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How education startups are helping India’s literacy rate get better

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min read

Literacy in India is imminent for its socio-economic development. The rate of literacy in India has increased to 74.04 per cent in the year 2015 from 64.83 per cent in 2001. Recent surveys have confirmed that literacy skills are linked to the socio-economic status and level of deprivation, with those from more deprived areas achieving ...

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Growing through exclusive high end retail stores of dealers: Gessi India MD

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min read

What is the current presence of your brand in India and its market size in terms of territories, distributors, franchises etc?Gessi India is about 10 per cent of premium segment of the market. We have presence in all metro/major towns in India. And, we expect continued growth of about 20 per cent in ...

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Brilliant future for Startups in Dairy Industry

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min read

National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India (NCDFI), based at Anand (Gujarat), is the apex organisation for the cooperative dairy sector. Its members include federal dairy cooperatives of states and union territories. Primary objective of NCDFI is to facilitate the working of dairy cooperatives through coordination, networking and advocacy. Important activities of NCDFI includes; coordinating sale ...

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Chhota Bheem is a great brand and the favorite among kids: Prakash Nagpal

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min read

Tell us about your success story with the brand and how do you see the future projection?When I started in 2012, we had our first exclusive store of Green Gold in India. The response has been great after that. There has been a great demand for Chhota Bheem products and it was wonderful ...

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The Body Shop takes its 'vegan' game one notch up with these masks

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min read

Personal care products leader The Body Shop has launched a slew of new products taking its ‘natural’ and ‘vegan’ game one notch up. It has launched its complete masks range consisting of five masks that are ‘100 per cent vegetarian’ and made of natural ingredients. The products are also inspired by Ayurveda.Here’s a closer look ...

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Are you stretching your biz the Yoga way?

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min read

The 5000-year-old practice of Yoga is a booming market worldwide today with India holding a small share in this $80 billion industry. This, even as the practice finds its origins in the Vedas in India. However, the industry is now picking up and is worth over Rs 490 billion in India.The age-old tradition is now ...

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‘Franchising is a great model to get started’

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min read

NGDA, which was established by Minoo Patel in 1962, has grown into one of Vidarbha's most respected organizations. Today, it is a multi-faceted group dealing in high value retailing, distribution of consumer durables, watches and logistics operations. With 50 years of experience in distribution and 35 years in retailing, it offers the best products from ...

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Demonetisation: short term pain, long term gain in franchising

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min read

With India poised to be one of the fastest growing economies, the Prime Minister’s Demonetisation move is a welcome for the franchise industry. With franchising business model being part & parcel across all valid industries in India, each industry will have a negative effect in the short term, but will eventually help increase consumption with ...

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Going Digital- A new trend in Education sector

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min read

At the beginning of another 365 days to be spent orbiting around the sun, it’s time to look into the future and prepare for the changes that are about to happen. In terms of the education sector exclusively, such changes can be summarised in a single word: Digital. With the present government pushing its agenda ...

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Implementation of GST can be the game changer for organised retail: Rishab Soni

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min read

SSIPL group operates over 360 stores across 90 cities in India. Having created one of the widest networks for any retail company in the country, Rishab Soni, MD, SSIPL tells how they have accomplished scalability via franchising for SSIPL & his take on recent demonetisation.Which all brands are there in your kitty as a Master ...

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