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Latest Franchise News,Franchise News India,NEW DELHI,Premium lifestyle products brand Swiss Military plans to open 171 stores in India by the end of next year, of which 11 will be company owned and 160 under the franchise model.

“We plan to open 171 stores across the country by 2016 end. Out of which 11 will be company owned stores while 160 would be franchise stores,” Swiss Military Worldwide Managing Director Anuj Sawhney told PTI.

The company-owned stores will be in locations such as Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad, he added.

“The franchise stores will be in tier I and tier II cities across the country. Apart from these, we will also be adding over 4,000 multi-brand outlets during the period,” Sawhney said.

The investment on the expansion would be around Rs 200 crore, he added.

When asked how the company plans to fund the expansion, Sawhney said: “As a company we are debt free and the expansion will be done through internal accruals, from our global resources and some of it will also come from the franchisees.”

The franchise stores will be self-financed and for multi brand outlets also there is no investment done by the company, he added.

Saying that the company is also looking to add to number of its products in the country, Sawhney said: “In India, we currently sell 300 products under 5 product lines — baggage, leather, electronics, pens and accessories and will be launching 60 products every month.”

The company entered into retail market in the country in April 2014 and is now present in 57 towns in 23 states across the country. Swiss Military products are available in 550 multi-brand outlets.

Globally, the brand has around 1,800 models of products in segments such as sun glasses, footwear, household appliances, leather wallets, electronics, cosmetics and electronics, and outdoors such as tents and sleeping bags, Sawhney said.



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