Indian footwear, apparel stocks gain on sweeping tax cuts

Vishal Mega Mart

04/09/2025 08:27

** Footwear makers Campus Activewear CAMU.NS, Metro Brands METB.NS, Bata India BATA.NS jump 2%-7% on govt's GST cut announcement

** For BATA, 40% of sales under 1,000 rupees to move from 12% to 5% GST, while rest mostly under 2,500 rupees, moving from 18% to 5% - Goldman Sachs

** Adds, for METB, 50% of sales under 2,500 rupees to move to 5% tax slab

** Apparel retailers Trent TREN.NS, Aditya Birla Fashion ADIA.NS, Baazar Style BAAZ.NS, Vishal Mega Mart VSSL.NS rise 2%-5%

** Trent's Zudio stores benefit as large chunk of sub-2,500 rupee apparel now taxed at 5% vs 12%

** Vishal Mega Mart gets nearly 50% revenue from apparel; Baazar Style gets 86%

 (Reporting by Nandan Mandayam in Bengaluru)

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