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India Franchise Rankings 2010 - Winners from 1 to 25 Detailed Brief of all the Winners Rankers from 1 to 100 India Franchise Rankings 2010 Top 100 1. The Raymond Shop The Raymond Shop is a premium retail store retailing a wide range of premium suiting fabrics, men's wear and accessories, from top- of-the-line brands like Raymond, Park Avenue, Manzoni, Parx, ColorPlus and Notting Hill. It is one of the oldest franchisor and one of the pioneers in franchising. Raymonds started franchising, as early as 1959. Currently, all thanks to its franchisees, Raymond's today commands an over 60% market share in India, It. is today the largest integrated manufacturer of worsted fabric in the world. A 100% subsidiary of Raymond Limited, Raymond Apparel Ltd. (RAL) ranks amongst India's largest and most respected apparel companies. The Raymonds Shop franchise bring to our customers the best of fabric and style through some of the country’s most prestigious brands – Raymond Finely Crafted Garments, Manzoni, Park Avenue, ColorPlus, Parx, Notting Hill and Zapp!. The Raymonds Shop Franchise entered into the ready-to-wear business with the introduction of Park Avenue in 1986 catering to the men's formal wear market. Parx was launched in 1998 to address the growing trend of smart casuals. In 2000, Manzoni, a luxury lifestyle brand was launched offering a super-premium formal range of men's shirts, suits, trousers, jackets, ties and leather accessories. Raymond identified the vacuum for a high end, casual wear brand and hence decided to acquire ColorPlus as a part of strategic expansion plan for their ready-to-wear business. Notting Hill was launched in 2007 to cater to the popular price segment. In addition to this, Raymond Apparel has

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India Franchise Rankings 2010 - Winners from 1 to 25

Detailed Brief of all the Winners Rankers from 1 to 100

India Franchise Rankings 2010 Top 100

1. The Raymond ShopThe Raymond Shop is a premium retail store retailing a wide range of premium suiting fabrics, men's wear and accessories, from top-of-the-line brands like Raymond, Park Avenue, Manzoni, Parx, ColorPlus and Notting Hill. It is one of the oldest franchisor and one of the pioneers in franchising. Raymonds started franchising, as early as 1959. Currently, all thanks to its franchisees, Raymond's today commands an over 60% market share in India, It. is today the largest integrated manufacturer of worsted fabric in the world. A 100% subsidiary of Raymond Limited, Raymond Apparel Ltd. (RAL) ranks amongst India's largest and most respected apparel companies. The Raymonds Shop franchise bring to our customers the best of fabric and style through some of the country’s most prestigious brands – Raymond Finely Crafted Garments, Manzoni, Park Avenue, ColorPlus, Parx, Notting Hill and Zapp!.

The Raymonds Shop Franchise entered into the ready-to-wear business with the introduction of Park Avenue in 1986 catering to the men's formal wear market. Parx was launched in 1998 to address the growing trend of smart casuals. In 2000, Manzoni, a luxury lifestyle brand was launched offering a super-premium formal range of men's shirts, suits, trousers, jackets, ties and leather accessories. Raymond identified the vacuum for a high end, casual wear brand and hence decided to acquire ColorPlus as a part of strategic expansion plan for their ready-to-wear business. Notting Hill was launched in 2007 to cater to the popular price segment. In addition to this, Raymond Apparel has also ventured into the kidswear segment with its exclusive brand Zapp!

Several of its franchisees began with one store and expanding into many others. Raymond was awarded the "Most Admired Textile Brand of the Year" in the Images Fashion Awards 2009.

No. of Stores: Over 500 (450 Franchised) stores in India vs. 36 internationally (all franchised)Franchising Since: 1959Area Required: 93 to 140 sq.m. (1000 to 1500 sq. ft.) of carpet area.Investment: Rs. 30 to 50 LakhsExpected Return on Investment: 18 to 25%Pay Back Period is: 2 to 4 yearsProfit Margins: 30%

2. Angel Broking

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Angel Broking is one of the most respected stock-broking and wealth management companies in India. Recently, it was lauded with the “Best Retail Broking House” and “Broking House with Largest Distribution Network” in the Dun & Bradstreet Equity Broking Award for 2009. It offers various investment products and services like Equities, F&O, Commodities, Currencies, Online Trading, PMS, Investment Advisory, Insurance, Mutual Fund, Personal Loan, Fixed Deposits, IPO and Depository Services.

Angel Broking has a strong reach across the country with a nation-wide network of 21 regional hubs and presence in 155 cities. It derives its strength and success from its associations and partnerships. It has the largest sub-broker network in India with over 8,370 Sub-Brokers and Business Associates and 6.8 lakh retail clients. Angel Broking offers a wide selection of Business Plans for all the aspiring entrepreneurs out there, ranging from as little as Rs. 1.5 Lakhs to Rs. 12 lakhs, with returns ranging between Rs. 5 to Rs. 30 lakhs

As a Business Partner, the franchisee could select the one that is the most beneficial to you or simply call our experts who will guide and direct you towards the right path. The Angel broking Franchise offers several products that include Equities, Commodities, Currencies, E-Broking, PMS, Angel Gold, Insurance, Mutual Fund, Personal Loan, Fixed Deposits, IPO, Depository Services

Franchising Since: 1987 Total Investment: Rs. 1.5 Lakhs to Rs. 12 Lakhs Annual Income: Rs. 5 Lakhs No. of Franchisees: 8700+ Over 6.8 Lakh Customers

3. Subway Subway Systems India Pvt Ltd opened its very first restaurant in 2001 in New Delhi and has swiftly grown its operations to 145 operating restaurants in 26 cities across India. Although it is a global brand with a menu that is relatively the same around the world, SUBWAY® restaurant's takes great pride in honoring and respecting local traditions and food preferences and has earned a reputation for offering a healthier alternative to traditionally fatty and greasy fast food.

SUBWAY® restaurant's in India serve no beef or pork products and have an expanded selection of vegetarian choices. Popular sandwiches, both local and international favorites, include Veggie Patty, Paneer Tikka, Aloo Patty, Chicken Meatball Marinara, Roasted Chicken, Chicken Teriyaki, Turkey, and Tuna.

The Subway Food and Beverage business Opportunity appeal to many people because franchisee stored can be run with as few as six to ten employees, do not require frying or cooking food (there is toasting of and baking bread), and have a relatively low start up costs. Some general business experience is recommended, although not mandatory. The company is willing to consider people who want to make a Subway franchise their first business. About 70 percent of Subways are purchased by existing owners.

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Investment: Rs. 30 to Rs. 35 Lakhs No. of Franchisees: 145+ Royalty: 8%Area Required: 150 sq ft. to 800 sq ft.  

4. EurokidsEurokids is India's largest preschool brand with over 550+ Locations. Heard of EuroKids or ever seen a Eurokids Preschool in your Locality? If yes then thats a Franchise of Euro Kids – A Pre Schooling Concept where you setup a school and make money with this excellent business opportunity that can offer continuous revenue on a yearly basis and the company just taking Royalty every year on the Receipts you receive.

EuroKids offers a complete business format franchise in the Pre School/kindergarten services. The unique franchise concept provides individuals with complete know how to build and operate a successful Pre School.

Franchise orientation program (FOP) – A 3 day orientation program will be held for training the franchisee and their key personnel in Mumbai. The FOP aims at helping the franchisee understand the Pre School business and transferring the knowledge ware gathered by the Franchiser. Curriculum & counselors training – Curriculum training will be imparted to teachers on an ongoing basis along with the specially developed training module for counselors on admission prospecting. Curriculum training is imparted on a quarterly basis in a year. Manuals – Franchisee will be provided with ambience manual- which will help to construct the EUROKIDS Pre School as per the standardized design template and the standard operating procedures manual for conduct of the Pre School. Supply of equipment – Franchiser will provide the required equipment as per the model of the Pre School. (Cost of which is to be borne by the franchisee) average cost of equipment is INR 200,000/- Curriculum – The curriculum for all programs will be provided in the printed/online form along with audio visual aids. On going support – The benefits of on going research and development will be transferred to the franchisee to keep abreast of the curriculum development. Marketing support – The franchisor will provide requisite marketing support to propagate the various programs at EuroKids through regional/national platforms. Sales & Marketing tools (brochures, leaflets, posters, audio visual aids) as and when developed will be sent as per policy.

Financial Data

Investment: Rs. 500,000 – 10,00,000/- will be required. covers: Ambience as per standardized design Furniture and fittings Equipments and educational material However, this sum does not include pre operating expenses such as rental and

staff costs.

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Area Required: 1500 Royalty: 18% Area Required: 1500 sq ft. ROI: 35% Payback: 2 to 3 Years

5. NIIT

No. of Franchisees: 1500+Franchising Since: 1983

NIIT started off way back in 1983 working towards developing manpower for India’s slowly awakening IT sector. In doing so, it not only pioneered a brand new industry—the IT training segment—it also fueled the fire of entrepreneurship in the country.

Within a few years of rapidly expanding its presence in the country, NIIT launched its most impressive innovation yet—a path-breaking franchisee-based business model, which earned it the epithet of “the McDonalds of the IT training world” by none other than the Far Eastern Economic Review. Using this model, NIIT transformed many young Indians, into ambitious entrepreneurs, focused on providing high quality IT training, efficiently and profitably. It has also been quoted in India Unbound.

It was this unique effort, its completely fresh approach towards developing and growing the IT training market that enabled NIIT to achieve its vision of the early days and emerge as a leading global technology education brand. While it was NIIT that unveiled the dream, it was the company's Business Partners that took it forward and made it a reality.

NIIT’s growth story is a special tribute to its extremely robust network of Business Partners, who have helped the company, spread its wings to around 40 nations and cross significant milestones over the years. Fired by a new vision of globalization, where NIIT is now looking at helping other countries build IT talent, the company needs many more helping hands that will help it attain its billion dollar aspirations.

While NIIT's Business Partners remain its key strength, the company also imparts a special edge to its Partners, particularly in the highly competitive global IT training landscape. Entrepreneurs that join the NIIT family gain the advantage of the powerful NIIT brand, which accords them immediate recognition wherever the NIIT graduates may go. Companies also benefit from participating in the IT training sector, which is expected to snowball into an even bigger business opportunity in the future, as IT becomes the backbone for all round development.

In India alone, there will be a requirement for 8,50,000 IT professionals by 2010, according to premier industry association, NASSCOM. NIIT needs many more Business Partners to help it face the IT manpower challenge and redress the looming demand-

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supply gap in the area of skilled manpower.

Started with a vision of bringing people and computers together- successfully, NIIT is now a leading Global Talent Development Corporation, building skilled manpower pool for global industry requirements. Using a balanced mix of Instructor-led, Computer-based and Web-based training, NIIT is poised to enter hitherto unexplored markets where there is a demand for quality education. The company is now on the look-out for partners who can give shape to NIITs vision of building talent for fulfilling global needs.

The NIIT Franchise is available for Individuals or Companies who believe in the role of IT. The NIIT Franchise, Asia 's Number 1 Trainer and leading Global Talent Development Corporation, offers learning and knowledge solutions to five million students across 32 countries. It has several partners internationally as well.

Investment: Rs. 25 to Rs. 35 LakhsShould be able to invest about 50 to 60% of the Total Investment Amount, Bank Loan can be sought for the balance.

A lot of NIIT franchisees are quite happy and positive about NIIT. NIIT franchisee Pratap Aggarwal, started off with a few locations but now has about 13+ Centers in Chandigarh and nearby locations. He says, “Alliance that we have shared with NIIT from the last 20+ years was productive, pleasurable and revitalizing. NIIT has emerged as a true collaborator in terms of its contribution towards creating industry endorsed education products and thereafter in-depth support in delivering those to our customers. The emotional bond that we enjoy today with NIIT is a clear evidence of sincere relationship we had with them and we look forward to have continuous association with them.”

6. Helen O Grady

Helen O’Grady Drama Academy is an international creativity after-school program offering a highly effective self-development programme for students of all age groups. Its curriculum lays special emphasis on the development of Speech and Communication skills along with an overall personality enhancement leading to an eloquent and confident personality! The aims of the Helen O’Grady Drama System are achieved through involving the students in a highly stimulating, creative theatre arts program, which is designed to develop Personality, Presentation Skills & Performing Arts

The Helen O Grady Drama Academy caters to an age group between three to thirteen.

There is specialized curriculum for both these sections. This curriculum is used internationally in all our classes worldwide ensuring a stringent commitment to quality. Extensive research has been conducted to develop this student friendly curriculum and great and tangible benefits are obtained from our drama programme. Our founder, Executive Director Helen O’Grady has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship (F.T.C.L) by the Trinity College, London, for exemplary work done in the creative use of drama as a self-development tool. This is the highest academic qualification awarded by the college. The Pre-primary, Lower Primary And Upper Primary sections are the popular

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sections in the age group of 3 to 14 years. The classes are held in private studios and also within school premises. In Asian countries, speech and drama is an integral part of the English language learning and Helen O'Grady Drama Academy takes great pride in servicing this requirement. Hence in a large number of schools Helen O Grady conducts classes during the school time table as part of the school syllabus. The Helen O Grady Drama Academy Team has been able to bring tangible benefits through our classes and have enhanced confidence, creativity, imagination & spontaneity which have all led to a greater degree of self-esteem amongst the children enrolled with us.

With special reference to our Youth Theatre programme: It is an extremely vibrant, dynamic and well-received segment all across the world with a very large number of young people participating in it. The Helen O Grady customers, kids or students also learn valuable life skills, communication skills, creativity, imagination, and confidence building measures through our classes. So to sum up, while the main focus of the lessons is to develop English speech and communication skills among the young people, Helen O Grady also encourages its kids to develop poise, confidence and grace leading to the development of their overall personality.

Helen O Grady programmes strongly believes in the power of positive motivation and encouragement for bringing out the potential of each student to its fullest. Each student learns at his\her own pace. The drama programme gives an opportunity to them to do so with very definitive results!

Helen O Grady Franchisees are fully trained in all aspects of the teaching, marketing and administration of our programme. Support includes pre and post launch training continuing throughout the first year of operation. In subsequent years, regular visits by a director or senior member of staff will be made. Regular telephone contact is always maintained. Three times a year, Principals attend a training seminar, to cover relevant business matters and to workshop curriculum for the coming term. These days are also an opportunity for Principals to catch up with their contemporaries and exchange anecdotes and ideas.

With more than 55,000 children attending classes weekly in more than 150 branches around the world and still growing, this is proof of the business success with parents, teachers and principals around the world. To become a Helen O’Grady Children’s Drama Academy franchisee, the business partner must have a passion for developing children, possess great energy, and be highly motivated with a strong desire to be successful. Franchisees, with an interest in drama, benefit from the worldwide recognition, loyalty and support that the Academy receives wherever it operates. The students also benefit from a stimulating, friendly and positive environment that provides them with outstanding job satisfaction.

Franchisees receive training in all aspects of the teaching, marketing and administration of our programme.   A comprehensive scheme provides pre and post launch training in the first year. In subsequent years, a member from the Master Franchisee will make regular visits.  Helen O Grady's established brand with a carefully devised corporate advertising and marketing programme has proven to be extremely effective.

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Franchisees can seek assistance in the selection of their initial locations. The Franchisee operates the business from home, with rented teaching locations within the franchised territory.   Hours of work are far less than other businesses of comparable income. This is an excellent cash flow business, with the bulk of fees collected at the commencement of each term.

Average Monthly Positive Cash Flow: Rs. 50,000 Franchising Since: 2004 Pay back Period: 6 months to 1 Year No. of Business Partners: 30 Area Developers.

7. Siyarams Textiles Store

Siyaram is the well-established leader in the fashion fabric industry that has stayed contemporary with its vision well focused on the future. Part of the Siyaram Poddar Group (SPG), it is one of the largest producers of fancy blended Suitings & Shirtings in India, producing thirty million meters of fabric annually. Siyaram is one of the very few fabric companies in the world today that can proudly claim to be available in over 35000 retails outlets throughout the country. The company’s front runner power brands such as Siyaram’s, Mistair, J.Hamstead, MSD, Oxemberg & J.Hamstead Apparel are consistently backed with innovative promotional campaigns, which has aided in taking these quality products to every nook & corner of the nation.

The team at Siyaram’s, along with its trade partners, are the biggest strengths of the company and the pillers on the basis of which ambitious plans are fulfilled year after year. With the changing market scenario worldwide and in India, the business dynamics has also been changing and no business activity is out of the race in terms of accepting and incorporating these changes. A part of the changing mechanism is the retail industry of India, which is undergoing a sea of change. Siyaram’s has already entered the Retail Industry with close to 100 exclusive outlets country wide at present.

The Key amongst some other business opportunities: 1. Low investment with high margins on sale. 2. Affordable and good quality fabric for mass audience. 3. Merchandise supply only as per franchisee/customer choice. 4. Constant innovation in styles and packaging (duets and miniature packs; also roll size in fabric reduced from 12 meter to 3.9 meter) 5. Large variety of both fabric anmd readymade with different brands catering to different target markets and price points (siyaram fabirc=mass markets; J.Hampstead=premium segment; oxemberg=formal garments; msd=casual wear)

Profit Margins: 35%No. of Franchisees: 45Average Per Unit Sale: Rs. 52 lakhs paPay Back Period: 24 MonthsInvestment: Rs. 5 to 10 lakhs

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8. Aptech Computer Education

No. of Franchisees: 1000+Franchising Since 1989

Aptech Computer Education is the IT education brand of Aptech Limited. Established in 1986, it is one of the pioneer in IT education, Aptech started franchising as early as 1989. Through its wide network of centres in India and overseas, Aptech has so far trained 5 million students. IT education is a large market and a profitable business opportunity. Aptech has built a wide network of centres through its partnership with hundreds of franchisees. The passion and efforts of these business partners, along with the support given by Aptech, have made Aptech Computer Education a household name. The company is a pioneer in education franchising and has also set up nationwide network of centres for its brands, Arena Animation, N-Power Hardware & Networking, Avalon Academy and the very recent English Express.

Aptech offers a wide range of courses. These include courses for 12th pass/ collegestudents, courses for engineers as well as short-term courses to improve skills & knowledge in any one area. The company also has alliances with leading IT companies i.e. Sun Microsystems, Oracle & Red Hat to offer courses leading to certifications from these companies.

During its journey since 1986, Aptech achieved many milestones; a few of them are enlisted below for your reference:

Winner of Indian Global Franchisor of the year Award, 2007 by the Franchising Association of India

Among Brand Equity’s Top 50 Most Trusted Service Brands- 2004 Among Forbes Global Best 300 small companies worldwide Declared No-1 IT Training Company in Vietnam for 5th consecutive year First IT Company in Asia to receive ISO 9001-2000 certification Among Top 20 global companies in the Training outsourcing Industry by

trainingoutsourcing.com for 2nd consecutive year, 2007 Aptech Beida Jade Bird, China rated as No-1 IT Training Institute in China for the

5th consecutive year.

Aptech is one of the few IT education firms that have survived the Dot Com Crash and has emerged successful in the Post Dot Com Crash.

9. Coffee Day Express

Investment: Rs. 3 to 4 Lakhs No. of Franchisees: 506 ROI: 30 to 40% Pay Back: 2 to 3 Year

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Franchising Since 2003 Space Required: 60 to 100 sq ft

Coffee Day Xpress(CDX) is a unique concept of convenient cafe, an idea that feeds the world that`s contineously in transit. At the busy city crossroads, between home and office, when there is not enough time for a hot cup of coffee or a leisurely meal, Coffee Day Xpress can provide fast, hygienic, convenient to eat and affordable food & beverages. The CDX network complements the Cafe Coffee Day's that are spread across India.  

Coffee Day Xpress is also the winner of the Franchisor of the Year Award by the Franchising Association of India. What makes an attractive proposition is the location of this kiosk and the mobility, If a certain location is not profitable, the franchisee could move it to another one, since it is a kiosk.

The low-risk investment, which is 80% refundable and 20% goes as royalty/registration fees (non refundable), entitles you to a plug-and-play kiosk fully equipped with all the machineries - fully operational within 3 weeks of the franchise agreement being signed. It can truly be said that no other brand growing through the F&B franchising route offers so much for so little. All that the franchisee needs is be involved in the business, a high-traffic location and a little investment. All the rest – like the training and support – is provided by the Coffee Day Xpress Franchise Team.

With over 500 successful entrepreneurs spanning the length and breadth of India, Coffee Day Xpress is poised for a growth curve that's creating new benchmarks in the F&B franchising business. Speckled across the urbanscape of India's leading cities…there's one sign that beckons entrepreneurs who want to book profits.

With a product portfolio that embraces hot and cold beverages, and a snacks menu that stretches from burgers, rolls, submarines and sandwiches to brownies, pastries, puffs and samosas, Coffee Day Xpress is the one take-away F&B format that caters to the needs of all customers for whom time is money. Coffee Day Xpress works at high traffic junctions like shopping malls, supermarkets, multiplexes, travel termini, petrol pumps, parks, educational institutions

10. Reliance Money

The Reliance Money franchise offers a single window for transacting in a wide range of asset classes including Equity, Equity and Commodty Derivatives, PMS, Wealth Management Solutions, IPO's, MF, Life and General Insurance, Money Changing, Money Transfer, Gold Coins and Credit Cards. It is one of the most comprehensive financial solutions company. With pioneering efforts to help franchisees get additional revenue, The Reliance Money franchise offers fixed brokerage of Rs. 500 annually for unlimited no. of transactions.

No. of Franchisees: 6000+ Estimated

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Reliance Securities endeavors to change the way investors transact in equities markets and avails services. It provides customers with access to Equity, Derivatives, Portfolio Management Services, Investment Banking, Mutual Funds & IPOs. It also offers secured online share trading platform and investment activities in secure, cost effective and convienent manner. To enable wider participation, it also provides the convenience of trading offline through variety of means, including Call & Trade,Branch dealing Desk and its network of affiliates. Reliance Money through its pan India presence with 6,233 outlets, has more than 3.5 million customers.

The Reliance Money Franchise offers three verticals, First is financial markets, consisting of equity/commodity broking derivatives, IPOs and offshore investments. Second is a distribution vertical under where the Reliance Money franchisee distributes mutual funds, life insurance, general insurance, credit cards, loans….anything provided by a third party.

The third vertical is over the counter (OTC), which includes money changing, money transfer and gold coin retailing. In the OTC segment, Reliance Money acquired a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kuoni Group, which is into money changing and money transfer; known as Reliance Money Express. Reliance Money has also partnered with Western Union Money transfer, (largest private sector partner, 1st One is Indian Postal Services).

Reliance Money has also tested with gold coin retailing and will now start retailing nationally. Reliance Money franchisees will be selling 0.5, 1 and 2-gm coins in addition to 5 gm and 8 gm. The idea is to enable people to use gold coin as a gifting item. A half-gram coin costs just about Rs 500.

With multiple revenue streams, The Reliance Money Franchise is 10th for India Franchise Rankings 2010

11. Koutons

Franchising Since: 2002Margins: 3 to 8%

The Koutons franchisee is a high volume, value-for-money retailer. The Koutons Franchisee Retailers are spread over 230 family stores and 1,388 exclusive brand outlets (EBOs). Most of these are on a franchisee basis, which keeps it an asset-light model for Koutons. It clocked a healthy growth rate of 32% (Sales: Rs. 1046.68 Crore), thanks to franchisee promotions and a vast expanding network, with profits of of Rs. 69.15

Koutons Retail India Ltd. is the leading retailer of readymade and fashion wear brand in the country today. With more than 1400 outlets across India, it has a wide range of apparel designs suited for all segments including corporate, formal and casual dressings. Koutons aptly creates the conducive environment for a family outing, making

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family shopping the best experience at an affordable price - all at one place.

Koutons was born in 1991 as Charlie Creations and are now Koutons Retail India Ltd. Koutons started primarily as a denim brand but are today manufacturing and selling complete men, women and kids wardrobe under the brand name Koutons, Les Femme and Koutons Junior respectively. Another brand from the stable of Koutons is Charlie Outlaw, which caters to the teens of the country with apparels including jeans, T- shirts, jackets etc. Koutons Brand is catering to the Upper & Upper Middle Class of Society with a vast target age group between 18-60 years.

"Value for Money and High on Fashion" being their USP, Koutons has given the brand an extension delving into specific consumer segments. The garments are made keeping in view the overall need of the niche market and the basic/fashion demand of the Indian masses. Our product range also caters to the tastes of all segments. Our Brand is placed as the most dynamic brand of India.

Area Required: 1000 to 1500Rs. 10 to 25 LakhsAverage ROI: 12 to 15%Average Pay back: 6.5 to 7 Years

12. Career Launcer

Franchising Since: 1999No. of Franchisees: 110+Area Required: 600 to 1000 sq ftROI: 70%Investment: Rs. 4 to 5 Lakhs

Career Launcher India Limited (CL) is Asia’s leading education service provider with presence in over 130 locations across India, Middle East and the United States. CL provides test-prep education to enable school and college students gain admission to professional courses. It is also actively involved in the field of mainstream education, mainly through its growing network of play schools and secondary schools. Today over 400+ academicians and professionals around the world work with Career Launcher to counsel and groom over 50,000+ students across 130 locations in India, Middle East and the US.

13. Triumphant Institute of Management Education

197 centres, 100+ FranchisedFranchising Since 1992Systemwide Sales: Over 200 CroreInvestment: Rs. 10 to 15 lakhs

Three management graduates from India's top institutes set up a preparatory exam

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coaching / training institute – Triumphant Institute of Management Education (T.I.M.E.) in 1992 at Hyderabad. An indigenously developed training programme started bringing in the results. Recognition followed with more and more students from T.I.M.E. making it into the IIMs and other reputed B-Schools across the country.

Gradually with more and more success, the TIME franchise expanded to more centres at Hyderabad and gradually moved into other cities, responding positively to the trends that emerged. More professionals – qualified and experienced in Training and Management, joined the T.I.M.E. team and its faculty ensuring quality with growth. Constant innovation, excellent classroom teaching, quality course material, and careful evaluation have brought about excellent results year after year.

With 197 offices in 102 cities across the country, T.I.M.E. today is truly pan-national, but with a local focus as well, thanks to its franchisee network. With over 2000 full-time employees (including those employed by its franchisees) in its Faculty, Research, Management, Marketing & Admin. teams, TIME has truly revolutionised the entrance examination business.

14. Motilal Oswal

Franchising Since 1999 No. of Franchisees: 1670+ Investment: Rs. 5 to 10 Lakhs ROI: 35 to 40% 500 to 750 sq ft. (Prime Locality) Payback: 20 to 24 Months

Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd. (MOSL) was founded in 1987 as a small sub-broking unit, with just two people running the show. Focus on customer-first-attitude, ethical and transparent business practices, respect for professionalism, research-based value investing and implementation of cutting-edge technology has enabled us to blossom into an almost 2000 member team.

Today Motilal Oswal is a well diversified financial services firm offering a range of financial products and services such as Wealth Management , Broking & Distribution , Commodity Broking, Portfolio Management Services , Institutional Equities, Private Equity , Investment Banking Services and Principal Strategies.

Motilal Oswal has a diversified client base that includes retail customers (including High Net worth Individuals), mutual funds , foreign institutional investors, financial institutions and corporate clients. Headquartered at Mumbai and as of December 31st, 2009, Motilal Oswal has a network spread over 581 cities and towns comprising 1,293 Business Locations operated by our Business Partners and us. As at December 31st, 2009, Motilal Oswal had 6,05,986 registered customers.

Motilal Oswal Franchisee currently has over 1000 business partners, the Motilal Oswal

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group is a global, diversified financial services group having businesses in securities, commodities, investment banking. The criteria to be a franchisee, is to have a basic understanding of financial markets and ideally with a good client base. The Motilal Oswal Franchisee currently focuses on existing brokers and sub-brokers. Since, this one is a retail franchise, Motilal Oswal prospective franchisees have to have a good retail location, to create further awareness of their brand. With 20+ Years of Experience and a wealth of expertise in franchising, Motilal Oswal is indeed the

# 2 Stock Broking and Financial Services Franchise Opportunity

15. Institute of Management studies

No. of Franchisees: 140+Franchising SInce: 2001Investment: 10 to 20 LakhsROI: 25%Area Reqd: 1500 sq ft. Likely Pay Back: 2.5 Years

With more than 30 years of strong domain expertise in the preparatory education business. The IMS Franchise is indeed one of the pioneers and the leader in the field of Management Entrance training. Ranked 4th in the Education sector and 44th amongst the Top 50 Most Trusted Service Brands across India in the December 2003 survey conducted by AC-Nielson & Brand Equity (Economic Times). More than 100+ franchise partners across India. More than 50,000 students passing through the portals of prestigious institutes all over India and abroad.

The IMS Franchise offers Personalised Counselling that caters to all our students' requirements and their counselling and career needs. helping students realise their dreams and aspirations. IMS has transformed many lives with its franchise program. It is one of the most successful business format in Indian Education and IMS believes in mutual growth. IMS offers a complete business format for partnership in Test Prep services. The IMS partnership concept provides individuals with the complete know how to build and operate a successful test prep training.

IMS offers its Franchise Partners access to Unique and tested pedagogy, business processes, Test Prep courses.

16. Spykar Clothing and Apparel

The Spykar franchise has been offering fashion wears and accessories since 1992. The retail services business was founded by Prasad Pabrekar who wanted to make use of technical knowledge in processing jeans garments. Span Apparels, styled as U:th Icon and Brand of the Generation Next has changed its name from Span Apparels to Spykar Lifestyle. The brand comprises a large array of casual wear from the authentic five pocket jeans to fashionable denims, fatigues, loozers, jackets, tees, shirts, etc. to trendy

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bags, belts, caps, wallets, socks and other accessories. Spykar Lifestyle is gearing up to further extend its product portfolio by introducing other fashion essentials like travel gear, shoes, deodorants, junk jewelry, eyewear and time-wear

The quality service offered by the Spykar franchise slowly resulted in the enhancement of the number of employees. The functioning of the garments retail franchise is strictly based on a code of ethics. It is the absolute adherence to this code of ethics, which has helped the retail services franchise in ensuring smooth relationships with its trading partners, employees, vendors etc.

Franchising since 1992ROI: 28%No. of Stores: 300+Margins: 20 to 35%Pay Back Period: 5 Years

Spykar products are available at over 700 MBOs across the country, apart from the large format stores like Shopper's Stop, Globus, Lifestyle, Pantaloons, Pyramids, etc. and at the Exclusive Spykar Jeans outlet at Ahmedabad, Ghazi bad, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nasik, New Delhi and Pune. Spykar Jeans currently has 148 Exclusive Brand Outlet and plans to increase that number to 200 by the end of 2008. To mark its foray in the international arena, Spykar has also opened its first exclusive outlet Australia. With constant product innovation and providing value for money products, franchisees enjoy a high volume and steady recognition, in comparison to the other players in the market.

17. Maxmind Abacus

Franchising Since: 2006Monthly Cash Flow: Rs. 85,000No. of Franchisees: 173Investment: Rs. 1 to 2 LakhsAverage break Even: 3 months

Maxmind India is one of the fastest growing company in the field of Mind Training Programs for children. Our courses focus on Whole Brain Development of children with maths as core subject. Currently Maxmind trains kids in Abacus (Japanese Technique of developing kids faster than a calculator) , Vedic Maths (Ancient Indian methods to quick maths) and Memory Courses. All the Maxmind Programs are scientific brain management techniques which unveil the infinite potential of the human brain. After a few months of training a student can start solving equations like 236 X 34 =? or 9554 /253 =? Students do not need any pen, paper or a calculator to solve this! With our Mind Training program these sums, that have baffled you, can be solved by a Eight year old child in just 10 seconds and without using any of the external aids.The company currently operates in four countries and have a network of 173 franchisees across the globe.

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The Maxmind Franchise Opportunity Differentiator

Content: Unlimited content (Courses) , our one franchisee includes the rights to operate all courses which the Maxmind system currently has or would develop in the next ten years

Traffic: Maxmind India share 50% of all local ads expenditure for unit franchisees and generate huge traffic of inquiries (High Footfall) for all our franchisees

Presell: Unlimited free sms & world class presentation tools are provided to all franchisees which results in over 60% conversion of inquiries to admissions.

Monetise: All our franchisees can operate in pan India and can have their own network of sub franchisees at no additional costs.

Money Back Guarantee: The only company which offers 80% refund of franchisee fees , if a franchisee does not recover his complete investment in six months.

18. Kwality Walls

Investment: Rs. 5 to 10 Lakhs Franchising Since: July 2004 Gross Profitability: 59% Average Monthly POsitive Cash Flow: Rs. 37610 No. of Franchisees: 85 ROI: 50% Average Pay Back Period: 2 years Average Break Even Period: 2 to 3 Months

Hindustan Unilever limited is India’s largest FMCG Company that touches life of every 2 out of 3 Indians. Unilever's mission is to add Vitality to life. Unilever meets everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life. The Kwality Wall’s brand is one of the power brands of HUL and is one of the leading players in the Ice Cream Category in India. It’s fun-filled ice cream parlour concept is called Kwality Wall’s Swirl’s.

Swirl’s ice cream parlour is an International concept that was launched in 1994 in Netherlands. It now has over 2000 Heartbrand Parlours across the globe. The concept was launched in India in 2004, and till date, we have opened over 85 Kwality Wall’s Swirl’s Parlours. The core concept of Swirl’s is ‘Create your Own’ ice cream. Consumers can select their ingredients from an array of options and chose the flavour of their ice cream, which is then crafted for them ‘fresh’ and in Swirl’s ‘style’ as they wait for they wait for their delicious dessert. Swirl’s Parlours attempt to capture the ‘on the move’ consumer trends and are located at high footfall areas such as malls and shopping centers and are classified under the impulse range of products.

The Kwality Swirl's Differentiator: 1. The core concept of Swirl’s is ‘Create your Own’ ice cream. Consumers can select their own ingredients from an array of options and chose the flavour of their ice cream,

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which is then crafted for them ‘fresh’ and in Swirl’s ‘style’ as they wait for their own creations. 2. The Kwality Swirls Franchise is offered from India's leading FMCG Co. 3. Kwality Wall's is one of the Leading Ice Cream brands in the country.

19. Bachpan Play School

No. of Franchisees: 350+ Investment: Rs. 4 to 8 Lakhs Area Required: 1500 to 2000 sq ft

Childcare programmes such as play schools, pre-schools or pre-primary schools bring forth one of the most lucrative and safe investment opportunities. Owning and operating a Bachpan play school doesn't require any technical qualification or past experience. In fact, pre-school is all about teaching young children by reaching to their world where the kids enjoy being in. Neither does it involve investing huge sums of money nor has it extended break-even periods, especially when combined with the experience of 350 plus franchisees.

20. Levis Clothing and Apparel

Investment: Rs 50 Lakh to Rs 5 crore depending on locationFranchising Since 1995No. of Stores 240+Pay Back Period: 3 to 5 YearsProfit Margins: 12 to 26%

Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&CO) is a privately held clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's brand of denim jeans. It was founded in 1853 when Levi Strauss came from Buttenheim, Franconia, (Kingdom of Bavaria) to San Francisco, California to open a west coast branch of his brothers' New York dry goods business. Although the company began producing denim overalls in the 1870s, modern jeans were not produced until the 1920s. The company briefly experimented (in the 1970s) with employee ownership and a public stock listing, but remains owned and controlled by descendants and relatives of Levi Strauss' four nephews.

Levis India is a wholly owned subsidiary of Levi Strauss and Co. Levis has established a strong presence in India, since 1994 and has since then established a network of over 240+ stores. All of their stores are franchised.

Levi Strauss and Co will begin selling jeans and denim apparel in India manufactured by its Levi Strauss India subsidiary later in 1995. Levi's will join VF Corp which began selling its Lee brand of jeans in Mar 1995 through an agreement with Arvind Fashions Ltd. To further boost sales, Levis recently started offering installment facilities, where three equal installments are offered

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21. ICICI Securities

Locations: 1600+ Franchisee Locations: 1200+ International Locations: Muscat, Oman Space Required: 500 sq. ft. plus Investment: Rs. 2 to 5 Lakhs ICICI Securities Franchise

ICICI Securities Ltd is the largest equity house in the country providing end-to-end solutions (including web-based services) through the largest non-banking distribution channel so as to fulfil all the diverse needs of retail and corporate customers. It is one of the leading financial services providers, the ICICI name and strong image adds credibility to it. It has several awards to its credit, including the Franchisor of the Year 2009 by the Franchising World magazine.

22. Animaster

ANIMASTER Franchise offers training in 2D and 3D animation. Extensive training on colors, shapes, strokes, drawing, 2D and 3D animation makes it the only animation college to explore the complete creative potential of students of all age groups and walks of life. Developing artistic abilities, an eye for detail and expressions, sense of humor is also incorporated as a part of the curriculum. Set on par with Hollywood production standards it believes in evolving a student from a studio model to an IT enabled knowledge based model. This is also the main reason for the success of Animaster training methodologies in India. With its sophisticated animation technology, training facilities and business model, it offers a path breaking revolution in the field of education and production. Faculties with rich experience in production, impart training to students in 2D and 3D animation, utilizing latest software’s such as MAYA, 3Ds MAX, Combustion, US Animation, Toon Boom, Adobe-Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Premiere, Fireworks, Sound Forge, CorelDraw etc.

Animaster is all set to gear up students for the estimated 960 million (by 2009) Indian animation Industry with courses spanning from animation to background layout, compositing, scanning, 2D animation to special effects, digital inking process and 3D animation. It offers the most dynamic Reference material, state of the art infrastructure, animation accessories and training manuals, which gives it an edge in the world market.

Animaster has chosen the franchise model to make its presence felt around the country and the world. Animaster follows strict quality control guidelines for all its franchisee centers. This ensures that the same quality and level of training is maintained throughout. Animaster has a total of 30 operational centers spread across the country.

200 centers will come up in India in the next 4 years. In 2008, Animaster has taken initiative to start operations outside India as well. Animaster’s Bahrain center is the first full-fledged center teaching Animaster courses. Animaster is planning to open centers in

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Singapore, Dubai, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Australia, South Africa etc.

Franchising Since: 2003 No. of Franchisees: 30Investment: 10 to 20 LakhsROI: 30%Pay Back: 2.5 to 3 YearsArea Reqd: 1600 to 2000 sq ft

23. N Power Hardware and Networking Institute

Franchising Since: July 2007Average Annual Sales: 30 lakhs Per Centre Per YearNo. of Franchisees: 51Break Even Point: 6 MonthsPay Back Period: 18 MonthsROI: 30 to 40%

What differentiates N Power from other vocational training institutes is its documentation

N-Power Manuals for Centre Operations: The N Power Franchise team provides 3 manuals viz; Course conduct Guideline Manual; Marketing Manual & Placement Manual.

Automated system for complete centre operation. Industry relevant course curricula and 2 months Industry Internship built into the

course. Placements support (Job Guarantee) COSMIC Training Methodology

N-Power Alliance partner, CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association) has been into 25 years of existence, and has served the IT industry as the world’s largest developer of vendor-neutral IT certification exams.

Microsoft Certification like Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA), and Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) are the most sought certifications in the field of networking which N Power Team bring to the students with Microsoft official Curriculum (MOC) and latest technology.

In addition to its own certified programs in Hardware & Networking, N-Power also offers the programs as given below in association with Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Mysore:

3-Yr B.Sc. Degree in Hardware, Networking & Digital Communication (HNDC) & 1-Yr Diploma in Hardware & Networking (HN).

24. The Apollo Clinic

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Franchising SInce: 2003 Franchised CLinics: 100 Investment: Rs. 2 to 3 Crore Area Required: 3000 sq ft

The Project cost of Rs. 2 to 3 Crores includes investment in Medical Equipment, Interiors and Furniture, Civil Modification, Air Conditioning, Electrical , Information technology (Hardware and Software), Lease Deposit ( if the premises are taken on rent), Preliminary and Pre-operative expenses, Working Capital Margin, Contingency Funds and and License Fees to Apollo. The project is ideally funded on a 1:1 Debt Equity ratio. The debt has been taken for a period of six years with a one-year moratorium on principal payment. Adequate amounts have been budgeted for infusion of fresh capital into the project over a period of seven years, for which duration the projections have been made. Apollo Health and Lifestyle has also tied up with State Bank of India (rate of interest 8.5% to 9%) for project funding.

Each Apollo Clinic is expected to have a turnover between Rs 1.0- Rs 1.5 Crore (depending on location) in the first year through diagnostics, consultations, pharmacy operations, health check packages and other revenue streams such as tele-medicine. The turnover is expected to double on 4th year. The cash break even is likely to take around 5/6 months while the expected payback period is about 4.5- 5 years with a post tax IRR on equity of up to 25%.

The salaries, rent, administration, interest, depreciation and power consumption are some of the main components of fixed cost, while material/consumable cost, working capital requirement, marketing and Operating License Fees (6% of top line) are the variable costs involved.

Based on the need supply gap in a particular geographical region, you can opt for an expanded version of the base model, which will offer a host of additional services and will require higher investments.

25. VETA

Franchising Since: 1996No. of Franchisees: 250+Investment: Rs. 5 to 10 LakhsSpace Required: 900 to 1500 sq ft. Break Even: Six to Twelve months

VETA, the leaders and Asia’s largest spoken English training Academy offers courses catering to various levels of the learners. The learning experience starts with a need analysis. It offers two kinds of courses - Direct class coaching and the Distance Education course. Founded in 1981, as the Vivekananda Institute, the academy now known as VETA has over 175 centres in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, West Bengal, Haryana, Bihar, MP, UP, Chattisgarh, Maharashtra,

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Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, chandigarh, Gujarat and Delhi.

Nearly twenty one lakh students have been trained through these centres. The direct coaching class, some of the centres are abuzz with activity with more than 500 students of the 18-26 age group. The direct program is split into three levels. FOUNDATION ENGLISH Trains learners to read and write words and sentences in English. FLUENT ENGLISH Trains learners in the various structures of English and conversational English and is the most popular course. PRO ENGLISH Trains learners to converse effectively in a group/public and improve his overall personality. Each course provides comprehensive training and takes a step-by-step approach. The course curriculum has been designed based on extensive Research and Direct training experience of the course curriculum committee.

The trainers at VETA centres undergo continuous training and are kept updated about the changes in the market and the needs of the students. The Academy has perfect understanding and relationship with its franchisees and is planning to expand to 500 centres by 2010. The company is also vying International markets and started its operation in Singapore and will soon be seen in South East Asian Countries. Franchisee is selected based on his commitment to business and service that is required to be delivered to the students. All franchisee are required to commit to the Mission statement of the company which is ‘Any one who walks into Veta, walks out speaking fluent English’