The company's retail chain number stood at 1,668 stores at the end of on September, while retail area crossed 2.1 million square feet nationally for all its brands, Titan Company said.
The Bengaluru-headquartered company had earlier informed the stock exchanges its jewellery business grew 7 per cent in the second quarter of FY20, lower than the expected 12-13 per cent
Analysts estimate a 60-100 bps compression in operating margin
Zoya is our luxury brand, renowned for its precision craftsmanship and distinguished design, says Venkatraman
Festive season and expected improvement in consumption sentiment are expected to revive growth in second half of FY20
While analysts are positive on Titan, it has been seeing some headwinds
Capability-wise, the market opinion is that Titan is best suited to pull off such an effort
Strong brand equity and network expansion will help the company gain market share, even as local unorganised players are struggling and many peers are facing demand and liquidity pressures
The stock hit an all-time high; tie-up with American watchmaker likely to be a positive in the long term
The success stems from Titan's betting hard on wedding jewellery over the last three years
The company clocked a 35 per cent year-on-year rise each in net sales and net profit in Q3 at Rs 5,632.5 crore and Rs 416.2 crore, respectively
The strong earnings visibility also stems from more expansion through L3 stores in newer cities
Titan's sarees will ride on the parent brand's immense equity and deep penetration to crack open the potential Rs 550 billion market
Titan is taking brands like Zoya, Mia, and Tanishq to cities like Kakinada, Latur, Serampore, Hazaribagh
Despite a miss on margins for the Titan Company in the September quarter, investors are not complaining. The jewellery retailer had declared its results for the quarter after market hours on Friday; on Monday, its share price jumped a little over five per cent. Pushed by robust revenue growth in that quarter and, more importantly, a strong outlook for the second half of the current financial year.The reason the Street is not too worried about its lower profit is the strong performance on sales, in an environment where a number of other consumer goods companies are struggling to drive volumes. In the September quarter, Titan's jewellery segment (80 per cent of its revenue) grew 28.5 per cent (wholesale) over the year-ago period. At the retail level, the company indicated, growth was even stronger at 38 per cent. Sharp outperformance, as other larger jewellery retailers are expected to have grown at about 15 per cent. The higher growth in jewellery was on account of continued momentum ..
The company has gained market share on the back of new launches and expansion in jewellery segment
The company indicated it would stimulate demand through innovative advertising campaigns and new product launches in the coming quarters
Branded jewellery maker to foray into Asian markets in FY19
Titan has pushed back an earlier target, set by it, for its jewellery business
The stock was up 3% to Rs 869 on the National Stock Exchange in intra-day trade so far