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Titan Company
The July 2024 reduction in gold import customs duty — a favourable consumer policy change that should have been a positive for Tanishq's sales volumes — created a ₹543 crore one-time inventory loss because Titan held substantial gold inventory purchased at pre-duty-cut prices. More sophisticated gold procurement hedging strategies or faster inventory turnover protocols could have partially mitigated this policy-driven loss.
The combined losses from SKINN fragrances, Taneira ethnic wear, and IRTH bags have persisted for multiple years beyond initial management expectations for breakeven timelines. The category-building investment thesis for each business is strategically sound, but the pace of reaching sustainable profitability has been slower than planned, consuming capital that the profitable core divisions generate and creating ongoing questions about the portfolio diversification strategy's near-term financial discipline.