BATAINDIA / Q4-FY25 / claim-ledger

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Questions audited

12

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54%

Numeric claims

1

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contradicted

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Sameer Gupta · India Infoline

evasive

Quantify gross margin contraction impact from franchising and other reasons.

A couple of factors contributed to it. One is obviously the mix with obviously franchise and e-commerce does, as I mentioned in the past, have a different implication on the way it flows through from a gross margin to EBIT level. Also, the fact that we have been consciously providing value proposition...

Sameer Gupta · India Infoline

direct

Provide channel mix revenue breakdown for the year.

Retail would be about 70% COCO. You will have franchise at about 7.5%, e-commerce at about 10%, and you will have IND at about 12%-13%.

Videesha Sheth · Ambit Capital

partial

Store addition momentum going forward after 100 stores added.

Yeah, it should be a little higher going forward, Videesha. Right now, as we look at it, right, obviously, as I mentioned, we would want to continue, and we've largely retained, which is about an 80-20 ratio between franchise and COCO. It should be a little higher next year compared to the previous year that we've seen.

Videesha Sheth · Ambit Capital

partial

Revenue contribution of key brands like Bata, Hush Puppies, etc.

We don't share that, but basically, I would say that the second and the third largest brands after Bata, which is the largest by far, right, is Hush Puppies and Power. They would be in the strong double digits in the range of about 20%.

Gaurav Jogani · JM Financial Institutional Securities Limited

direct

Explain lower other expenses due to license rights adjustment.

In terms of, see, there is a change in the construct of one of our license brands, and in line with the earlier, the royalty what we were paying towards the usage of the brand was being charged as other expenses. However, in line with the index requirement due to change in the structuring of the agreement, the same has been led to creation of an intangible asset...

Gaurav Jogani · JM Financial Institutional Securities Limited

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Revenue performance of non-ZBM stores vs muted demand.

Yeah. No, so obviously, we know that the demand conditions have been tight, Gaurav. However, within that, what we see is that our ability to do two, three things, right? One is provide the right kind of portfolio to consumers...

Gaurav Jogani · JM Financial Institutional Securities Limited

direct

Floats brand revenue run rate and current revenue.

At the run rate, in fact, it crossed out by a handsome margin. I'm assuming INR 1 billion is INR 100 crores, right? So it crossed it by a handsome margin last year. And this year, my sense is if this continues momentum, we should be in the range of about INR 200 crores.

Ankit Kedia · Phillip Capital

direct

What inventory is being reduced to introduce new products?

There are two, three pivots that are there on this, Ankit. I mean, obviously, we can speak a long time because there's a lot of effort that's gone in. The results are now being seen, but it's been in the works for almost about a year, right? The first thing that's there is the one that I'm sure you can tangibly see is reducing the aged inventory...

Ankit Kedia · Phillip Capital

partial

Impact of lean demand on discounting and supply chain.

Yeah. It does result in that. It comes with a lag, and which is what I answered to someone else who was talking about it, that we are now also making sure that the products that we are looking for value proposition, we want to reset the cost price...

Rahul Agarwal · Ikigai Asset

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Long-term financial metrics vision for Bata in 3-5 years.

We don't normally give forward-looking commentary, but however, at least from a trust area and an impetus perspective, I will try and give you a few markers... One is that we want to make sure Bata is, how do you say, the heart of our consumer base... The second piece that's there is that we want over the next not only two years, but also five years to make sure that it's a volume-driven growth trajectory overall...

Rajiv Bharati · Nuvama

partial

Inventory reduction: is the delta largely aged inventory?

I cannot mathematically do it, but the large part would be, which is what I mentioned to another gentleman on this call sometime back, which is that there are multiple levers towards this inventory. I think the one that is the fastest and the most profitable is reduction of aged inventory...

Rajiv Bharati · Nuvama

partial

Overall volume growth percentage at company level.

We do not share that, but as I have mentioned in my press release also, as well as my commentary at the start, the second quarter that we have seen reasonably broad-based volume growth in the mid-single digits would be the best.