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Wai Wai City Plans To Open 1500 Outlets In Next Five Years Following in the footsteps of its flagship outlet at Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi, Wai Wai City, a ready to eat at noodle bar from popular noodle brand, Wai Wai, has now marked its presence at Logix City Centre, Noida. The QSR format has already started to roll out through the franchise channel with plans to invest Rs 250 crore for expansion. It also aims to open 1500 outlets over the next five years across multiple markets. Wai Wai City will be spread across with formats, like, food courts, self-standing kiosks, standalone outlets, highway formats and an integrated format. Varun Chaudhary, Executive Director, CG Corp Global, said, "Wai Wai City is an endeavor to bring the brand closer to its customers in a more tangible manner. We wanted to come up with something that evokes nostalgia in people, taking them back to their school and college days when Wai Wai noodles was the favourite snac

DineEquity Aims To Open 20 IHOP Restaurants By 2025 Global full-service restaurant chain DineEquity Inc, which holds franchisee rights for two category leading brands, Applebee’s Grill + Bar and IHOP (International House of Pancakes) restaurants, has opened IHOP’s first restaurant in India and plans to add 19 more outlets by 2025. With this launch, India has become the 19th country where the breakfast chain has opened a restaurant. Spread across 2,100 sq.ft, the new outlet is opened in Gurugram. The company has signed a multi-unit franchise agreement with Kwal's Group to bring IHOP to India. By the end of this year, IHOP plans to add two more outlets in Delhi, including Select CityWalk and Connaught Place. The brand will be spending around Rs 100 crore to aid the expansion plans. Gary Moore, Vice President (International), DineEquity, Inc., said, "With the ongoing growth of IHOP and the introduction of this world-famous dining experience in India, t

German Cosmetic Brand, BeYu Plans To Launch 300 Stores German premium cosmetic brand, BeYu from the ARTDECO group, aims to launch 300 stores by end of FY 2017-18. Out of these 300 stores, BeYu will launch 20 company owned and 280 shop-in-shop stores, BeYu India spokesperson said. In March 2017, Be Yu entered Delhi in a partnership with Kaunis Marketing Services. The brand which has presence in 40 countries globally is looking to have its stores in cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Pune, Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Baroda, Surat, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Kolkata among other. Ajay Ghooli, Managing Director, Kaunis Marketing Services, said, "By the end of this year BeYu plans to have approximately 300 stores across cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Pune, Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Baroda, Surat, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Kolkata."

Naturals Opens New Store In Hyderabad Naturals, a pan India brand in hair and skin care industry, has launched a new salon at Chintal, Hyderabad. The Salon was Inaugurated by Minister T Padma Rao Goud.  Arvind, Regional manager, Naturals Family Salon and Spa, Telangana and AP, said, "Naturals renowned, offering professional services that will take care of complete personal styling for both women as well as men, including hair styles and hair coloring, grooming services like embellishing bridal makeup, hair styling, manicure, facial, and reflexology treatment services."  Luxury salon has 5 facial Rooms with steam shower facility, massage rooms, hair spa, bridal, VIP room etc.  Satish, Franchisee partner, Naturals salon branch, said, "To provide privacy to women, the unisex salon has exclusive women zone."