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Copycat Strategy Leaves New Age Brands Lifeless

Nusra reports about how duplicating a successful internationally renowned and ‘customized for India’ model does not work for all brands, citing incidents about why certain leading brands have closed their doors in India

Opt For The Omni Channel

Given the current trend in retail marketing, a winning strategy should be adopt all the channels in order to increase the basket size and revenues, suggests Shipra Bansal, Senior Manager – Consulting & Strategy, Francorp

Going Touristy With Tourient

Come vacations and there is always a surge in travel bookings. With India’s tourism industry on a high, Zarafshan Shiraz finds out how the old school has been brushed aside by the digitally active Tourient

Baking A Perfect Business Formula

With cafes and bakeries mushrooming in every nook and corner of the country, Zarafshan Shiraz finds out from Manish Somani, Director, TGB Bakers and Confectionary (P) Ltd., what is their retaining mantra

Kid's Retail Franchise: Rides High on the Low Cost Factor

Riding high on the growth of the purchase power, discretionary spend of aspirational wealthy middle class parents, Kid’s Retail is sure to experience unprecedented growth. Every brand worth its salt in the kid’s retail segment is banking heavily on franchising and licensing for their expansion. Good news for investors is that kid’s retail franchise demands low investment and assures high returns.

Understanding Territorial Exclusivity Rights

In a franchise setup, one of the significant areas that need specific evaluation by a franchisee is the right to be granted an exclusive territory of operation to the exclusion of the right of the franchisor to set up other franchisees. Read on to know more about granting exclusive territorial rights.

Growing The Right Way

The things you need to know before expanding your business via franchising

Fuelling The Growth Via Franchising

With growth numbers and initiatives by the Centre, organizations across the world have been tracking the Indian market closely

Empowering India Via Education

As a challenging education system awaits students in big schools, the quality stint during preschool stage is now having great importance. However, the preschool segment of the Indian education industry continues to primarily be an unorganized sector. The gross enrollment rate in the preschool segment is as low as 18-20 per cent. According to a research report, the preschool market is set to thrive in India, with market revenue anticipated to grow at a CAGR of around 20 per cent by 2020. Owing to the increased awareness of quality preschool education, Shanti Juniors, one of the existing players of this industry, is all set to expand its wings pan-India.

Tailoring The Success

From a single store in 2002 to more than 400 outlets in domestic and international markets and over 2,000 point of sales, TCNS Clothing has come a long way. Anant Daga, MD, TCNS Clothing, shares the company’s future plans

'Planning To Launch 60 New Stores'

Skechers, an American lifestyle and performance footwear company, is growing rapidly in India and has reached the 90th store mark in a short span. Rahul Vira, CEO, Skechers South Asia, spoke to Shipra Srivastava about the recent launch and India growth plans

Infini ‘tea' business

India is traditionally better known as a tea country but coffee business suddenly outpaced that of tea in the last decade. Looking at the unorganised tea-cafe market, a lot of established brands & start ups have rushed in chai chains empowering chai drinking in India lately.

It's All in the Details

Start a car detailing business for accelerated growth 85 + outlets, 26 cities, growing at 35-40% year-on-year, 3M Car Care is already a brand to reckon with in the organized car detailing segment. 3M Car Care tops the charts for investors as they get an opportunity to partner with a brand with 114 years of expertise and invest in an industry for unlimited growth.

Look Before You Jump!

There is no doubting the fact that becoming a franchise for a well-established brand is a good way to get into business. But there are certain things you must check before you enter the arena, advises Lex Baker, Franchise Management and Development Director, WSE International

Being A Buddy To Budding Ventures

Alok Mittal, co-founder and CEO of Indifi Technologies, studies the impact of working capital requirements in the franchising segment

Unleashing The Tiger

Shoe icon Onitsuka Tiger has launched its first ever mono-brand store in India in the Palladium Mall, Lower Parel, Mumbai. Rajat Khurana, Managing Director, ASICS India (P) Ltd., in a conversation with Tanya Krishna, outlines the brand aesthetics and the way ahead

Keeping It Low

How about starting a business with no real estate cost? Read on to know some of the best business ideas suggested by Ekta Sharma

Kick The Job Turn Entrepreneur

When you think of quitting your job and taking up franchising, it surely calls for a lot of guts. It not only involves a lot of planning but also the right attitude. Many aspiring entrepreneurs take this plunge, and more often than not feel good about doing so. Ekta Sharma outlines nine reasons why franchising scores high above sticking to a regular job and how you should go about it

Fitness Finds Its Way To Profit Land

The concept of fitness is spreading like wildfire, not just in cities but in smaller towns too. As such, multinational fitness chains and gym are taking the franchise route to enter the Indian subcontinent.

A Crystal Clear Strategy

Traditions are an important part of Crystal Knitters and something to which we give much thought: What are the good traditions we must keep and value, and which ones have run their course and need to move on? M. Rajendra, Director-Marketing, Crystal Knitters Pvt Ltd on how they are balancing tradition with innovation and the dawn of new era of business for Crystal Knitters. A report by Sunil Pol

Preschool Chains Vying For A Bigger Slice Of The Education Pie

The preschool sector has gained in importance to such an extent that branding has come to play a significant role in not only providing world-class educational inputs but also expanding geographically in order to make business sense.

K12 Schools Trigger A New Growth Era

K12 schools are now treading the franchise route to grow successfully.

Tutorials Target Growth With Franchise Fizz

As against the ancient myth of tutors aiding rote learning and being the lowest in the pecking order of education intelligentsia, coaching institutes are scaling through franchising.

Shaping Up A Skilled Workforce

In the changing world scenario with regard to industry and the job market, there is now an overpowering need for skilled workers. This is what has helped build up a rapidly evolving business segment for skill development institutes.

Shaping Up A Skilled Workforce

In the changing world scenario with regard to industry and the job market, there is now an overpowering need for skilled workers. This is what has helped build up a rapidly evolving business segment for skill development institutes.

After Hours Learning: The Creative Factory

Aysha Anam finds out how parents are putting age-long myths struck around extracurricular activities at bay and encouraging children to follow their passion.

YRL Stores Brings New Glow To Grocery Business

The grocery retail market in India seems to be gaining momentum. While on the one hand, biggies like Tata and Amazon are heating up the online grocery space, on the other hand, many new players like YRL Stores are making a plunge into the sector through brick-and-mortar stores.

Global Education Players Find India Ready To Learn

India’s rapidly growing education sector has caught the fancy of global leaders that are scouting for the right partners in India to fulfill their vision.

Franchise Your Growth Graph

The session highlighted why, when, what and how to succeed in the franchising business.

No Fooling Around With Food

How can any business be optimized? What is the best way to maximize RoI? These are some of the questions that have always worried entrepreneurs. But to take a case in point, the food business, which has always been treated as retail’s poor cousin, has captured retail in every way and there are some lessons to be learned from here, writes Nusra.