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Are Trent’s best days behind it?

Slowing growth, weakening store metrics and a puzzling fundraise point to the retailer losing some of its post-Zudio sheen.

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Are Trent’s best days behind it?

Slowing growth, weakening store metrics and a puzzling fundraise point to the retailer losing some of its post-Zudio sheen.

27 April, 2026•11 min

0

27 April, 2026•11 min

0

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

Are Trent’s best days behind it?

More in Business

Story image

Cipla’s conservative approach is beginning to hurt

Story image

Cipla’s conservative approach is beginning to hurt

The drugmaker’s reluctance to part with cash may have given it one of the strongest balance sheets in Indian pharma, but investors are increasingly rewarding risk takers.

Story image

Akasa, Air India Express or SpiceJet: plenty on offer for Adani’s airline play

Prince M. Thomas

Akasa, Air India Express or SpiceJet: plenty on offer for Adani’s airline play

Prince M. Thomas

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Suits and countersuits fly between IPO-bound Zetwerk and Ayr Energy

Suits and countersuits fly between IPO-bound Zetwerk and Ayr Energy

Story image

BSE and NSE’s money-with-morals indices struggle to justify their existence

BSE and NSE’s money-with-morals indices struggle to justify their existence

Story image

Ambanis double down but Reliance’s growth engines sputter

The Morning Context team

Ambanis double down but Reliance’s growth engines sputter

The Morning Context team

Story image

Tata Consumer Products struggles with Capital Foods, its most expensive buy

Tata Consumer Products struggles with Capital Foods, its most expensive buy

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Story image

Ambanis double down but Reliance’s growth engines sputter

While the Rs 9,000 crore promoter investment in Q1 brings a measure of reassurance, investors will still have to wait for Jio and retail to work through their challenges.

The Morning Context team

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Tata Consumer Products struggles with Capital Foods, its most expensive buy

The FMCG major acquired the maker of Ching’s Secret to make the most of its high margins, but things didn’t go to plan. Two years and a few lessons later, TCPL is trying to change that.

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Isha Ambani’s FMCG ambitions rest on Independence

Reliance Consumer Products is relying on aggressive pricing in the hope that its staples brand will become a household name. But such tactics can go only so far.

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