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WHY Kishore Biyani's Future Looksbleak Brands Go For Course Correction New M&A Opportunities businesstoday.in `100 August 9, 2020 WHY kisHore biYani's FUTUre Looks bLeak INDIA’S BEST KNOWN RETAILER IS DROWNING IN DEBT. WHAT OPTIONS DOES THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FUTURE GROUP HAVE? From the Editor http://www.businesstoday.in Editor-in-Chief: aroon purie A Felled Retailer Group Editorial Director: Raj Chengappa Editor: Rajeev Dubey Group Creative Editor: Nilanjan Das Group Photo Editor: Bandeep Singh Executive Editor: anand adhikari ishore Biyani, India’s best-known retailer, is in trouble. Deep, Deputy Editors: ajita Shashidhar, Naveen Kumar (Money Today) deep trouble. Already drowning in `13,000 crore of debt, Biyani’s Future Group was dealt a deathly blow by the coronavirus lock- special projects and events K Senior Editor: anup Jayaram down, bringing revenues to nil, and crippling its finances. The prolonged correspondents slowdown and lockdown double whammy has by now made the business en- Senior Editors: p.B. Jayakumar, Nevin John, Joe C. Mathew, E. Kumar Sharma, tirely unsustainable. Future Group is struggling to even service debt. On the Dipak Mondal, Manu Kaushik, Sumant Banerji verge of bankruptcy, Biyani got a lease of life when Centre first allowed EMI Associate Editor: Nidhi Singal, Senior Assistant Editor: Sonal Khetarpal moratorium on loans and then deferred the insolvency and bankruptcy code research by a year. But with uncertainty staring in the face, Biyani has been forced Principal Research Analysts: Niti Kiran, Shivani Sharma to get to the negotiating table to attempt a sell-off. A deal is as close as the copy desk end of the month. Potential suitors: Rival Reliance Retail and two Amazon- Senior Editor: Mahesh Jagota Associate Editor: Samali Basu Guha backed consortia of Premji Invest and Samara Capital. Copy Editor: aprajita Sharma When historians chronicle India’s coronavirus-induced business col- photography lapses, Biyani’s Future Group is unlikely to go unnoticed. An instinctive, Deputy Chief Photographers: Rachit Goswami, Yasir Iqbal intrepid entrepreneur, Biyani has tried his hands at every possible business, Principal Photographer: Rajwant Singh Rawat besides retail. From restaurants to gyms to beauty salons and consumer fi- art nance. He even dabbled in film production. Deputy Art Director: amit Sharma Assistant Art Director: Raj Verma But eventually, it was the dramatic collapse in share prices of group com- production panies between mid-February and April first week that forced Biyani to Chief of Production: Harish aggarwal pledge almost his entire stake in group companies. With stock prices at the Senior Production Coordinator: Narendra Singh Associate Chief Coordinator: Rajesh Verma bottom, he has little option to raise more resources through pledges, even library as the business empire is crumbling. Biyani went through a similar crisis a Assistant Librarian: Satbir Singh decade back but emerged stronger. This time, though, even his staunchest Publishing Director: Manoj Sharma supporters admit that he has given in. In fact, he’ll be lucky if the sale pro- Associate Publisher (Impact): anil Fernandes ceeds are enough to square off all the loans. So, what next for the fearless en- impact team Senior General Manager: Jitendra Lad (West) trepreneur? “He’s never without a plan,” a close associate tells me. “In fact, General Managers: Upendra Singh (Bangalore) he has too many.” Ajita Shashidhar and Nevin John take you through Kishore Kaushiky Gangulie (East) Biyani’s roller-coaster ride. Marketing: Vivek Malhotra, Group Chief Marketing Officer Biyani’s plight is symptomatic of what ails India Inc.—as reflected in the Newsstand Sales: Deepak Bhatt, Senior General Manager latest Business Today-C Fore Business Confidence Index that surveyed 500 (National Sales); Vipin Bagga, General Manager (Operations); Rajeev Gandhi, Deputy General Manager (North), CEOs and CFOs across the country. Though business confidence has shown Syed asif Saleem, Regional Sales Manager (West), S. paramasivam, Deputy Regional Sales Manager (South), marginal improvement from 46.3 in the January-March quarter to 47 in the piyush Ranjan Das, Senior Sales Manager (East) April-June quarter, the index has stayed below the 50 mark for six quarters in a row now. No wonder, 82 per cent of the respondents surveyed said the gov- Vol. 29, No. 16, for the fortnight July 27 to August 9, 2020. ernment hasn’t done enough to revive the economy; 84 per cent believe in- Released on July 27, 2020. Editorial Office: India Today Mediaplex, FC 8, Sector 16/A, Film City, Noida-201301; Tel: terventions like direct cash transfers, interest rate reduction, higher public 0120-4807100; Fax: 0120-4807150 Advertising Office (Gurgaon): A1-A2, Enkay Centre, Ground Floor, V.N. Commercial Complex, Udyog Vihar, Phase 5, Gurgaon-122001; Tel: 0124- expenditure and capital injection in businesses can boost economic growth 4948400; Fax: 0124-4030919; Mumbai: 1201, 12th Floor, Tower 2 A, One Indiabulls Centre (Jupiter Mills), S.B. Marg, Lower Parel (West), Mumbai-400013; Tel: 022-66063355; Fax: 022- in FY21. 66063226; Chennai: 5th Floor, Main Building No. 443, Guna Complex, Anna Salai, But look at the flip side. Downturns bring opportunities for mergers and Teynampet, Chennai-600018; Tel: 044-28478525; Fax: 044-24361942; Bangalore: 202-204 Richmond Towers, 2nd Floor, 12, Richmond Road, Bangalore-560025; Tel: 080-22212448, acquisitions(M&As). 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