{"id":1448,"date":"2012-08-17T12:10:28","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T12:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/?p=1448"},"modified":"2012-08-17T12:11:49","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T12:11:49","slug":"simba-toys-to-bring-25-stores-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/simba-toys-to-bring-25-stores-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Simba Toys to bring 25 stores in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/simba-logoj.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/simba-logoj-300x147.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"simba-logoj\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/simba-logoj-300x147.gif 300w, https:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/simba-logoj.gif 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the attractive growth of toy industry in india with lavishing investments of over Rs 1700 crore,   Germany\u2019s Simba Dickie group plans to set up 25 franchise stores across the country, according to a top company official.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe Indian toy market is evolving and we want to tap this huge potential. We plan to set up 25 franchise stores across the country over the next six months,\u201d company\u2019s Chief Executive Officer (India, Middle East and North Africa) Ben Nabert told PTI.<br \/>\nThe company has already stepped into Indian market in September 2009 and with that launched two global franchise stores in Bangalore and Mumbai offering toys.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cSimba will introduce two more stores in Delhi and one in Bangalore shortly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The company has appointed Exelixi Management Pvt Ltd as its master franchisee for retail expansion plans. Simba also plans to set up a manufacturing facility in the country, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to establish ourselves firmly in the country, we plan to set up a manufacturing facility here.<\/p>\n<p>However, it will not be our own factory but we will tie-up with a local partner for the same. We are still in the process of negotiations but we expect to set it up in the next six months,\u201d Nabert said.<\/p>\n<p>The facility will initially be manufacturing \u2018board games\u2019. However, Nabert refused to disclose any investment details.<br \/>\nSimba also plans to get local licence for some of the games including the \u2018Spider-Man\u2019 \u201cWe are watching for the right license,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<iframe src='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.franchisemart.in%2Ffranchise%2Fsimba-toys-to-bring-25-stores-in-india%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=280&amp;action=recommend&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=30' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' style='border:none; overflow:hidden; height:30px' allowTransparency='true'><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the attractive growth of toy industry in india with lavishing investments of over Rs 1700 crore, Germany\u2019s Simba Dickie group plans to set up 25 franchise stores across the&#8230; <a class=\"meta-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/simba-toys-to-bring-25-stores-in-india\/\">Read more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<iframe src='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.franchisemart.in%2Ffranchise%2Fsimba-toys-to-bring-25-stores-in-india%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=280&amp;action=recommend&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=30' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' style='border:none; overflow:hidden; height:30px' allowTransparency='true'><\/iframe>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-franchise-news","category-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}