With RIL's retail arm, Reliance Retail, sealing its first stake sale deal with Silver Lake, analysts see the sector consolidating yet growing going forward
With the combined entity more than twice its size in grocery, pricing pressures could hit profitability
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Cost efficiency provides DMart an edge, but competitive intensity is rising and stock valuations are expensive
Cost efficiency provides DMart an edge, but competitive intensity is growing
Lower sales of discretionary products to weigh on profitability
The quarter, which was nearly washed-out due to the nationwide lockdown imposed to stem the spread of coronavirus, saw the company's profit after tax margin sliding to 1%, compared to 5.5% in Q1FY20
Damani, the owner of Avenue Supermarts, has informally reached out to the cement manufacturer's controlling shareholder
The Bajaj group is the only one on the list of 12 conglomerates to be down - 1 per cent - since the lockdown came into effect, thanks to the hammering of stocks of non-banking financial companies.
Despite the lockdown its March quarter performance was better than expected
Net profit margin at 4.6% in the March quarter was in line with the number reported a year ago (4%)
At close of trade, the company's market capitalisation stood at Rs 1,58,902.37 crore on the BSE.
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Educated in Mumbai, where his father worked on Dalal Street, Damani dropped out of college after studying commerce for a year.
Footfalls at stores that were open were lower than usual, the company said, pointing to the impact that retail firms, both organised and unorganised, were feeling due to the lockdown
Shares of Avenue Supermarts, which contribute nearly all of the wealth to Damani's net worth, have advanced 24 per cent this year.
The SBI Cards' IPO closed on March 5, and since then the market has come off 11%
In the primary market, the initial public offer of SBI Cards and Payment Services will open today. The company expects to raise around Rs 10,341 crore from the IPO
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The shares of Avenue Supermart were subscribed more than 3.5 times, with investors bidding for 51.8 million shares against 14.8 million shares on offer.