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Aditya Birla Fashion to focus on organic growth: Chairman
Financial Express Mumbai
|September 01, 2025
THE DEMERGER OF the lifestyle business from Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail (ABFRL) has given flexibility to the latter to pursue aggressive growth, chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said in the company's latest annual report for FY25.
Addressing shareholders, Birla said ABFRL would focus on organic growth and sustainable profitability, targeting Ebitda margin improvement of 300 basis points in five years for its retail chain, Pantaloons.
"We will prioritise profitability and strengthen overall network health. Our long-term strategy remains clear, which is to be present across all major fashion consumption themes aligned with evolving consumer behaviour," Birla said.
This story is from the September 01, 2025 edition of Financial Express Mumbai.
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