The Franchising World August 2018 Issue

JSW Group is eyeing at capturing a big chunk of the market share with its ‘thoughtful’ portfolio of products, writes Payal Gulati

As the Beauty & Wellness industry is scaling new heights in India, newly-launched Spa & Salon brand Vasundhara Salon is planning to reach the 100 outlets’ mark in three years, writes Jyotsna Singh

A pod hotel, which offers a compact place to stay for travellers looking for comfort and technological amenities, is a concept brought in India by Urbanpod, writes Tanya Krishna.

Providing quality products at a competitive price since the last 30 years, Crème De Fiesta has gone out of the way to rate customer service as of utmost importance, writes Zarafshan Shiraz.

Keeping your clothes and linen clean need not be a chore anymore. Magic Klean is offering the perfect solution and that too in a mobile app, writes Tanya Krishna.

Entrepreneur Abhishek Khandalkar and Pankaj Chaudhari decided to walk away from the trodden path and thereby introduced Chai Katta, an outlet that serves tea with a huge variety of aromas and flavours, writes Zarafshan Shiraz

Sai Surepally, Co-Founder, Pistole, talks about Menswear industry, the market potential and the road ahead, writes Tanya Krishna.

Up close with some enterprising couples who have built up very sound business ventures through an integration of understanding, trust, acumen and good chem- istry, both at home and at the workplace, writes Tanya Krishna.

When Tushar Ved thought of turning entrepreneur, his mind raced with many ideas of which he chose to get international brands to India, writes Zarafshan Shiraz.

With the opening of Raymond’s first ever Mini TRS, Tharun Rao, Franchisee, The Raymond Shop, is targeting to penetrate deeper into emerging towns within the next two years, writes Zarafshan Shiraz.

As they speed up their operations to establish their brands here, we catch up with a few of them to understand their strategy and their inclination to take the franchise route , writes Zarafshan Shiraz

Here are two big low-cost franchise trends that will take shape this year, writes Paulo C Mauro

Low-cost franchise businesses are equally well gaining traction on account of less investment, timely high returns, manageable risks and easy of operations.

With return on investment (ROI) being the king and an uncertain customer, it’s easier to go out of business if the initial costs are high. To counter this, brands have come up with various innovative models, writes Shipra Bansal