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Arttdinox Shines in Designer Kitchen

Deepikka Jindal, Md, Jsl Lifestyle Limited & Jindal Architecture Limited

The Hidden Opportunity: Sports to Get Online Kick

Lack of organised retail has made way for sports good manufacturers to enter e-commerce. Though, online sports retail is a small segment but it is growing at a very fast pace with a growth rate of over 30 per cent.

Technology Expanding Footprints Offline

The rising tech savvy young Indian population has been spoilt for choice with the recent boom in the smart phone segment. Suddenly, mobile phone users in India have seen a lot of new brands coming in with latest technologies for better functionality and style. These newbies first captured the market through online portals by offering competitive pricing. Now they are launching their offline stores. Today, they are not only making the devices available across the country at varied price points to tap the mammoth opportunity in the Indian market, they are also adopting the franchise route for a faster expansion and wider reach of their newly launched offline stores.

Room For Games

Outdoor gaming or recreational activities for adults in India is restricted to sports like Golf, Polo etc. which are restricted to a particular section of people. For the middle class, gaming and entertainment is restricted to bowling or watching movies. But given the fact that India is touted to be the fastest growing economies with the youngest population between the age group of 24-36, the potential for innovative gaming concepts in India is immense.

Gearing Up For An 'Electrifying' Future

Lohia Auto Industries, which has a pan-India presence with an established dealer network, is targeting a turnover of Rs 500 crore by 2020. Ayush Lohia, its CEO, shares insights on how the company plans to achieve it and the way forward.

Raymond's Mini TRS: Assured Growth

The Mini TRS model introduced by the Raymond Group has yielded excellent results from Tier IV and V towns and this is solely due to certain salient and unique factors.

Brands To Score Their Own Goals With FIFA World Cup 2018

Football fans have plenty to rejoice as they prepare for the FIFA World Cup 2018 merchandise, and so do retailers who are leaving no stone upturned to monetize on the football fever.

Taking Kids On A Journey Of Learning With Joy

Preeti Kwatra, the founder of Petals Group of Schools, shares how her concept of preschools has made such a successful impact in the education sector.

The New Fitness Mantra

In order to create awareness among men, many yoga-wear brands have started producing ranges designed specifically with men in mind.

Watch Out For Profit

The country’s 1.2 billion people, burgeoning middle-class and their conspicuous consumption pattern, are the incentives for smartwatch makers to tap the consumer base here. Let’s see how leading watchmakers are gearing up to grab a share of the pie.

Let The Music Play

Persang Entertainment has been revolutionizing the singing industry with its state-of-the-art technology products and services. The Vadodara-based company was formed in 2012 to make the karaoke industry organized. Persang Jal Bavaadam, Founder, Persang Entertainment, talks to Beny Sachdeva about his future plans

‘We Are Planning 300 Stores By 2020'

India’s largest linen fabric maker Aditya Birla Group is planning to grow its number of EBOs to around 300 with an investment of Rs 80-100 crore. Thomas Varghese, Business Head, Textiles, Acrylic Fibre & Overseas Spinning, Aditya Birla Group, spoke to Sunil Pol on the company’s expansion.

Hungry For More!

Franchising helps in learning the key aspect of driving and making the restaurant profitable. It is a great way to understand the business from scratch.

Fitting It Right

Witnessing the robust growth in the lingerie segment, a majority of global and local players are queuing up to cashing in on the opportunity.

Rising High With The Regal Retailer

No industry is easy to break into, especially apparel retail, believes the second generation entrepreneur Rahul Agarwal, Franchisee, The Raymond Shop, Patna, Bihar. Read on to know that how did franchise business model made the voyage smooth & lucrative for this entrepreneur.

Indian Wellness A Healthy Option

With the beauty and personal care market in India growing at an annual rate of 5-6% and the concept of health and wellness taking up a multi-dimensional definition, many international trends are gripping the country. Zarafshan Shiraz finds out the trends they are introducing in India

Shaping Young India With Youngin

With the intent to build a premium K-12 education brand, Shilpin Tater (MD - Tater Group) and Francis Joseph (Co-founder, Youngin’ International) started this venture. Shilpin Tater and Francis Joseph share their thoughts in this report.

Keeping The Young Dressed In Style

Promising to offer high-quality products for kids and teens, Aditya Ashok, owner of A S Manufacturing, weaves his success story.

Spreading The Beauty Mantra Far And Wide

With a strengthened line-up of products, VLCC is looking for wider reach. In an exclusive interaction, Vandana Luthra, Founder, VLCC, shares her achievements and vision for expansion.

Bikes Mean Business

If cycling was a modest way to commute some years ago, it certainly isn’t any more. And that’s because cycling has taken on the additional dimension of contributing to healthy living. And as lifestyles veer top rating. The story of Bike Studio serves as an example.

Preparing Profits In The Clouds

When it comes to food, there are numerous options, right from fine dining restaurants to quick service restaurants to fast food kiosks to street vendors. But now, there is an addition to this growing family – the cloud kitchens. And that’s a business which is expanding quite rapidly across the major metros.

Taking Hospitality To Greater Heights

Ritesh Agarwal highlights how the company is enabling franchise owners increase their earnings 16 times on an average – a strategy supported by technological platforms.

More Shine To Fine-Dine

With indulging in fine cuisine with a pleasing or entertaining ambience has become a much looked forward to experience among those who have higher disposable income, the fine-dine restaurant space is certainly touching higher peaks.

From Fine Dine To Fun Dine

The word ‘gourmet’ is being bandied about quite a lot lately. What does it mean though? Is it expensive food? Or is it plating? Is a tiny portion on a huge plate indicative of gourmet food? We believe there is no right answer. For a customer it is the entire experience that makes food gourmet. At its core, it’s the combination of quality ingredients and techniques that makes a dish gourmet. Gourmet could also be associated with innovation. 

Look Before You Eat!

While enjoying a meal at a restaurant it’s a familiar sight to see visitors clicking photos of the food laid out before them before beginning to enjoy it. And at times we do the same thing too. So, why has snapping a picture become an important trend today?

'We Are Teaching Our Business Owners In India How To Be Leaders'

Jan Repa, Executive Director, Global Development, Re/Max elaborates about the training sessions of business associates and franchise owners that are making a big difference.

'We Look For People Who Have The Same Vision'

Talking about their company spread across over 100 countries territorially, Shawna Gilbert, Vice President-Global Development, calls all 100 as “my regions” and elaborates more on Re/Max India’s potential in the global market. Re/Max – short for ‘Real Estate Maximums’ – is an American international real estate company that operates through a franchise system.

A ‘Demonetization-Proof' Growth Industry

How the organized nature of franchising industry has kept it away from bearing the brunt of demonetization.

Sparkling Opportunity

Till a few years back outsourcing domestic cleaning and laundry services was a distant thought. The country has been extremely resource rich in terms of getting domestic help for addressing every menial task around the house. However with changing lifestyle, rising disposable income and time crunch has led to the opening up of profitable business opportunities in these segments.

Malls Take The Franchise Route To Higher Profits

It is not just enough to sustain with rentals, say mall developers, whose interest has now veered towards taking on franchises to not only increase footfalls but add to revenues.