Bata India profit plunges by 28% to Rs 46 crore in Q4FY25
Bata India sales stood at Rs 788.2 crore in FY25 versus Rs 797.87 crore in the year-ago period.
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Footwear company Bata India has announced its fourth quarter result for the fiscal year 2025. The company's consolidated profit dropped by 28% to Rs 46 crore in FY25 year-on-year. In FY24, Bata India's profit stood at Rs 63.6 crore. Overall in fiscal year 2025, the footwear retailer's profit jumped by 26% to Rs 330.65 crore compared to Rs 262.51 crore in FY24.
The company's revenue from operations also plunged in the March quarter of 2025 compared to the corresponding quarter in the last fiscal. Bata India sales stood at Rs 788.2 crore in FY25 versus Rs 797.87 crore in the year-ago period.
Bata India claimed to have witnessed volume-led growth for the second quarter consecutively despite the continued market headwinds, led by franchise and e-commerce channels.
The company added 19 Franchise Stores in the March quarter.
"Despite navigating through the demand headwinds persisting during the quarter, we managed to gain volumes in line with our strategy of driving volume-led growth. We continue to drive affordability and reduce complexity across categories," Gunjan Shah, MD, and CEO - of Bata India Limited, stated
In the media statement, Bata India said it is planning to improve stock turns to achieve an optimal level of inventory with higher agility.
"Our initiatives on inventory, merchandising, and decluttering worked well and all key inventory metrics improved," Shah added.
The MD said the company is cautious about cost, efficiency, and productivity. "we continued to manage our inventory while having strong in the deployment of fresh merchandise in anticipation of demand revival and consumption uptick," he noted.
Bata India's gross inventory was reduced by 15% and stood at Rs 815.06 crore as of March 2025.
