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Baazar Style Retail H1 revenue rises 6% to Rs 964.5 crore, but Q2 falls 10% and same-store sales drop 25%
Baazar Style Retail recorded Q2 revenue of Rs 478.1 crore as a shifted festive calendar moved Durga Puja demand from Q2 FY26 to Q3 FY27. It ended September with 283 stores, adding 14 and closing seven in Q2.
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The numbers
Figures from ET Retail
| H1 same-store sales growth: | -11 per cent |
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| Q2 sales per square foot per month: | Rs 642 |
Why it matters to operators and investors
A 25% same-store sales drop in Q2 (11% for H1) shows the chain is growing through new space rather than store productivity, so fix traffic, conversion and assortment in the existing 283-store base, with sales at Rs 642 per sq ft a month, before accelerating openings beyond the 14 added and seven closed.
What to watch next
- Q3 FY27 same-store sales growth versus the 25% fall in Q2 and the 11% fall for H1
- Store count at the end of December versus 283, and the number of closures versus the seven in H1
- Sales per sq ft versus Rs 642 a month in the next quarterly update
- Management commentary or guidance on store openings, markdowns and festive-season demand
- Quarterly results and same-store trends from listed value-fashion peers
Likely next moves
Our read of what comes next — analysis, not reported by the source.
- Baazar Style is likely to frame the 25% Q2 same-store decline as temporary and point to the 6% H1 revenue rise and the 283-store base as evidence the model still scales.
- Expect the company to temper its pace of net store additions after opening 14 and closing seven in the half, with more attention to shutting weak outlets than to adding new ones.
- Baazar Style may lean on promotions and festive-season pricing to restore footfall, which would put pressure on gross margin even if it supports sales.
- Value-fashion rivals are likely to keep competing aggressively on price and store rollout, and may take share if Baazar Style's same-store sales stay weak.
- Analysts are likely to trim near-term estimates and ask for more detail on what is driving same-store sales, namely traffic, ticket size or cannibalisation.