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Snap Fitness to open in Sainsbury's store in UK

Dec 01, 2015 | 06 : 18 PM

Snap Fitness, a fitness chain of US has joined hands with Sainsbury's, one of the leading retailers of UK. An independent 24 hour gym at Sainsbury's supermarket will be open for business in December, 2016. Jit and Dip Dhillon are the franchise owners of Snap Fitness which will be based at The Crescent’s anchor...

Heritage Healthcare seeks opportunities across 5 m...

Nov 30, 2015 | 07 : 44 PM

Heritage Healthcare has identified five UK territories as opportunities of expansion. These include Aberdeen, Cambridge, Southend, Stourbridge and Plymouth. For Aberden, Heritage Healthcare Aberdeen territory includes the towns and suburbs of Inverurie, Banff, Stonehaven, Towie and Alford. The territory has a popul...

Marks & Spencer sees India as key international ma...

Nov 28, 2015 | 04 : 35 PM

Marks & Spencer, a British retail brand that entered Indian in 2001 as a franchise business, sees India as a key international market for growing its presence. The brand recently made a landmark by opening its 50th store in Jaipur. India now has the largest number of Marks & Spencer stores outside of the UK. In 2008...

Cath Kidston strengthens Japanese franchise busine...

Nov 26, 2015 | 05 : 48 PM

Cath Kidston, a UK- based fashion and homeware brand, which recently bought its Japanese franchise business of 27 stores back from Sanei International, has consolidated its Japanese retail network utilising Futura’s multi-lingual global EPOS solution. Futura4POS was selected because it provides an advanced re...

Global expansion leads to profit rise for Arcadia ...

Nov 25, 2015 | 05 : 38 PM

British retail tycoon Philip Green's Arcadia reported a 5% rise in annual profit, helped by the international expansion of its Topshop chain and the sale of the loss-making BHS chain. The group, which also owns Topman, Dorothy Perkins, Wallis, Miss Selfridge, Evans and Burton brands, made an operating profit before g...

Starbucks sees expansion under 23.5 Degrees

Nov 23, 2015 | 05 : 36 PM

Starbuck's first franchisee globally, 23.5 Degrees Limited, has been advised by National law firm Shoosmiths on the equity investment by Connection Capital and bank loan facilities from Royal Bank of Scotland totalling £15.3 million to fund the acquisition of 16 new Starbucks stores. 23.5 Degrees Limited has be...

H&M to train global suppliers

Nov 23, 2015 | 05 : 35 PM

Fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz said that it had agreed with IndustriALL Global Union to jointly train its direct suppliers and their workers on how to improve relations and dialogue between social partners. The Asian garment industry has been shaken by labour unrest over low wages and poor working conditions, such...

RFG seeks master franchise partners for Cafe2U

Nov 20, 2015 | 05 : 14 PM

Retail Food Group (RFG) is actively recruiting Master Franchise Partners for its brand systems in the UK. Cafe2U, is a mobile coffee van franchise which has a significant footprint in this market and the group is supporting its Master Franchise Partner in their plans for growth. Since 2005, the market has grown to support m...

Maid2Clean is 85% saturated in London

Nov 17, 2015 | 06 : 12 PM

Maid2Clean, a specialist in domestic and home cleaning services, has 15 operations in London. The brand has casted a presence in almost every location of London. Mike Hanrahan, Managing Director, Maid2Clean said, "Maid2Clean is 85% saturated in London and will soon have to stop marketing in the UK capital due ...

Clarks to grow its footprints in UK

Nov 16, 2015 | 05 : 50 PM

Clarks, an international brand known for its footwear and accessories is looking forward to growing its base in UK. The brand has a wide presence in UK with 600 stores, out of which 112 are franchisee-run. Sharing a word on the brand’s presence and future plans, Mark Darmanin, Vice President – Retail Developm...