is entering the Indian market soon. Positioned as a "coach", it is
targeting the small and medium business houses in India. .... [more]
22/5/02
Our vegetarian products are 100% vegetarian: Pizza Hut.
Pizza Hut (India) on Sunday said it uses 100 per cent vegetarian ingredients
in its vegetarian products. .... [more]
19/5/02
Card authorisation via SMS. Paying the pizza delivery
boy with plastic money instead of cash is now in the realm of possibility.
.... [more]
17/5/02
Chain reaction. Franchising is all the rage in India,
but it is yet to move up the evolution curve. Bhanu Pande and Prasad
Sangameshwaran highlight the challenges in this business. .... [more]
30/4/02
Tanishq Aria set for US market. Titan's jewellery arm
Tanishq is ready for its US foray with the seven-stone diamond collection
Aria. The collection will be distributed through US company Highglow
which caters to the ethnic Indian and Asian population. .... [more]
27/4/02
Is there a second coming for ice-cream parlours? Remember
Lopstop, Dollops, Yankee Doodle? Yes, all these ice-cream parlour
chains either shut down or were taken over. While food retailing has
been grabbing attention for the past two-three years, thanks to fast-food
chains and coffee cafes, there has been an icy silence from ice-cream
sellers. .... 25/4/02
Lacoste lowers price points, gets more formal.
It's a major overhaul for French apparel brand Lacoste in India, which
seemed to have become submerged in a sea of rival brands. It has now
decided to shake off a little of the casual image and is overhauling
products and retail strategy, targeting doubling its sales here. ....
[more]
23/4/02
Maximum franchisers in IT. Nearly 55 per cent
of India's 600-odd franchisors happen to be in the IT education industry.
This was revealed in a study 'Franchising in India - an industry perspective'
conducted by Ficci. .... [more]
18/4/02
Marriott to bring Courtyard in India. Global
hotel chain Marriott International will soon introduce the Courtyard
hotel brand in Bangalore and Hyderabad to tap "middle management"
traveller. .... [more]
15/4/02
The Big Mac is here, well almost! McDonald's,
the largest fast food chain in the world has arrived in Chandigarh.
.... [more]
8/4/02
Tata Tea to open 200 Tetley outlets. Tata Tea
will set up 200 Tetley brand tea vending units at major railway stations
and airports in next twelve months and plans to earn Rs 100 crore
revenue annually from the premium brand by 2005. .... [more]
15/3/02
Tanishq eyes the American market. With some happy
news on the domestic front in terms of rising sales and profits after
years of groping in the dark, Tanishq, Titan Industries' jewellery
division, is now eying the US market through a franchised store. ....
14/3/02
McDonald's India business unaffected by settlement.
The proposed settlement by McDonald's Corp of lawsuits claiming it
misled vegetarians by serving beef-flavoured French fries will not
affect its operations in India, which never served products containing
beef or pork, its franchisees here said on Friday. .... 8/3/02
The Body Shop is testing local waters. The Body
Shop, the London-based natural skin and hair care brand owner, is
conducting a feasibility study of the Indian market for launching
its products here. .... [more]
19/2/02
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