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Trent opens 1000th Zudio store as Q2 revenue hits ₹5788 crore

Value fashion chain crosses milestone with 17 net adds; merchants eye productivity as festive calendar shifts.

, Retail correspondent··4 min read

Empty apparel racks and hanging garments under fluorescent lights in a large-format store aisle
Empty apparel racks and hanging garments under fluorescent lights in a large-format store aisle

Trent reported standalone revenue of ₹5,788 crore for the quarter ended 30 September 2026, up 23 percent year-on-year from ₹4,724 crore. The Tata retailer opened its 1,000th Zudio store in the period and took the total portfolio across Westside, Zudio and lifestyle brands to 1,342 outlets. Net additions stood at 10 Westside and 17 Zudio stores.

Trent’s Q2FY27 update showed merchandise sales also rising 23 percent. First-half revenue reached ₹11,454 crore, a 21 percent increase. The 1,000th Zudio store landed before the main festive window, with H1 net adds at 11 Westside and 36 Zudio.

Shop-floor teams now manage denser clusters in tier-2 towns where a single Zudio till can clear higher volumes of private-label apparel at lower ticket sizes. Inventory turns matter more than ever as new stores ramp.

Zudio’s 1,000th store lands just as the festive calendar shifts into Q3.

The pace squeezes pure value players such as Vishal Mega Mart and V-Mart on location rents while giving landlords fresher footfall. Premium formats like Shoppers Stop face less direct overlap but lose share of the aspirational middle.

Watch same-store sales and revenue per store in the December quarter filing, plus any further Zudio city entries before Diwali.

Filed under Retail·Meera Iyer

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