Mergers & Acquisitions
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readOne of the leading South Indian restaurant chains, Sagar Ratna is looking at expansion in Central and East India. The brand was established in 1986, with its first outlet in Defence Colony. Its branches are spread across India and Sagar Ratna currently operates 89 restaurants, out of which 44 are company owned and 45 ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readTwo of the leading gym chains of South India, Fitness One and PINK are carving solid expansion plans for coming years. Under the umbrella of Fitness One Private Ltd, both the brands hope to open 80-100 centres in the next two years. Fitness One adopted franchise route in 2007 whereas all women’s gym chain, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readMetropolis Healthcare Limited is looking at expanding its base in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Metropolis , the pathology specialist, has 105 state-of-the-art laboratories, over 700 collection centres in Maharashtra. The brand has a presence in several foreign countries-the UAE, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Kenya, Mauritius and Ghana. Ameera Shah, MD and CEO, Metropolis Healthcare Limited, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readLiberty Shoes, one of the leading manufacturers in leather footwear industry, is targeting to achieve an annual turnover of Rs. 1000 crore by 2017. The total turnover of the company was Rs. 500 crore in the last financial year. The brand is planning to reach a turnover of Rs. 650 crore and a ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readArvind Lifestyle Brands Ltd, a subsidiary of Arvind Ltd has tied up with GAP Inc, an American brand to open GAP stores in India. Arvind plans to open about 40 franchise GAP stores in India. The first stores are expected to open in Mumbai and Delhi. GAP launched its first franchise store in 2006. ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readSpar International, an Amsterdam-based brand has entered into a partnership with Max Hypermarkets to open over 30 Spar Hypermarkets across India by 2019. Under the partnership, 13 currently operational stores will be reconverted as Spar brand in the coming months and a further 20 stores would be opened nationwide over the next five years. ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readWorld’s largest sandwich chain, Subway currently operates 448 stores in India, spread across more than 70 cities. Prakash Nagabushanam, was announced as Subway’s regional franchisee of the year 2014 as his store had witnessed highest sales in India. Amongst 42,000 outlets worldwide, his is probably one of the smallest Subway restaurants in the ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readFlorist Chain, Ferns N Petals (FNP) has accomplished a network of 185 outlets pan India. The brand was started as a single outlet in 1994. In a span of 20 years, it has achieved sky-scrapping heights in the floral industry capitalising on the principles of customer delight, innovative approach and ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readAakash Institute, known for providing coaching for medical entrance exams, is focusing on increasing its presence in the western and southern region of the country. “We are looking forward to add seven to eight centres each year. Presently, we have a network of more than 100 centres. Out of these 36 are franchisee ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readVivafit, a women’s fitness centre, is looking for franchisees in north India. It is planning to open its outlets the NCR and cities, including Jaipur, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Bhopal, Indore, Dehradun. “We are looking at opening more Vivafit centres in metro cities including Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Chandigarh and also in cities like Jaipur, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Indore, Bhopal, ...