Senco Gold will close the year with around 12-12.5% stud ratio: CFO

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Sanjay Banka, CFO, Senco Gold, says “the next two quarters will not be better than the first half. If we look at the past trends, the major sales happen up to Dhanteras. We have already seen around 26-27% year-on-year growth till today. The next quarters are likely to take the blended growth up to 25%. Secondly, as far as the growth across all the zones is concerned, we are very happy that we are growing across all the zones in India, particularly in the Eastern zone where the growth is around 22%.”
Have you witnessed a strong festive demand? Also, what is the expectation for the upcoming wedding season?
We are very much delighted with the festive demand. While the World Gold Council has said that around 9% growth has happened in the first nine months of the current calendar year, we have grown by almost 26% year-on-year versus last year. And we have seen a similar trend during the Dhanteras festival, a 25% increase. So we are very much delighted. It clearly shows the faith and trust of the consumers. We are looking for a similar trend for the rest of the year in the wedding season because in the wedding season, we are talking about around 30 lakh weddings and Rs 4.5 lakh crore expenditure, a major part of that is likely to come to the jewellery industry.

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Coming back to your business, about 70% is in West Bengal, which you are aiming to take down and expand to the West and the rest of North India. The mega wedding season is about to start from here on. Will you be able to