Sparkleminds Franchise Consultants strategises a innovative franchise expansion programme to open retail stone stores across india, for its clients BUY STONE. For the first time a direct source to supply franchise model introduced in stone industry.
Bangalore, India-August 6, 2010.
Bangalore based Stone Park, a leading producer, processor and exporter of natural stone, since 1984, has hired Sparkleminds (www.sparkleminds.com) for expanding its business through franchise model. Sparkleminds is a specialized franchise consulting company offering franchise expertise to, businesses seeking expansions, for over a decade now. Buy Stone-Source To Supply, is aiming to offer for the first time in India, natural and special stones for homes and offices that could be selected and purchased through the net on www.buystone.in, while ensuring that a nearby franchise store in the city will be able to offer a live experience and education on stone solutions to clients with a focus on delivery of high quality products backed by superior after-sale-service.
Commenting on the association with Sparkleminds, Mr Shahid Vali, CEO Buy Stone, stated, “for the first time in the natural stone industry, we are bringing a unique retail franchise offering which will bring an amazing range of stoneware, components, artifacts, utilities and applications under one roof. Huge varieties in sandstone, granite, limestone & slates in forms, shapes and textures made interesting with live exhibits, real-time applications and work areas. From a big-time builder, a professional architect or a home-maker, our aim is to cater to anyone and everyone looking for anything in natural stone with our exhaustive range in shades, shapes, sizes and patterns. Our association with an experienced franchise consulting company like sparkleminds will enable us to franchise our business professionally. We have already begun work on our back end based on the recommendations put forth by them, over the last 2 months of consulting exercise.”
Mr Amit Nahar, Founder CEO Sparkleminds, said that ‘we are proud to bring the most innovative concept in the stone industry, which could have been envisioned only by the leaders in this industry, with as much expertise in delivering what the consumers seek to practically ensuring that there is a very deep supply chain mechanism.’ He Further went on to state as to how, over the years the stone industry has evolved, with India now being amongst the third largest exporters of Stone and a very large consumer itself (In Excess Of 10,000 Crores), most of whom are now getting more informed and seek much more than what a traditional stone supplier has to offer. With the core franchise structure already in place, we look forward to offering 500 Sft-1000 Sft franchised stone retail stores across all major cities and towns on India, inviting franchisees with investment capacities of 15-25 Lakhs and with earning potential of at least 1 Lakh per month. With a customized retail offering that ensures that the stones reach the customer directly from the source, with the least number of middlemen, and the least travel distance, we are confident, that the consumers will love this service in terms of how it educates them of their choices and how at the end of the day they save on costs of buying stones.
About Sparkleminds
Sparkleminds is an integrated franchise development company with more than a decade of franchise consulting experience in the Indian Subcontinent. Since 1998 it has consulted and assisted companies like Veta, Hughes, Rajdhani, Barista, Castrol Bike Zone, Pizza Corner, ICI Dulux Paints, Stori, Presto, AutoVega, US Dollar Store, Maple Bear, Moti Mahal, Lakme, Kwality Walls Swirls, Coffee Day and many more. Sparkleminds also has another division, Franchise Bazar which helps entrepreneurs find, choose and start a new franchise based on their skills and the resources they want to deploy. Sparkleminds is a complete franchise solutions company offering a large bouquet of franchise services to companies seeking expansion using the franchise route.
