2010 Is A Year Of High Growth For Us

In a short period of time Yo! China has emerged as a formidable brand in the Chinese food segment. Last year, during the slowdown, Yo! China focused on brand building and adding value to its offering. And making most of the strategy, this year Yo! China is set to take up aggressive expansion.

Ashish Kapoor, managing director, Yo! China talks to Vinod Behl about their growth strategy and franchise opportunities. Excerpts..  More...

Rewards Of Refilling

India’s refilling market is largely dominated by unorganized players, is currently estimated at a whopping Rs 3000 crores. Print Studio, that provides complete solutions in cartridge refilling and printing solutions industry, aims to capture about 5-8 % of the total organised market by 2011, offering immense opportunities to the franchisees.By Priyanka Kapoor More...

Gobal Franchise Expansion

When an individual franchisor’s growth or the home market as a whole starts to stagnate and franchisors feel constrained in terms of future growth and resources, such as capital and raw materials, they may be prompted to go for international expansion. There are others who want to avail attractive overseas opportunities despite facing capital crunch while the resource rich may want to expand globally on their own. By Dr. Audesh Paswan, More...

2010: A Comeback Year For Franchising?

Maybe yes and the good news ends here. By Kapil Mohan Dhingra

Almost all seasoned economists, financial experts and who’s who across industries around the world playing safe about the business prospects in 2010 and the message is consistent - “slow, incremental growth”. Everyone is hoping that the business will grow and will take another cautious step towards the good times. Clearly, franchising struggles with challenges – some new – economic slowdown, limited & tougher access to capital, decreased consumer spend and a few old ones – franchise laws, policy frameworks. These challenges together with a general depressed mood in the market, create further uncertainty and are having an adverse effect on entrepreneurs. More...

The Art of Franchising

Franchising is sharing tried & tested products, processes, brand value with the aspiring entrepreneurs to achieve faster growth in terms of geographical penetration & top line. By Deepanshu khurana More...

Budget & Retail

The last budget focused on some radical changes in the existing tax system in the form of a new Direct Tax Code (DTC) whose draft has already been released by the Finance Ministry.This significant change coupled with the proposed introduction of GST regime in India sets a novel perspective for the retail industry among others. By Ravi Shingari More...

Making Of A Successful Mall

A few questions need to be answered before one starts to build a mall. It is imperative to understand and answer these if one hopes to launch a successful, long-running shopping centre. More...