Quarterly results preview: Retailers may post an average of 15.4% growth

Avenue Supermarts (D-Mart) is expected to have a seasonally strong quarter, with sequential revenue growth expectation of 21 per cent

Four major retailers are expected to post an average of 15.4 per cent annual growth in net sales for the quarter ended December, besides a 41.6 per cent rise in Ebitda (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation).

Their earnings for the quarter have the advantage of a favourable base, as the quarter a year before saw a hit due to demonetisation. Though the quarter was impacted by an early onset of the festive season (in the September quarter), there was a pick-up in sales in November, owing to the wedding season. A dip in demand in early December was