Licensing
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Franchise India Bureau Jan 02 2019 - 1 min readA.M. Naik, Chairman of engineering and construction major Larsen and Toubro’s (L&T’s) group, has been appointed as Chairman of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). With Naik’s experience and leadership, the Skills Mission will help achieve scale and bring in a larger industry connect. Dharmendra Pradhan, Skills Minister, said, "His standing in the community of ...
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Franchise India Bureau Nov 26 2018 - 1 min readDiscovery Communications, the world's largest factual entertainment company, has appointed Black White Orange Brands (BWO) as the licensing agent for the Discovery brand in India. Black White Orange will work hand-in-hand with Discovery to launch the merchandise starting next year. As the licensing agent, BWO will work with Discovery to develop products for the local market ...
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Franchise India Bureau Sep 25 2018 - 1 min readThe World Franchise Council has announced that its 16th franchise exhibition is going to be held in Cairo, Egypt. The meeting is going to be organized by the Egyptian Franchise Development Association from 17-19 November. The WFC, formed in 1994, is a non-political organization consisting of more than 40 national franchise associations from around the ...
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Franchise India Bureau Jul 13 2018 - 2 min readEssar Ports, a unit of Ruias-promoted Essar group, is targeting to invest $ 70 million for expansion at its Hazira facility by September 2020, a top company official has said. This will include $ 20 million for the remaining works under $ 450-million first phase of expansion and $ 50 million for the second phase ...
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Franchise India Bureau Jul 06 2018 - 2 min readGoogle's voice-calling "Duplex" which lets Artificial Intelligence (AI) mimic a human voice to make appointments and book tables through phone calls may soon enter call centres assisting humans with customer queries. According to a report in The Information late on Thursday, an unnamed insurance company has shown interest in "Duplex" which could "handle simple and ...