Video & Podcast

Going from local to National

Apr 30, 2015

Since 2001, Dheeraj Gupta, MD, Jumbo King has been the force behind making the humble street food of Mumbai, Vada Pav into a brand that it is today. The company is the one of the leading food retail company in India in the QSR segment with more than 75 operational outlets across 15+ cities in ...
Creating the women-first fitness brand

Apr 30, 2015

Bollywood actor Harman Baweja along with actress and fitness freak Bipasha Basu recently launched, Love Yourself (LYS), a beauty and fitness brand for women. Discussing the idea behind launching LYS at the 12th International Franchise and Retail Show, Franchise India 2014, Baweja said, We found that there was a gap in the way women are ...
Cleaning up the growth path

Apr 30, 2015

Joseph Manuszak is the Director of International Franchising and Development at HRI (Chem-Dry), based in the US. Chem-Dry is the worlds largest carpet cleaning franchise chain present in 45 countries and represented with little over 3,500 franchisees. Manuszak has significant experience in franchise development for new market penetration, turnaround operations, developing licensing business models. Manuszak ...
Equity - best asset class for investments

Apr 30, 2015

Ketan Shah is the Associate Director - Information Technology and B2B Business, Angel Broking, a stock broking and wealth management company. After working for few years in the broking industry, Shah saw the potential of IT to enhance the business of broking and making it more structured. Shah, today, is also entrusted with the responsibility ...
Finding the ideal franchise partner

Apr 30, 2015

The Cherry Tree is the UK-based producers of chutneys, pickles and preserves for over 30 years. The company sell its products exclusively to franchisees who retail it via food festivals, shows, outdoor events and fairs, shopping malls, boutique shops and food services. In the session on food business at the 12th International Franchise and Retail ...
What to do before approaching franchisor?

Apr 30, 2015

Mike Hanrahan started his management business in the domestic services sector in 1993. Ten years later having some 400 cleaners representing his brand on a weekly basis he founded domestic cleaning services firm, Maid2Clean. The franchise business was launched after 10 successful years of operation. Hanrahan has also authored a book titled The Lean Thinker ...
What to do before approaching franchisor?

Apr 30, 2015

Mike Hanrahan started his management business in the domestic services sector in 1993. Ten years later having some 400 cleaners representing his brand on a weekly basis he founded domestic cleaning services firm, Maid2Clean. The franchise business was launched after 10 successful years of operation. Hanrahan has also authored a book titled The Lean Thinker ...