Franchise Plus:: Highway Retailing ::January- February 2005

Highway Retail on Fast Track

The highway retail is set to get a big fillip with major oil companies launching a blitz to open more and more highway outlets that will change the face of petro retailing. With the entry of private Indian and foreign players following the deregulation of the petroleum sector, it is all pumped up for highway retail battle among the retail majors.
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Supply Chain, People Issues To Gain Prominence

The franchising industry underwent important changes in 2004, some of which are expected to have a major impact on the nascent industry. Will these changes gather momentum this year? Mahesh Rao, MD, Carbon; C. Gopalakrishnan, MD, Nilgiris Franchise Pvt. Ltd; Suresh Singaravelu, CEO, The Forum; and Dhruv Bogra, Head – Retail, Titan Industries Ltd. shared their views with Priyadarshini of Realty Plus in an interactive session conducted in Bangalore.

Forging Ahead With Franchising Model

A frontrunner in IT education, Aptech has continually striven to create new paradigms in IT education and successfully implemented its unique franchising model to deliver ‘Integrated Intelligent Solutions' to a slew of knowledge-driven economies across the globe. Aradhana Takhtani of Franchise Plus met Pramod Khera, CEO, Global Training and Education Business of Aptech Limited, who is also a member of the Franchising Association of India, to get his views on the growing importance of franchising in India, its role as a tried and tested business tool and his thoughts on the road ahead for Aptech.

Textile Quota Removal Will Open Up New Vistas

A distinctive era will come to an end with the impending termination of all remaining textile and apparel quotas. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has agreed to the removal, and the transition period is well under way. But the important question hinges on the possible global impact of the final exit of a system that ruled the market for 40 years.

Pre-primary education Coping With Teething Troubles

The growth of pre-primary education segment is expected to outpace other sectors in years to come. According to one estimate, this area is growing at the phenomenal rate of 200 percent. The leading players have discovered that franchising is one of the best models for growth in this sphere of activity which still remains largely unorganised, desperately seeking professional service providers. Sunaina Khazanchi and Sakshi Talwar report.

Man of Vision

Sharad Batra's foray into franchising began in 1996 with Nirula's, Delhi's popular fast-food chain. Less then a decade later, this ambitious 30-year-old entrepreneur is one of the brightest stars on the Capital's franchising horizon and a successful franchisee for reputed brands like Café Coffee Day, Zip Telecom and Satyam I-way as well. Priyanka Kapoor reports.

Coming Next :Gen X Malls

With 19.6 million square feet of retail space being made available by the year 2006 in the six metro cities alone, and the list of mega malls or Gen X malls on the rise, what will be the future of smaller malls, which not long ago defined the mall culture in India?

Australia: The Most Franchised Country

Franchising is a vibrant and significant sector of the Australian business community, with the turnover exceeding $80 billion or 12 percent of the country's GDP. With over 700 franchise systems serving 19 million people, Australia is the most franchised nation in the world per head of population.

Franchising Hope From The Budget

Though the franchising industry has immense potential in generating jobs and contributing to the economic growth, it has been on the backburner of the government. Will the coming budget contain provisions to promote it? Priyanka Kapoor spoke to industry leaders to find out their expectations.

Viraj Gandhi, MD, The' Medicine
ShoppeSharad Batra, Franchisee, Nirula's
Anurag Dixit, Sr. Vice-President, Mark Pi Trak Services Pvt Ltd
Asim Dalal, Managing Director, The Bombay Store
Ratan Jalan, CEO, The Apollo Clinic
Sanjay Kapoor, Managing Director, Satya Paul
Priti Paul, Director, Apeejay Surrendra Group
Sharan Lakshmanan, MD, Golden Kitchen Pvt Ltd (licensee of McDonald's in Bangalore)
Arun Mahajan, MD, Style Spa Furniture
Samrat Zaveri, MD, Trendsmith India Ltd.


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