After months of hard work and determination by its team, Franchise mart had launched its Franchise Today magazine to focus on the franchise industry – was officially launched on Monday, 22nd november 2010 at Ramada Plaza Palm Grove in Mumbai.

The launch which took place alongside Franchise Mart’s first networking event and included red wine and canapes saw over maximum franchise fraternity associates from leading recognized brands – established and new – mingle and make worthy contacts with one another.

Mr Anil D’Souza, rendered the welcome note and a brief speech. This was followed by our MD, who gave a brief intro of the company and future plans. “We continue to thrive as a business over the next couple of decades and beyond, we look ahead understand the trends and forces that will shape our business in future and move swiftly to prepare for what’s to come.. 50 offices across the nation, exhibition and strategic tie up with financial institution, and all these future plans will surely stand for a CHANGE in 2011,” said Mr. Alpesh Thakkar, MD Franchise Mart India Pvt. Ltd.

And most importantly, the black and white are always worth to take into consideration by the speech of the EDITOR, which gave a fleeting glance at the revolutionary world of our Flagship Magazine FRANCHISE TODAY by speaking about the Contents of the Inaugural Issue as well as a brief glimpse of things to come. Mr. Pinak Modi, Editor, Franchise Today Magazine said, “The idea generated a year before and, today it feels proud to hold the baby (FRANCHISE TODAY) The journey of Franchise Today is itself a landmark in its own way, as my team and I have worked very hard to put together the best piece of Franchise industry we could for you. The soul of Franchise Today lies with its tagline that is “The Source for every Indian Entrepreneur” which has the minute meaning “you will only have this amount of energy, resilience, and opportunity to be exactly who you want to be ONCE in your entire lifetime. And here we have the master piece to guide you. I honestly hope everyone enjoys experiencing the first issue of “FRANCHISE TODAY” Magazine as much as I enjoyed putting it together and I hope we enjoy issue after issue together for years to come.”The Guests of Honor- Ms Gauri and Hiten Tejwani of Barcode 053 and Mr. Zafar Khan Group CEO Jawed Habib did the honors of launching the first issue of Franchise Today.

The magazine was aptly praised by all, stressing upon the current need of exactly what this magazine has projected, to bridge the gap between large organisations and Franchise businesses.

Cocktails followed by dinner were an ideal backdrop for the3 quintessential networking need. While some attendees used the opportunity to make as many useful business contacts as possible, others could be overheard talking about the situation for franchise businesses in the nation – and for how needed a magazine such as Franchise TODAY was.

Undoubtedly a successful launch and networking event indeed!