CEAT Ltd plans to expand its tyre sales network in places with population of 5,000-10,000 via its FMCG style of distribution, aiming to double outlets to 1 lakh in two to three years, company COO Arnab Banerjee said on Friday. The company, which has successfully partnered with kirana store operators, small automobile spare parts sellers and puncture repair shops, feels that it has more or less "saturated" penetration in places with 25,000 population in the country and there is a need to go to even lesser populated areas for its two-wheeler tyres. What started around 2011-2012 as a step to come closer to rural two-wheeler customers, who otherwise had to travel over 25 kilometres to buy replacement tyres, has now yielded good returns for CEAT, contributing around 70 per cent of its overall sales from the replacement segment, Banerjee said. "We have a total of 50,000 outlets, which we plan to double to 1,00,000 in the coming years. For that one huge operation is going on for further ..
Tyre major Ceat on Thursday reported an 84 per cent decline in its consolidated net profit to Rs 25 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2022.
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While the steep increase in input costs continued to put pressure on margins, there was a slight increase in debt levels as well, largely on account of higher capex and higher inventory, Ceat said.
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Muted near term outlook given raw material costs, lower demand
Any move below the zero line is inferred as a bearish signal where prices are expected to fall further.
Tyre companies may not be able to fully pass on the surge in raw material costs
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