Business Description:With 15 shops operational across 4 cities and a plan to open 250 outlets in the next 5 years, Printo is India's first branded national retail chain offering print and related services under one roof. Printo also has an online presence for B2B customers (www.printo.in) as well as individuals. Printo plugs a huge gap in the market where there is no single brand that offers professional print services. Business products from Printo include : Business cards, brochures, presentation hand-outs, technical manuals, project reports, certificates, tickets and vouchers and posters and banners.
Consumer products from Printo: T-shirts, documents, wedding cards, invites, greeting cards, mugs, mouse-pads, key chains, book marks, coasters, diaries and calendars.
Industry:Retail/ Consumer-based
Founded in:2005
Source of idea:Wanted it as an individual customer
Significant Competitors:Local Mom and Pop stores, local printers
Company Details :
Company Name:Printo Document Services
HeadQuarters:Bangalore
Stage of the company:Scaling up
No of Employees (2006):51-100
No of Employees (2007):101-300
Office Locations(2006):2-5
Office Locations(2007):6-15
No of companies promoted:Yes (1)
Profits (2006):
Profits (2007):
>Partnerships:
Initial Funding:Personal savings
Addl Funding:Venture capital
Institutitional Capital:Yes
Revneue Model:We print money! :-)
Customers pay for services across the counter at the retail outlets.
By giving more value to the customer without increasing the selling price or the cost price so that customers are most likely to come back only to us. We don't charge for product designs and hence you can get 100 professional looking visiting cards at Rs.150!"
Awards & honors:
Promoters Details :
Promoters Name(s):Manish Sharma
Age:36
HomeTown:Mumbai
Education:Masters
No of companies promoted:Yes (1)
Family Background:First gen entrepreneur
Job:Director at Pipal Solutions
Ex-Job Description:Marketing services
Favorite Book/Movie:N.A.
