Craftvilla to launch franchise outlets

Craftsvilla.com, a luxury online brand, will shortly launch more than 50 franchise stores over the next few months and it will offer a range of jewellery, saris, salwar suits and handicrafts. This site also works on a marketplace model and directly connects local artisans and designers with customers. Manoj Gupta, CEO of craftsvilla.com, said, "We see this as a step towards quantum growth in our business by mixing offline and online business models.”