FREE Franchise Your Business FRANCLINIC at Nehru Centre, Mumbai on 08th & 09th Oct 2011

Oct 7, 2011 – We are pleased to announce our free franchise workshop for business owners seeking to franchise their businesses for Mumbai. If you are a business owner seeking expert professional/ franchise consultants to help you franchise your business and have been contemplating from some time to expand your business, we can help. We have helped 100's of businesses of all sizes to expand from as minimum as an Idea to 1000's of Units now. You can also expand your business to multiple units across India and then the globe. You could meet one of India's senior most franchise consultants at the location mentioned above and discuss in length the opportunity you see in expanding your business and the challenges you face in doing so.

We will help you identify the key components of how you can take your business forward and probably work closely with you in franchising your business. At the 1-1 diagnostic meetings, generally lasting for 30 Minutes, you can get a overall picture on how to franchise your business. We would request you to come well prepared with your queries to make the best out of these meeting. A small brief of your business and your intent to meet us in advance, will help us allocate time for you.

Moreover these meetings are absolutely free and we are sure that you will have loads of expert franchise advice to take back with you, enabling you to clearly see the road ahead for your business.

About Sparkleminds:

Is a specialist franchise consultancy company established in 1998 and headquartered out of Bangalore, India. We work on all facets of franchising. We offer complete franchise solutions from franchise strategy, franchise development, franchise documentation, franchise registrations, franchise agreements, franchise recruitments, franchise marketing’s, franchise trainings and everything else a business would need to grow using the franchise route.

For More or To Request for an Appointment Contact:

Ms Nahid

Senior Franchise Consultant

Sparkleminds

#309, Swiss Complex,

#33, Race Course Road.

Bangalore-560001

India

Call:080 41512345

Mumbai FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITIES: BG Cleaning Systems, Iceland participates at The Mumbai Franchise Expo at Nehru Centre, on 08-09 October 2011

We are very excited to launch the Franchise Marketing of the BG Commercial Cleaning Franchise at the Times Franchise Expo to be held at Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai on Sat/Sun 08-09 Oct 2011. BG Cleaning systems will be soliciting responses Mumbai Franchisee through this expo, wherein we will approve exclusive state development rights for the approved master franchises who will have to invest Rs 20-25 Lakhs and will have to operate one unit franchise themselves. Understanding the potential of the several offices and commercial establishments across the region and Industries that need world class commercial cleaning services, we feel that it is appropriate to solicit for franchisees who will offer these services in the region. We will then assist these master franchises to develop their territory by appointing further unit franchises who will come in with an initial investment of 12-15 Lakhs.

About BG Cleaning Systems:

BG Cleaning systems (www.bgcleaning.net) founded in 1995 in Reykjavik, is a multifaceted global cleaning services company that caters to all types of facilities with all kinds of cleaning needs. The company services some of the largest corporations, public and private institutions, establishments, insurance companies, supermarkets, shipping lines, airline servicing companies, homeowners’ associations and offer a wide range of cleaning solutions – from regular janitorial cleaning services to special cleaning services, i.e., floor maintenance, insurance-related clean up, construction clean up, general cleaning, window washing, carpet care, and more.

For more on details or To Request for an Appointment

Ms. Nahid

Sr. Franchise Consultant

Aadhaar Retailing aims to break even in a year

Aadhar Retailing, the rural retail joint venture between Future group & the $3.3 billion Godrej group, is embarking on a restructuring exercise for the loss making chain that aims for a break even level of operations in a year, Financial Chronicle reported, citing senior officials at Future Group. Meanwhile, the company is looking to expand its retail network via franchise model.

“We will take around nine months to break even. While 35 per cent of our existing stores are profitable, we are expecting 35 per cent to break even in two-three months,” said a senior company official in the know of the development. On an overall basis the chain plans to achieve break even within a year.

For the financial year 2010-11, Aadhaar Retailing had sales of Rs 68 crore and a loss of Rs 20 crore. As of end of March 2011, the group had invested Rs 86.18 crore in this venture, which retails products such as apparel, seeds, fertilisers and FMCG products.

The group is trying to lure rural customers to stores with personalised communication via mobile messages, loyalty programmes instead of banking on print or television media. There is new technology in place to link up to the stores through the internet.

Kishore Biyani is trying to rationalise costs and rentals by relocating staff, hiring less qualified employees at the front-end and shutting down unviable stores. “We are trying to increase the sales throughput to be more profitable,” said a senior company official.

The group that currently has 40 stores of its rural retail chain plans to add 40 more over the next three months across clusters around districts in Punjab, Haryana and Gujarat, added the senior official. The first round of expansion would be around Gujarat and the second phase in Punjab. As part of its restructuring process, the group is trying to launch a wholesale format that would stock food and grocery. Each of the wholesale stores would have around 1,600 stock keeping units (SKUs) against typically 10,000 SKUs in a Big Bazaar, said another senior company official. The size of the retail store would be scaled down to 500-1,000 square feet from average 5,000 square feet.

The new model being piloted at Kalol in Gujarat, will see Aadhaar become a cross between a cash-and-carry store and a front-end retailer. Under the proposed pilot, the company will operate a hub and spoke model where its existing outlets will serve as supply hubs while the franchisee outlets will be spokes.

In a typical cash-and-carry format, the store serves as a front-end outlet to wholesale goods and services for commercial/industrial consumers and small store owners.

But the model Biyani is proposing involves Aadhaar also ensuring last mile delivery and working with small kirana outlet owners to run stores.

Gas Jeans targets tier-2 cities; seeks franchisees

Gas Jeans India Pvt Ltd, running on the wholesale cash and carry model, is planning to tap into the potential of tier-2 cities. Running on a franchise model with just three stores in Mumbai and Delhi, the premium denim brand is extending its reach beyond the metros to enter smaller cities such as Ludhiana, Pune, Chandigarh and Hyderabad. Gas intends launching 12 stores in the next three years and also turning profitable by the next fiscal.

“Tier-2 cities have the spending power and there are opportunities for the brand. We should start with the first store in Ludhiana followed by other cities like Pune and Chandigarh,” M M Kamath, director, Gas Jeans Pvt Ltd, told Business Line.

With a seed capital of Rs 6 crore, Gas is staying away from making big investments into the country till such time FDI is allowed. “All the 12 stores that were under the joint venture have been discontinued and today we run with minimal investments on the franchise model,” said Kamath.

Today the Gas brand is made at its home base in Italy along with other countries such as Tunisia and Romania in Eastern Europe. With steep import duties at 28 per cent, Gas is also looking at ways to reduce its dependence on imports. “There is a possibility of setting up a manufacturing base somewhere in South India in the future, but it is still early days to take a decision,” said Kamath.

There is also a likelihood of introducing online sales for the brand as it already has an e-commerce model in Italy.

Globally, Gas is a Rs 600-crore brand and in India the brand is aiming to achieve a turnover of Rs 40 crore by 2013.

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BG Cleaning Systems, Iceland participates at The GOA Franchise Expo at Hotel Fidalgo, on 24-25 Sep11 | PRLog

BG Cleaning Systems, Iceland participates at The GOA Franchise Expo at Hotel Fidalgo, on 24-25 Sep11 PRLog

FREE Franchise Your Business FRANCLINIC at Hotel Fidalgo, Goa on 24th & 25th Sep 2011 | PRLog

FREE Franchise Your Business FRANCLINIC at Hotel Fidalgo, Goa on 24th & 25th Sep 2011 PRLog

Sahara plans major expansion in FMCG retail space through franchising

Business conglomerate Sahara India has announced a mega expansion plan in the fast-moving consumer goods retail space, with plans to launch a range of food and non-food items at over 10,000 franchised outlets across 285 cities in India.

"For the first time in India, Sahara India Pariwar is setting up the largest FMCG company in the country with its own distribution network through over 10,000 franchise outlets," Sahara India said in a public announcement.

The group plans to have 305 warehouses spread across 285 cities with more than 25,000 distribution vehicles in order to cater to consumers right at their doorsteps, it added.

As per its website, at present, Sahara offers a range of FMCG products and other items through a chain of showrooms under the banner 'Unique' at various locations in India.

Sahara India claimed that with the new initiative, the unorganised retail sector is set for a "complete transformation".

"With 3,500 quality advisors and seven state-of-the-art quality labs in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Nagpur, Patna and Lucknow, Sahara India Pariwar will assure quality through packaging, uninterrupted supply chain, doorstep delivery and money-back guarantee," the announcement said.

It is hunting for a new chief operating officer to steer the new venture and is also hiring professionals across levels and verticals, including supply chain management, marketing, finance, legal, human resource and sales.

The group currently has assets with a market value of Rs 1 lakh crore and a workforce of more than 10 lakh people, it said.

It has a presence in various sectors, including financial services, infrastructure and housing, media and entertainment and information and technology.