A year after it opened its first exclusive brand outlet (EBO) in Delhi, at Khan Market, premium leather footwear brand Pavers England has opened another EBO at Select Citywalk mall. The store is spread over an area of 670 sq.ft and offers footwear and accessories, including handbags, for men and women.
Utsav Seth, CEO and MD, Pavers England, said, “We are delighted to open our exclusive franchise store at Select Citywalk, one of India’s most vibrant malls, to showcase our world-class products to the people of Delhi. The collection is inspired by global fashion trends, keeping in mind the sensibilities of the discerning customers.”
Pavers England plans to open four more stores in Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai within a month.
Besides the EBO format, the brand is present in leading department stores, such as Lifestyle, Central and Shoppers Stop, in the shop-in-shop format.
Pavers England was launched in 2008 as a result of a partnership between Pavers Foresight Smart Venture and Chennai-based Forward Group, a high-quality footwear exporter.
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Saturday, July 10, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Zoomin Photo Studio Franchise Opportunity
Zoomin.com, India’s #1 Photo Sharing, Printing and Custom Gifting service, today unveiled its retail strategy with the simultaneous opening of 6 ZoomIn Studios throughout the country. These stores are located as “shop-in-shop” within the Crossword Bookstores in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Bangalore and Kolkata.
A Photo Studio for Today’s Generation
The chic new ZoomIn Studio format is a significant step in empowering the “memory keepers” of the family and giving them the tools to express, create and preserve their ‘moments of magic’ through photos. Unlike any traditional photo retail store experience available today, the design and execution of each Studio has focused on creating a collaborative experience zone for customers to touch and feel stunningly beautiful and evocative photo gifts, get inspired and work with expert designers on the spot to tell their own story through photos. With a wide selection of products and services on display, such as traditional photo prints, giant enlargements, prints on canvas, “coffee-table book” style hardcover photo books and a vast line of personalized stationery, note cards and invites. The stores are equipped with state of the art touchscreen displays to create a fun and exciting way for everyone to create magic with their photos. All a customer needs to do is walk in with their photographs in print or digital format, then let their imagination and the ZoomIn team take over.
A One Stop Photo Studio: While the ZoomIn Studio has introduced an exciting array of innovations in celebrating life through photos such as the Photo book, canvas print, custom 100% cotton tee; the traditional and essential needs of a photo taking professional, enthusiast or family member have not been ignored. Professional quality photo prints from wallet to giant wall sized enlargements are available in multiple finishes such as matte, glossy, lustre and metallic. These professional prints are available for next day pickup at the studio, delivery to the home or worldwide through ZoomIn’s network of delivery partners. Also launching with the Studios is the ZoomIn Passport Photo Pack. A single click by a trained professional at the ZoomIn Studio is probably the last time you will need to get a passport photo taken. Instant reorders of your passport prints will be available online and at any ZoomIn Studio location nationwide through an SMS.
Sunny Balijepalli, Co-Founder and CEO, Zoomin.com said, “Our goal both online and now through the launch of retail stores has been consistent – we want to allow everyone in the family experience first-hand the magic possible through the exciting new developments in digital photography and on-demand personalization and printing. We’re especially thrilled to have partnered with Crossword Bookstores to launch our first wave of stores around the country. As a service that aims to preserve a family’s favourite moments, ZoomIn’s offerings fit particularly well with the store demographics. We see this partnership as a great opportunity to strengthen our distribution network and to take ZoomIn’s photo and personalization services closer to its target audience. We are excited about our growth plans to reach out to a wider audience across the country and aim to expand the number of ZoomIn Studios to 25 by end of this year, in a variety of formats and locations.”
According to industry reports, the Indian digital printing industry is growing at a whopping CAGR of 85%. Camera enabled handset sales are also expected to boost digital photography over the next few years. “We’re seeing very encouraging growth in the area of personalization as there is a plethora of readily available digital content and consumers are looking at innovative ways to celebrate them. ZoomIn Studio is a service built for India, serving a Diaspora that is connected through memories and their celebration through photos”, added Sunny.
ZoomIn had successfully launched its first exclusive franchise store in Mumbai in September 2009.
The Exciting Launch Offer: The ZoomIn Studio is excited to celebrate its launch with a free gift to all its customers. For a limited time, every walk-in customer to the ZoomIn Studio in Mulund Crosssword Bookstore will be eligible to receive a set of 25 free Photo Prints or a free Photo Book with their first purchase at the store.
Tags:Photography franchise, photo studio franchise, photo store franchise,zoomin.com, zoomin, franchise store,new franchise, unique franchise,India Franchise, Mumbai Franchise,
A Photo Studio for Today’s Generation
The chic new ZoomIn Studio format is a significant step in empowering the “memory keepers” of the family and giving them the tools to express, create and preserve their ‘moments of magic’ through photos. Unlike any traditional photo retail store experience available today, the design and execution of each Studio has focused on creating a collaborative experience zone for customers to touch and feel stunningly beautiful and evocative photo gifts, get inspired and work with expert designers on the spot to tell their own story through photos. With a wide selection of products and services on display, such as traditional photo prints, giant enlargements, prints on canvas, “coffee-table book” style hardcover photo books and a vast line of personalized stationery, note cards and invites. The stores are equipped with state of the art touchscreen displays to create a fun and exciting way for everyone to create magic with their photos. All a customer needs to do is walk in with their photographs in print or digital format, then let their imagination and the ZoomIn team take over.
A One Stop Photo Studio: While the ZoomIn Studio has introduced an exciting array of innovations in celebrating life through photos such as the Photo book, canvas print, custom 100% cotton tee; the traditional and essential needs of a photo taking professional, enthusiast or family member have not been ignored. Professional quality photo prints from wallet to giant wall sized enlargements are available in multiple finishes such as matte, glossy, lustre and metallic. These professional prints are available for next day pickup at the studio, delivery to the home or worldwide through ZoomIn’s network of delivery partners. Also launching with the Studios is the ZoomIn Passport Photo Pack. A single click by a trained professional at the ZoomIn Studio is probably the last time you will need to get a passport photo taken. Instant reorders of your passport prints will be available online and at any ZoomIn Studio location nationwide through an SMS.
Sunny Balijepalli, Co-Founder and CEO, Zoomin.com said, “Our goal both online and now through the launch of retail stores has been consistent – we want to allow everyone in the family experience first-hand the magic possible through the exciting new developments in digital photography and on-demand personalization and printing. We’re especially thrilled to have partnered with Crossword Bookstores to launch our first wave of stores around the country. As a service that aims to preserve a family’s favourite moments, ZoomIn’s offerings fit particularly well with the store demographics. We see this partnership as a great opportunity to strengthen our distribution network and to take ZoomIn’s photo and personalization services closer to its target audience. We are excited about our growth plans to reach out to a wider audience across the country and aim to expand the number of ZoomIn Studios to 25 by end of this year, in a variety of formats and locations.”
According to industry reports, the Indian digital printing industry is growing at a whopping CAGR of 85%. Camera enabled handset sales are also expected to boost digital photography over the next few years. “We’re seeing very encouraging growth in the area of personalization as there is a plethora of readily available digital content and consumers are looking at innovative ways to celebrate them. ZoomIn Studio is a service built for India, serving a Diaspora that is connected through memories and their celebration through photos”, added Sunny.
ZoomIn had successfully launched its first exclusive franchise store in Mumbai in September 2009.
The Exciting Launch Offer: The ZoomIn Studio is excited to celebrate its launch with a free gift to all its customers. For a limited time, every walk-in customer to the ZoomIn Studio in Mulund Crosssword Bookstore will be eligible to receive a set of 25 free Photo Prints or a free Photo Book with their first purchase at the store.
Tags:Photography franchise, photo studio franchise, photo store franchise,zoomin.com, zoomin, franchise store,new franchise, unique franchise,India Franchise, Mumbai Franchise,
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Godrej Interio Opens Its First Franchise Store In Chennai
Godrej Interio brings to Chennai a new Designer Furniture destination at Velachery, Bypass Road Godrej Interio arrives with the latest spring 2010 collection
Godrej Interio, India's leading home, office furniture & Interior Solutions Company today launched its first Franchise store in the city at Velachery, Bypass Road in association with Sarada Agencies, one of the leading Wholesale Dealers of Home & Office furniture in Chennai. The store is located in key retail hub of Chennai and is a perfect lifestyle destination. The store was inaugurated by Mr. Anil Mathur, COO, Godrej Interio.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, April 28, 2010 -- Godrej Interio is totally committed to providing the highest quality furniture. The design teams work closely with consumers to determine their likes and preferences and these requirements are what can be seen in the products. While the designs are contemporary they reflect the lifestyle needs of the Indian consumers.
The store showcases vibrant, innovative furniture designed by renowned In house designers at Godrej Interio to give its customers the best shopping experience. Spread over an area of 5500 sq ft the Godrej Interio store has great visibility and is located at the most happening shopping area in Chennai.
Mr. Anil Mathur, COO, Godrej Interio on the occasion said "We are delighted to open our first franchisee store in Chennai. Godrej Interio is India's largest furniture brand and has been committed in delivering and bringing alive every consumers dream space. We are looking at expansion constantly to reach more and more consumers and plan to launch 70 stores by the year 2013".
Mr. Mathur also added that foraying into the franchise business will not only provide improved & consistent customer experience across all Godrej Interio stores but will also help in delighting customers by gaining better control and knowledge through a direct interface.
Notes to Editor
Godrej Interio integrates the concept of functional and contemporary furniture. A perfect amalgamation of time tested values and contemporary outlook. It's vibrant stylish and comfortable. When it comes to furniture, be it office, home or even designer furniture like the recent range of home furniture designed by Krsna Mehta, Godrej Interio has the entire range under one roof. Godrej Interio delivers ergonomically designed & contemporary Seating, Desking, Open Plan Office Systems, Storages, Bedroom Sets, Dining sets, Kitchens, Labs, Hospitals, Interiors, Carpets, Modular accommodation for the Navy and Kid's furniture-that are comfortable, healthy and productive. With the range of Home furniture & decor solutions, Godrej provides the warmth & comfort that reflects a happy, at ease family.
Sarada Agencies, a Company set up in 1952 by the promoter family of Facit Typewriters, diversified into the field of Office Furniture in 1970. It took up wholesale dealership of Godrej range of Home & Office Furniture in 2001 and in a short span of time topped the list of major contributors. They set up their first home store for Godrej Furniture in 2001 in Adyar, a cosmopolitan area in South Chennai. Since the potential of home furniture business was growing, they set up furniture showroom at Velachery, in June 2008 displaying all range of Godrej Home and Office Furniture and has been a one stop shop for all Furniture requirements. Taking that relation forward they now have a brand new, modern and spacious franchise store, which will make the Godrej Interio shopping a Bigger, Brighter, Better experience.
The Godrej Interio group to stand true to the Godrej mission to conserve the environment, designs products, sets up processes and uses raw materials that are eco-friendly to do their bit to preserve natural resources.
Source:PR Wire
Tags:Chennai Franchise,Godrej Interio, furniture franchise, Franchise Business, furniture business, best franchise,franchise store, new franchise, godrej franchise, furniture store
Godrej Interio, India's leading home, office furniture & Interior Solutions Company today launched its first Franchise store in the city at Velachery, Bypass Road in association with Sarada Agencies, one of the leading Wholesale Dealers of Home & Office furniture in Chennai. The store is located in key retail hub of Chennai and is a perfect lifestyle destination. The store was inaugurated by Mr. Anil Mathur, COO, Godrej Interio.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, April 28, 2010 -- Godrej Interio is totally committed to providing the highest quality furniture. The design teams work closely with consumers to determine their likes and preferences and these requirements are what can be seen in the products. While the designs are contemporary they reflect the lifestyle needs of the Indian consumers.
The store showcases vibrant, innovative furniture designed by renowned In house designers at Godrej Interio to give its customers the best shopping experience. Spread over an area of 5500 sq ft the Godrej Interio store has great visibility and is located at the most happening shopping area in Chennai.
Mr. Anil Mathur, COO, Godrej Interio on the occasion said "We are delighted to open our first franchisee store in Chennai. Godrej Interio is India's largest furniture brand and has been committed in delivering and bringing alive every consumers dream space. We are looking at expansion constantly to reach more and more consumers and plan to launch 70 stores by the year 2013".
Mr. Mathur also added that foraying into the franchise business will not only provide improved & consistent customer experience across all Godrej Interio stores but will also help in delighting customers by gaining better control and knowledge through a direct interface.
Notes to Editor
Godrej Interio integrates the concept of functional and contemporary furniture. A perfect amalgamation of time tested values and contemporary outlook. It's vibrant stylish and comfortable. When it comes to furniture, be it office, home or even designer furniture like the recent range of home furniture designed by Krsna Mehta, Godrej Interio has the entire range under one roof. Godrej Interio delivers ergonomically designed & contemporary Seating, Desking, Open Plan Office Systems, Storages, Bedroom Sets, Dining sets, Kitchens, Labs, Hospitals, Interiors, Carpets, Modular accommodation for the Navy and Kid's furniture-that are comfortable, healthy and productive. With the range of Home furniture & decor solutions, Godrej provides the warmth & comfort that reflects a happy, at ease family.
Sarada Agencies, a Company set up in 1952 by the promoter family of Facit Typewriters, diversified into the field of Office Furniture in 1970. It took up wholesale dealership of Godrej range of Home & Office Furniture in 2001 and in a short span of time topped the list of major contributors. They set up their first home store for Godrej Furniture in 2001 in Adyar, a cosmopolitan area in South Chennai. Since the potential of home furniture business was growing, they set up furniture showroom at Velachery, in June 2008 displaying all range of Godrej Home and Office Furniture and has been a one stop shop for all Furniture requirements. Taking that relation forward they now have a brand new, modern and spacious franchise store, which will make the Godrej Interio shopping a Bigger, Brighter, Better experience.
The Godrej Interio group to stand true to the Godrej mission to conserve the environment, designs products, sets up processes and uses raw materials that are eco-friendly to do their bit to preserve natural resources.
Source:PR Wire
Tags:Chennai Franchise,Godrej Interio, furniture franchise, Franchise Business, furniture business, best franchise,franchise store, new franchise, godrej franchise, furniture store
Monday, March 22, 2010
BigShoeBazaar.com Builds Offline Presence, Begin with their first retail store
How big can BIG be? How much choice can make you shop till you drop? Spoilt for choice? All these cliche will acquire a new meaning when bigshoebazaar.com retail outlets open its doors for customers in Patna. The said store is located in Deo Siddhi Plaza, Kankarbagh, Main Road, Near Colony More,Patna, Bihar. This event marked the auspicious presence of Valmiki Singh, M.L.C.
Bigshoebazaar.com introduces itself as India’s largest ecommerce store which is the first and only online shopping portal in Asia which provides a complete shopping solution of your footwear, have a diverse reach in more than 1500 cities in the country and 30 countries of the world. Bigshoebazaar.com consists of more than 85 brands and 15,000 designs on one platform. This family shoe store has variety for men’s, women’s and kids in formals, casuals and sports. There are shoes on discounts, the latest shoes as well as international brands.
In the first of its kind format for retail business, Bigshoebazaar.com is offering its customers an experience which till date had been a fantasy. Bigshoebazaar.com’s multi-branded retail outlets will not only have a huge collection under its roof, but will virtually have shoes from all over the world.
The largest e-commerce company brings together all leading international and domestic brand like Woodland, Adidas, Puma, Reebok, Nike, LeeCooper, Red Tape, ID and the list just goes on and on. What’s more interesting for the customers of BSB is that you will not only find the International brands but also the national and local brands just within a single click of the button. The dispatch system is very fast and it just takes maximum 72 hours to get you your desired shoes.
It is the only store that provides its customers more variety that a physical store can hold, they will get access to an unlimited virtual variety. The customer has to just log in to www.bigshoebazaar.com via a touch-screen kiosk and a whole new world of footwear opens to him, giving him dozens of brands and thousands of shoes to choose from. But that’s not all whenever a customer is dissatisfied, he will be provided with all the customer support. The return policy is very efficient and is without any hassle or any cost or fee involved.
The Company will take franchise route to expand its footprint. The first phase itself involves the launch of its first franchise store in East India in Bihar.
The focus of expansion in the initial phase will be cities other than metros and will be looking to open more franchise stores across the country. Bigshoebazaar.com will set out its footprint in large metros in the second phase.
Retail outlets with virtual access to the entire industry, will also help footwear industry clear its inventory faster, thus bringing a big relief to footwear manufacturers whose biggest problem has been real-time inventory clearance and all other troubles associated with it.
“Our unique retail model offers vast choices to customer on one hand and helps the industry clear its inventory fast and in real-time on the other. Thus it’s a win-win model for all stakeholders. We are confident that this model will be hugely successful and become a benchmark for the industry,” said Manmohan Agrawal, Director of Bigshoebazaar.com.
Bigshoebazaar.com introduces itself as India’s largest ecommerce store which is the first and only online shopping portal in Asia which provides a complete shopping solution of your footwear, have a diverse reach in more than 1500 cities in the country and 30 countries of the world. Bigshoebazaar.com consists of more than 85 brands and 15,000 designs on one platform. This family shoe store has variety for men’s, women’s and kids in formals, casuals and sports. There are shoes on discounts, the latest shoes as well as international brands.
In the first of its kind format for retail business, Bigshoebazaar.com is offering its customers an experience which till date had been a fantasy. Bigshoebazaar.com’s multi-branded retail outlets will not only have a huge collection under its roof, but will virtually have shoes from all over the world.
The largest e-commerce company brings together all leading international and domestic brand like Woodland, Adidas, Puma, Reebok, Nike, LeeCooper, Red Tape, ID and the list just goes on and on. What’s more interesting for the customers of BSB is that you will not only find the International brands but also the national and local brands just within a single click of the button. The dispatch system is very fast and it just takes maximum 72 hours to get you your desired shoes.
It is the only store that provides its customers more variety that a physical store can hold, they will get access to an unlimited virtual variety. The customer has to just log in to www.bigshoebazaar.com via a touch-screen kiosk and a whole new world of footwear opens to him, giving him dozens of brands and thousands of shoes to choose from. But that’s not all whenever a customer is dissatisfied, he will be provided with all the customer support. The return policy is very efficient and is without any hassle or any cost or fee involved.
The Company will take franchise route to expand its footprint. The first phase itself involves the launch of its first franchise store in East India in Bihar.
The focus of expansion in the initial phase will be cities other than metros and will be looking to open more franchise stores across the country. Bigshoebazaar.com will set out its footprint in large metros in the second phase.
Retail outlets with virtual access to the entire industry, will also help footwear industry clear its inventory faster, thus bringing a big relief to footwear manufacturers whose biggest problem has been real-time inventory clearance and all other troubles associated with it.
“Our unique retail model offers vast choices to customer on one hand and helps the industry clear its inventory fast and in real-time on the other. Thus it’s a win-win model for all stakeholders. We are confident that this model will be hugely successful and become a benchmark for the industry,” said Manmohan Agrawal, Director of Bigshoebazaar.com.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Hasbro Clothing's, 'Basics Life,' 'Genesis,' and 'Probase,' To Expand Across The Globe
Hasbro Clothing mulls increasing store count
February 16, 2010 (India)
Now that the slowdown is showing sign of withering away, many apparel retailers are mulling plans to increase their pan-India presence. Hasbro Clothing, a leading men’s garment and accessories producer too is keen to ramp up it store count by launching 25 more ‘Basics Life’ stores in the next fiscal year (2010-11).
Hasbro offers men’s clothing under three main brands; ‘Basics 029’, ‘Genesis’ and ’Probase’ and currently operates 50 stores, of which 28 are franchisee owned and the rest company owned exclusive brand outlets (EBOs).
Apart from the launch of 25 additional stores in India, Hasbro is planning to open a 1,200 sq ft. International expansion includes franchisee store in Qatar in the Middle-East in another two months. It also has stores in Sri Lanka and Maldives islands where it has a sizeable export business. But since it sees great potential in the domestic markets, it plans to concentrate on the same.
Fibre2fashion spoke exclusively to Mr Hanif Sattar, Director of the Chennai based Hasbro Clothing, who said, “The total number of stores that we plan starting today till end of March 2011 is 25 stores and the reason to have a buffer of February and March of this year is primarily to factor the delays that we encounter in locations being handed over by the developers/ landlords over which we have no control.”
He continued by saying, “The locations are spread over the four states in the south, apart from which we will target Maharashtra and West Bengal and the spread in these states will be an equal blend of metro and "A" & "B" towns.”
When asked about the objectives of opening stand-alone stores, he replied by saying, “The reason for opening stand-alone stores is to be clearly able to offer a lifestyle solution in the men’s apparel branded space, as our primary aim is to provide tremendous value to the customer and not necessarily in the conventional manner by just being conscious of costs but blending this aspect with an experience which is clearly world class.”
“This will also result in that when a customer walks into the store there is a marked difference in what he experiences both in shopping environment and in product/ range offering as opposed to the other brands in the same space, with all this leading to heightened brand awareness and uniqueness of the store and the brands that it sports in comparison to what is available in the market.
"Benchmarking of retail experience, leading to enquiry for opening more such stores in new territories, enquiry for selling the brands in leading Mbo's and preparedness in terms of selling points which will capitalize media spend”, he concluded by saying.
February 16, 2010 (India)
Now that the slowdown is showing sign of withering away, many apparel retailers are mulling plans to increase their pan-India presence. Hasbro Clothing, a leading men’s garment and accessories producer too is keen to ramp up it store count by launching 25 more ‘Basics Life’ stores in the next fiscal year (2010-11).
Hasbro offers men’s clothing under three main brands; ‘Basics 029’, ‘Genesis’ and ’Probase’ and currently operates 50 stores, of which 28 are franchisee owned and the rest company owned exclusive brand outlets (EBOs).
Apart from the launch of 25 additional stores in India, Hasbro is planning to open a 1,200 sq ft. International expansion includes franchisee store in Qatar in the Middle-East in another two months. It also has stores in Sri Lanka and Maldives islands where it has a sizeable export business. But since it sees great potential in the domestic markets, it plans to concentrate on the same.
Fibre2fashion spoke exclusively to Mr Hanif Sattar, Director of the Chennai based Hasbro Clothing, who said, “The total number of stores that we plan starting today till end of March 2011 is 25 stores and the reason to have a buffer of February and March of this year is primarily to factor the delays that we encounter in locations being handed over by the developers/ landlords over which we have no control.”
He continued by saying, “The locations are spread over the four states in the south, apart from which we will target Maharashtra and West Bengal and the spread in these states will be an equal blend of metro and "A" & "B" towns.”
When asked about the objectives of opening stand-alone stores, he replied by saying, “The reason for opening stand-alone stores is to be clearly able to offer a lifestyle solution in the men’s apparel branded space, as our primary aim is to provide tremendous value to the customer and not necessarily in the conventional manner by just being conscious of costs but blending this aspect with an experience which is clearly world class.”
“This will also result in that when a customer walks into the store there is a marked difference in what he experiences both in shopping environment and in product/ range offering as opposed to the other brands in the same space, with all this leading to heightened brand awareness and uniqueness of the store and the brands that it sports in comparison to what is available in the market.
"Benchmarking of retail experience, leading to enquiry for opening more such stores in new territories, enquiry for selling the brands in leading Mbo's and preparedness in terms of selling points which will capitalize media spend”, he concluded by saying.
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