Franchise India's two-day Franchise & Retail Opportunity Show 2011, Chandigarh was a tremendous success

The event witnessed the footfall of near about 2984 visitors in the time span of two days. End Quote

(1888PressRelease) June 22, 2011 - With the proving triumph of over 100 successful demonstrations in most major cities, nationally and internationally, Franchise India spread its wings to Chandigarh, a city of enormous business potential, for the fifth time, with its 39th biggest Franchise & Retail, Expo & Conference FRO2011, which was scheduled on June 18th-19th 2011 at Hotel JW Marriott, Chandigarh.

Shri. Paramjit Singh, Principal Consultant, Regional Centre of Entrepreneurship Development, Mr. Vikram Hans, Managing Director, Multi Overseas (I) Pvt Ltd, Chairman, CII Chandigarh Council and Mr. Puneet Vatsayan, Co-Founder Mobera Systems Ltd, President, TIE, Punjab and Haryana, addressed the inaugural session.

The event witnessed the footfall of near about 2984 visitors in the time span of two days.

The Startup Summit, organized by Franchise India, in association with the Government of India's Ministry for MSME and Indian Franchise Association, saw presence of over 75 national and international brands looking for expansion in north India. Some of the popular brands included Richmondd Global School, Eurokids, Ferns & Petals, Tress Lounge, Perfume Station, Fusion Lounge, Gitanjali Jewels, West Highlander, Café Desire amongst many others.

Day one of the summit shall focused on growing business opportunities in varied industrial segments including retail, fashion, beauty and wellness, education and training, while, the second day concentrated to entrepreneurs, an insight into the technical and legal know-how to deepen the understanding of the franchising business. Exploring business opportunities in the industrial segments of retail, fashion, beauty and wellness, education and training were the highlights of the day, in which some of the successful business people shared their experiences including Mr. Naveen Gupta, CEO, Frameboxx Animation, Ms. Manisha Ahlawat, MD and CEO, Rose Red-Lifestyles, Mr. Rahul Narvekar, Managing Partner, Fashion and You.

Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Gaurav Marya, President, Franchise India states, "The two day event offers an opportunity for the companies and brands from various sectors to showcase their franchise prospects by networking with potential entrepreneurs in Chandigarh and surrounding cities. The show also comprises a Start-Up Entrepreneurship Summit for imparting the know-how to the people wanting to create a new company."

Though franchising business in India has witnessed impressive growth of around 35 percent, over the last 4-5 years with an estimated annual turnover of $ 4 billion, the aim is to create an ecosystem for transforming ideas to businesses. I am very delighted to organize a platform to identify, foster and commercialize innovative business startups ideas and to meet the demands of today's dynamic entrepreneurial arena, adds Mr. Marya.

Ms. Ashna G. Sharan, CEO, Franchise India Exhibitions said, "FRO 2011 in Chandigarh continues to facilitate startups and businesses in growth stages to expand across the fringe of the Indian subcontinent. Franchising business has become a trendy business formula these days and is gaining strong grip in India. We can claim that it would be the wave of future business in the country. The exhibition will bring direct access for franchisors to meet and interact with the potential franchise buyers from across every single region of the country. The event also puts collectively a business matchmaking program, as well as the most comprehensive conference schedule.

Franchise India Exhibitions has touched over 150,000 business buyers and assisted over 500 companies in their franchise journey. We have benefitted over 3.5 lakh business investors with over 200 shows held both in India and overseas. Being franchise focused and investor centric is our only mantra to follow further added by Ms Ashna.

About the Organizer, 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 Sbarro, Peter England, Barista, Booster Juice, Videocon, Perfect Wellness, Satya Paul, Bwitch, HCL, MGF, Quality Walls, Tata, Gitanjali, HSBC, Levis, JK Tyres, Lakme, D'damas, Adidas, Euro Kidz, The Apollo Clinic, Chhabra 555, Kidzee, Motilal Oswal, Rosebys, Next, Welhome 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.

About Franchise India Exhibition
Franchise India exhibition is one of the key initiates by FIHL .Since its inception in 2003 FIE have benefitted over 3.5 lakhs business investors with over 75 shows held both in India and overseas. In 2009 alone FIE has touched over 150,000 business buyers and assisted over 500 companies in their franchise journey with the help of our franchise & retail opportunity expo which is the ultimate opportunity for thousand of business oriented people to discover a plethora of opportunities from all across the country. If you are interested in franchising, whether that is from franchiser or franchise capacity, then one thing that you need to do before making any business decision is to visit a franchise expo.

For further information, please contact:

Sonali Chhabra: +91 9888357404, media.corepr ( @ ) gmail dot com; Varnica Sardana: +91 7508663036, media.corepr ( @ ) gmail dot com; Ruchika Malhotra| Manager-PR & Corporate Communications| +91 9311911705| mruchika ( @ ) franchiseindia dot in | Madhulika D Singh I Sr Manager - PR & Corporate Communications I09999747048 I smadhulika ( @ ) franchiseindia dot net;

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