Luxottica Group S.p.A. announced that over the next two years its Sunglass Hut chain will have up to 50 stores in the Middle East thanks to new openings under a five-year franchising agreement signed today with Azal Group, one of the world’s fastest growing retail groups and a leading regional player. Leonardo Del Vecchio, Chairman …
Winsted Holdings, Inc. a Business Development Company (BDC), and Nu Image MedSpa Inc. of Las Vegas, Nevada, jointly announced that its Portland, Oregon franchisee has decided to locate its new medspa in a premier space on the corner of NW Davis Street and NW 13th Avenue within the Pearl District of Portland, Oregon. In the …
AFX News is reporting that home furniture retailer Fourlis has said it has signed an initial agreement with InterIKEA for the development of IKEA franchise stores in Bulgaria. The company said the first store is expected to open in 2008. Fourlis is reported by AFX to have said it will establish a Bulgarian subsidiary for …
Smile You’ve Got A Cosmetics Franchise! Al Tayer Group, a leading diversified business entity in the Middle East signed a franchise agreement with Able C&C Co., Ltd., a Korea based cosmetics company which has the brand ‘MISSHA’. With the UAE planned as the first market that will have a MISSHA store by the last quarter …
GAP and Bananas Growing Franchise Al Tayer Group based in Dubai plans to open about 25 Gap and about 10 Banana Republic stores by 2010. The first Gap stores will open in the later part of 2006 and the Banana Republic stores are scheduled to open in 2007. “The Middle East, with its young and …
Cardsmart Set For Fathers Day Petter Etholm, President of Cardsmart, says Father’s Day is an American tradition tracing origins to Sonora Dodd in 1909 and helped along by three U.S. Presidents, Coolidge, Johnson and Nixon. Cardsmart stores are set for the last minute rush for greeting cards for Dads across America as children send messages …
Enfield Post Office To Franchise? The Enfield Independent reports today on a meeting to discuss the closure of the Enfield Post Office. Post Office bosses will, apparently, be put on the hotspot tomorrow by residents angered with plans to franchise the service. A meeting has been arranged by London Assembly member for Enfield and Haringey, …
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc., an interactive, entertainment retailer of customized stuffed animals, today participated in the Credit Suisse Consumer and Retail investor conference. Maxine Clark, the company’s chairman and chief executive bear, Barry Erdos, president and chief operating officer bear, and Tina Klocke, chief financial bear attended the conference. During the company’s prepared remarks management provided …
Kwik Kopy Australia has announced the winner of its annual Franchise of the Year Award at a function in Melbourne. Kwik Kopy Knoxfield, owned by Mike Love and Wayne O’Neill, won the coveted Franchise of the Year Award, overcoming stiff competition from 106 other centres operating in Australia and New Zealand. David Bell, managing director, …
The success of ‘Fruit Flowers’, a United States novelty gift shop selling flower baskets created from fruit, is pushing new limits for what started as a cottage industry. And although he’d envisioned opening a restaurant, franchisee, Talbott, couldn’t resist the franchise‘s appeal of turning strawberries into tulips and pineapples into daisies. ‘It’s so different, and …