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Tissot Launches Dedicated Asian Games Collection
MUMBAI: Tissot, famous Swiss watch brand, known for its accuracy, added one of the world’s largest sporting events to its portfolio of partnerships, becoming Official Timekeeper of the 17th Asian Games Incheon 2014. Whether it is for the athletes themselves or the billions of fans across Asia, Tissot has created a special collection for all, to make this time memorable, keeping the dynamic nature of the games in mind. The Tissot Asian Games Collection is comprised of watches from classic to sporty, with unique designs to suit every taste. The watches are synonymous with Tissot’s Timekeeping precision. To mark the occasion, Indian trap shooter specialist Manavjit Singh Sandhu was joined by model and actress Kriti Sanon, for an exclusive event at Select City Walk Tissot Boutique in New Delhi.
Speaking about the event, Manavjit Singh Sandhu said, “the Asian Games is one of the largest sporting events in the world and it gives me great pleasure to be a part of the celebrations with Tissot, right before the Games kick off. I am delighted with my Tissot Asian Games Collection watch. It is a souvenir that I will always cherish. I wish all the players the very best and hope India brings in many laurels.”
The Tissot Asian Games Collection includes –
• Tissot PR 100 Automatic Asian Games Special Editions 2014 – Tradition in action
• Tissot PRC 200 Chrono Quartz Asian Games Special Editions 2014 – Class in action
• Tissot Luxury Automatic Asian Games Limited Editions 2014 – Style in action
• Tissot Asian Games Special Edition 2014 – Dynamism in action
• Tissot T-Touch II Asian Games Limited Edition 2014 – Innovation in action
Priced between INR 54400 and INR 28000, The Asian Games Collection is definitely something one will treasure for a lifetime.
Brands
Dunkin’ Donuts to exit India as Jubilant FoodWorks ends 15-year franchise deal
The quick service restaurant giant is ending a 15-year franchise partnership with the American doughnut chain, even as it renews its Domino’s agreement for another 15 years
NOIDA: Dunkin’ is done in India. Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, the country’s leading quick service restaurant operator, has decided not to renew its franchise agreement with the American coffee and doughnut chain, and will wind down its Indian stores in a phased manner before December 31, 2026, bringing a 15-year partnership to a quiet, loss-laden close.
The decision, approved by JFL’s board on March 30, 2026, ends a relationship that began with a Multiple Unit Development Franchise Agreement signed on February 24, 2011. JFL will now evaluate and undertake what it described in a regulatory filing as the “rationalisation and/or cessation of certain operations and/or sale, transfer or disposal of assets and/or assignment or transfer of franchise rights,” all in consultation with Dunkin’s brand owners and strictly within the terms of the original agreement.
The numbers tell the story bluntly. In the financial year 2024-25, Dunkin’ India posted a revenue of Rs 37 crore against a loss of Rs 19 crore — a haemorrhage that was always going to test the patience of a parent company recording revenues of Rs 6,104 crore and a profit of Rs 194 crore in the same period. Doughnuts, it turns out, were never going to move the needle.
The contrast with JFL’s handling of its other marquee franchise could hardly be sharper. Even as it walks away from Dunkin’, the company has just doubled down on Domino’s, signing a fresh Master Franchise Agreement on March 31, 2026, granting it exclusive rights to develop and operate Domino’s Pizza stores in India for 15 years, with an option to renew for a further 10.
JFL, incorporated in 1995 and promoted by the Bharatia family, operates a network of more than 3,500 stores across six markets — India, Turkey, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Its portfolio includes Domino’s and Popeyes on the global side, and two home-grown brands: Hong’s Kitchen and COFFY, a café brand in Turkey.
For Dunkin’, India was always a stretch. The brand never quite cracked the cultural code in a market where filter coffee and chai command fierce loyalty and where the doughnut remains, at best, an occasional indulgence rather than a daily habit. Fifteen years, mounting losses and a parent with better things to spend its capital on was always going to be a difficult equation to solve.
The doughnut has had its last day. The pizza, however, is staying.
