Franchise Interviews
DyueMall.com – THE LARGEST ONLINE HYPERMALL IN MALAYSIA With A Personal Touch

DyueMall.com (Dyue or Joy in Mandarin) illuminates the deep aspiration of Xavier Tan, Managing Director of DyueMall.com, has for his stakeholders. His keen observation on the dilemma faced by merchants, entrepreneurs and customers in the daily business world was the inspiration to create the ‘joyful’ online shopping environment for all to prosper. Franchise Asia gets to know more on how this online marketplace is different from others out there.
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Strengthening MFA From The Top

After spending almost 14 years on the franchisor’s side, Sofia Leong Abdullah took the CEO’s hot-seat at MFA in July this year. For someone who had acquired first hand experience of the Malaysian franchising scene from being an EXCO member of MFA and from representing renowned international franchisors, she could well be the best person to give MFA the push to become an aggressive franchise association in South East Asia. Franchise Asia caught up with her at FIM2010 to find out her plans for MFA.
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For a person not from the travel background, Peter Ong has propelled Eton Tours & Travel into a premier tour and travel agency under the Reliance Travel Franchise System within six years after starting business. But it was not all smooth sailing when he entered the travel industry. Read more about Interview with Reliance Franchisee

There must be some highly compelling reasons for many to wait in line to be appointed as Reliance Travel Franchisees. No wonder as Reliance Travel has been in the forefront of the Travel & Tourism business for almost 40 years and winning every travel award imaginable, to command such an esteemed presence. What makes the Reliance Travel Franchise programme so attractive? Franchise Asia spoke to Tan Sin Chong, Managing Director (Travel Division) to know more about the franchise programme – its goals, aspirations as well as challenges.
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Puan Noor Azizah Bte Sarmat, or fondly known as Puan Nora, is the diminutive owner of Light Rhythm Sdn Bhd – a franchisee of Outpost Uniform – the largest chain of school co-curriculum uniform and camping equipment retailer in Malaysia. At the same time, Outpost Uniform is the only retailer that has been certified by the Ministry of Education and authorised by selected uniform bodies. Along with her team of staff, Puan Nora has been the pivotal figure in driving sales through innovative marketing and clever public relations to become among the top contributors for Outpost Uniform.
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