Alongside the presence of leading franchise companies at the exhibition, the platform also featured 4 conferences on both days of the show, bringing together over 100 speakers with about 30 plus international speakers. These were namely the Entrepreneurship Summit, Franchise Knowledge Series, Brand Licensing 2012 and Retail Knowledge Series. The first day witnessed an inaugural session on creating an entrepreneurial scene in India by Mr.Vikram Bakshi (McDonalds), Mr.Charles Riotto (LIMA), Mr. C K Kumaravel (Naturals), and Mr. Momir Popovic (Rainbow Worldwide). Dr. Rashid Al Leem (Sharjah Department of Seaports and Customs and Sharjah Free Zones Authorities (Hamriyah Free Zone Authority), Mr. Vikaas Gutgutia (Ferns n Petals) and Mr. P. Krishnan (Mom & Me (Mahindra Retail) held forth on the New Age Franchise Entrepreneur Balancing Skills & Entrepreneurship as a franchise and its challenges. They elaborated on creating an omni channel, the move to form a franchise and marketing game plan.
Mr. Akshay Bector (Cremica), Mr. Naveed Dowlatshahi, Mr. Gaurav Ahuja (Red Ginger Hospitality), Mr. Marco Schärf (Schärf Coffeeshop GmbH, Austria), Mr. Vikram Kamat (Kamat Hotels), Mr. Hitesh Patel (Primifoods) and Mr. Vijay Abhimanyu (Born South) discussed building a food empire via franchising.
Business Opportunities in Education were explored by Mr. Amit Guota (S Chand Harcour), Mr. Maurice Bryne (Jymka, Ireland) and Mr. Jayant Hari Har Lal (Sri Ram Schools). Mompreneurs in Business and addressing the possible growth of successful women entrepreneurs were prime areas that were looked at by Dr Rajnee Aggarwal (FIWE), Ms Rashmi Singh (NCRW, Ministry of Women and Child Development), Mr C K Kumaravel (Naturals) and Mr Alokendra Banerjee (NTC). The scope of specialty business was covered by Mr. Suresh Bhatia (5 ases), Mr Hitesh Kshatriya (Magic Holidays) and Mr Devendra Jain (Atishya Group). Technology Reducing cost and complexity in business was examined by Mr Siju Narayan (IBM) and Mr Ambarish Gupta (Knowlarity).
Mr. Gaurav Marya, President, Franchise India commented, “The sessions amalgamated opportunity and expertise packed in an all exclusive conference program on varied subject matters of Small Business Franchise, Retail and Real estate, and licensing in a well rounded manner. The presence of multiple CEO Forums with franchise tycoons elucidating their views on the challenges faced in the global franchise industry led credibility to the whole initiative. The event has over the years successfully produced fantastic results for exhibitors, potential franchisees, visitors, speakers and the entire franchising industry – and that’s what makes it so valuable.”
The sessions saw participation from both Indian and global brands to offer a pool of out-of-box business ideas and practices delivering India's biggest business exchange. Focused at the visiting investors, this was an open knowledge workshop for no charge, for visitors to understand the nitty-gritty of franchising, as a model.
About Franchise India Exhibition
Franchise India Exhibitions, a division of Franchise India Group, organizes business-to-business franchise and retail shows comprising of expositions, seminars, forums & workshops, awards & recognitions, across India & overseas throughout the year. Since its inception in 2003, FIE has organized over 275 shows touching over 600,000 business investors and have assisted over 600 companies in their franchising search, establishing their business through franchising and retailing. The division has created exhibition brands like multi-city FRO Series organized nationally in 11 cities over a year and the international signature event Franchise India 2012 organized in Delhi annually with the concurrent Franchise India Awards and Star Retailer Awards, which have become synonymous with ‘franchising’ in India over these multiple years.
About Franchise India
Franchise India is Asia’s largest integrated franchise solution company since 1999, with an absolute authority on Franchising, Licensing, Retailing, Real estate and Marketing. The company has consulted several major brands over these years like HCL, MGF, Kwality Walls, Tata, Gitanjali, HSBC, Levis, JK Tyres, Lakme, D’damas, Adidas, Euro Kidz, Videocon group ,Future Group, Chhabra 555, Kidzee, Motilal Oswal and more, through media, advisory and exhibitions.
With its strategically formed divisions, Franchise India has created its own niche as the pioneers of franchise industry and a small business authority. For more details log on to www.franchiseindia.com