Retail
Trent’s Zudio crosses 1,000 stores in smaller cities
Value fashion chain hits milestone with over 80 pc of recent openings in Tier-2/3; kiranas and mid-market formats feel the pinch on footfall.
Meera Iyer, Retail correspondent··4 min read
Zudio now operates beyond 1,000 locations after 22 openings in the June quarter alone, including one in the UAE. The format sticks to sub-₹999 price points and weekly inventory refresh, serving over 100 million customers since 2016 launch.
Shop-floor impact shows in high-velocity turns under 15 days and full-price sell-through near 90 per cent via RFID. A typical dark-store or mall till sees faster basket turns than multi-brand peers still clearing seasonal stock.
More than 80 per cent of new Zudio outlets opened in Tier-II and Tier-III cities.
The push squeezes V-Mart, Reliance’s Yousta and Shoppers Stop’s Intune on the same ₹199-999 band while helping Trent’s overall fashion footprint past 1,300 stores. Westside stays at roughly 300 outlets with slower adds.
Watch the festive window through Diwali for same-store sales recovery targets of 11-13 per cent and any update on the long-term 5,000-store ambition in the next quarterly filing.