Bata India announces Q4 results; Volume Growth Continues; Inventory & Product merch agility improves

Mumbai : Footwear major Bata India Limited today announced results for the quarter ended 31st March 2025. Revenue from operations for the quarter stood at Rs. 7877.70 million vs. Rs. 7976.74 million for Q4FY24. The Operating Profit for the quarter stood at Rs. 374.09 million vs. Rs. 582.65 million for Q4FY24. Despite continued market headwinds, we witnessed volume led growth for the second quarter consecutively, led by Franchise and E-Commerce channels. Bata continued expansion with a network of 1962 Company Owned Company Operated and Franchise stores driven by franchise model.

Inventory tightening both in terms of quantity and quality was a key focus area. Initiatives in place to improve stock turns and forecast accuracy to achieve an optimal level of inventory and with significantly higher agility. Gross inventory was reduced by 15% and stood at Rs. 8150.57 million as on 31st March 2025.

Bata Board has also recommended a final dividend of Rs. 9/- per share to the approval of shareholders, in addition to the interim dividend of Rs. 10/- per share, already paid in September 2024, total dividend for the year 2024-25 amounting to Rs. 2442.03 million.

Zero Base Merchandising Project was scaled to 146 stores with continuing exciting results on consumer experience and revenue per sqft.

Speaking on the Q4FY25 performance, Gunjan Shah, MD and CEO – Bata India Limited, stated:

“Despite navigating through the demand headwinds persisting during the quarter, we managed to gain volumes and in line with our strategy of driving volume led growth. We continue to drive affordability and reducing complexity across categories. Our initiatives on inventory, merchandising and decluttering worked well and all key inventory metrices improved. We added 19 Franchise Stores in the quarter driven by franchise model focused on town expansion/semi-urban markets Along with cautious control on costs and focus on efficiency and productivity, we continued to manage our inventory while having strong in deployment of fresh merchandise in anticipation of demand revival and consumption uptick.”