Closure of loss making stores to improve profitability For H1, retail business revenues de-grew ~30% YoY to | 492 crore with Q2 witnessing ~18% YoY decline at | 283 crore. The company, which reported EBIT losses in Q1, returned to the black with EBIT margins of 6% in Q2 (down 200 bps YoY. We highlight that Shankara has rationalised its stores with strong focus on higher revenue share and healthier margin. The process has reduced the store count (to 115 at the end of Q2FY21 vis--vis 129 at the end of Q2FY20) but increased the average ticket size (to | 30,640 in Q2FY21 vis-vis | 28,156 reported in Q2FY20). Post an expected decline of ~18% in...