Franchise

The SKOL Company invites potential investors to open a salon of exclusive finishing materials and decor articles as a franchised dealer. We offer our partners cooperation, help and support during all stages of foundation and development of this business.

Our company was founded in 1993 as a supplier of finishing materials from France. At present we offer our customers wall-coverings, plaster articles, frescoes, and tension ceilings produced by the most reliable and creative manufacturers.

Direct supplies, exclusive representatives of the manufacturers in Russia, thoroughly worked through schemes of ordering and delivery of the goods, high standards of client services, and also active marketing and advertising policy of the company are the factors that formed the SKOL brand, which is now steadily associated with elegant design and high quality.

At present time we have very wide dealer network all around the country and the branches are open in St. Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, and Perm. The next step of SKOL brand development is forming a network based on franchise system.

The SKOL exclusive products are placed in a high-price segment of the market and suite all high demands of privileged customers.

Advantages of the offer

• Exclusive products. The SKOL company is an exclusive representative of Omexco, Elitis, Atelier Sedap and Babilonia Companies at the Russian market.
• Absence of commodity stocks. Our partners are not buying the goods for future realization, but work by request of the customer.
• Our company offers to our clients and partners wide assortment of complimentary goods, which is being constantly renewed.
• Using the SKOL company products every customer will be able to create any kind of interior from classical to high-tech.
• About 8-10 new collections of wall-coverings and new models of lamps appear every year.
• Wide advertising support. The SKOL company follows a policy of active advertising, and advancement of the brand in the country; and also provides all the partners with models, examples and ready advertising materials.

Our company:

• Provides its clients with the right to work using the SKOL Brand (Trademark);
• Provides guidance and technical support during all the stages of organization and work of the salon;
• Assigns the area to every representative company;
• Produces design project of a salon on request of the client;
• Conducts initial and periodical training of the stuff;
• Deliver the products;
• Gives advertising and marketing support to the brand at the federal level;
• Provides ready marketing materials, and also models and examples of advertising products.

Our partner:

• Works under the name of the famous brand;
• Is an official representative of the SKOL Company at the Area;
• Conducts advertising and other undertakings aimed to advance the SKOL products in the region;
• Arranges the salon and conducts business according to the SKOL Company standards;
• Realizes only the products bought from the franchisor company;
• Obeys the unified price policy of the SKOL network;
• Once in a year and a half the partner should renew (change) the exposition.

Forms of salon organization:

• Section with total area starting from 20 square meters in the shopping center or permanently working construction exhibition.
• Salon-shop with total area starting from 70 square meters in independent premises with separate entrance.

The question of price

• Price for franchise (lump sum) is € 30 000 and above (except Moscow).
• Capital investment for salon opening — starting from € 18000.
• Pay-back period is not more than 9 months.
• Approximate profit for the second year of work is € 10000 per month.