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Arvind Brands expects demand to bounce back by next year

For the full year, the company estimates growth of 14-15% for its retail business with improvements in margins in the brands and retail segment

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Bengaluru: Apparel retailer Arvind Retail Ltd expects consumer demand to bounce back only by next year, said a top executive.

Buoyancy hasn’t returned to the retail market as had been expected, “and that is reflecting not just in apparel, but in all retail categories that are under pressure," according to J. Suresh, managing director and chief executive at Arvind Lifestyle Brands Ltd and Arvind Retail Ltd.

“We all expected that this (coming) festival season it will be better—but looks like it will be more next year than this year," added Suresh in an interview on Thursday, suggesting that the economy may experience a lift only starting next year.

On Thursday, Arvind Textiles Ltd posted a 36% drop in net profit to 58 crore for the quarter ending 30 June. Net sales at the company’s retail and brands business, which accounts for 28% of the company’s turnover, were up by 14% to 527.96 crore from 462.87.

The retail business’s loss widened in the June quarter to 7.05 crore from 2.02 crore.

“We’ve done reasonably well, considering the overall economic environment," Suresh said.

For the full year, the company estimates growth of 14-15% for its retail business with improvements in margins in the brands and retail segment, it said in a statement to the BSE on Thursday.

During the quarter, the company opened the county’s first store for American fashion label GAP and announced a licensing deal with American teenage apparel brand Aeropostale.

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Suneera Tandon
Suneera Tandon is a New Delhi based reporter covering consumer goods for Mint. Suneera reports on fast moving consumer goods makers, retailers as well as other consumer-facing businesses such as restaurants and malls. She is deeply interested in what consumers across urban and rural India buy, wear and eat. Suneera holds a masters degree in English Literature from the University of Delhi.
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Published: 07 Aug 2015, 04:41 PM IST
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