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After strong performance in Q3, near-term margin worries for Dmart

Supply issues, higher raw material costs are headwinds

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The company highlighted that restriction on store operations in certain cities after the festival period due to night curfews and weekend closure led to the lower December sales

Ram Prasad Sahu Mumbai
After two quarters of double digit revenue decline, Avenue Supermarts returned to the growth trajectory posting better than expected performance in the December quarter. Led by festival-led sales in October and November, the company posted a 10 per cent growth in Q3 over the year ago quarter. 

While the company indicated that overall sales and mix are moving towards the pre-Covid levels, the December month was a disappointment with same store sales declining 4 per cent for stores two years and older. About three fourths of its 221 stores have been in operation for more than two years.

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