₹100 crore during Q1FY21 from ₹100 crore profit for the same period last year.Note that Q1FY21 losses were contained due to the ₹50 crore rent concessions (including ₹16 crore unconditional rent concessions pertaining to subsequent quarters).
Bata has accounted ₹20 crore under rent expenses and ₹30 crore in other income.The problem started with revenue growth itself as many of the company’s stores were shut during the quarter due to the covid-19-induced lockdown.
Revenues fell by a whopping 85% to ₹135 crore, coming in below analysts’ estimates. “Higher than estimated drop can possibly be because more stores than our expectations would have remained shut during the quarter," wrote Akhil Parekh of Elara Securities (India) Pvt.