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June 03, 2018

Damani’s conservative approach has avenue supermarts’ Dmart valued at three times more than all its competitors put together.

- Ajita Shashidhar

​​​​​​​When Caution Pays

IF A COMPANY IS VALUED at ₹75,000 crore, while all its competitors together are valued at only slightly above ₹20,000 crore, you can be sure it’s doing something right. And that is the gist of the DMart story.

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