{"id":3083,"date":"2013-10-12T07:47:32","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T07:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/?p=3083"},"modified":"2013-10-16T08:24:49","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T08:24:49","slug":"uk-based-clarks-footwear-to-add-15-more-franchise-stores-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/uk-based-clarks-footwear-to-add-15-more-franchise-stores-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"UK based Clarks footwear to add 15 more franchise stores in india"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3084\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Clarks-Store.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3084\" src=\"http:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Clarks-Store-300x223.gif\" alt=\"Clarks Franchise\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3084\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarks Franchise store<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>British shoemaker Clarks expects to double its sales with launch of over 15 new stores across India by the end of January 2014.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clarks is present in India since 2011 through a joint venture with Kishore Biyani promoted Futures Group. The Indian subsidiary of the UK-based footwear major is known as Clarks Future Footwear Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>The company had last month entered the Gujarat market with launch of store in Vadodara. It plans to open five more stores in Gujarat by the end of 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gujarat is developing at a fast pace and Ahmedabad is a strategic market for us. We have plans to open more stores in the city and other parts of the state,&#8221; said S Ramprasad, CEO, Clarks Future Footwear Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the Ahmedabad store would be 40th for the company which already has presence in major cities like Mumbai and Delhi. &#8220;Out this 35 stores are company owned while six are based of franchise model,&#8221; Ramprasad said.<\/p>\n<p>Talking about its business in India, Ramprasad said, &#8220;We sold nearly 2,60,000 pair of footwear, and this year we are expecting to sell nearly 5,00,000 units by January 31, 2014, as we follow February to January calendar.&#8221; The company plans to open stores in Rajkot and Surat this month, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from standalone stores, the products of the company is also available in shop-in-shop formats in number of multi-brand retails store including Lifestyle, Metro and Reliance Retail to name a few. The brand is also available on major online shopping portals like Flipkart, Myntra and Jabong.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ramprasad over 50% of business come from its retails stores, while another 35% from multi-brand stores and the rest from online sales through shopping portals.<\/p>\n<iframe src='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.franchisemart.in%2Ffranchise%2Fuk-based-clarks-footwear-to-add-15-more-franchise-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>British shoemaker Clarks expects to double its sales with launch of over 15 new stores across India by the end of January 2014. 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