Jewellery retailer Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri (TBZ) today posted a sharp drop in standalone net profit by 97.49 per cent at Rs 52.20 lakh for the first quarter of this fiscal due to poor sales.
The company had reported a net profit of Rs 20.77 crore in the April-June quarter of the last year.
In a filing to the BSE, the company said net sales declined to Rs 432.26 crore in the first quarter of the 2014-15 fiscal from Rs 532.95 crore in the year-ago period.
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However, the company's overall expenses remained lower at Rs 421.23 crore in April-June of this year, as compared to Rs 494.89 crore in the year-ago.
In the filing, the company said its board in a meeting tody decided to cancel the proposal of merger of two of its wholly-owned subsidiaries -- Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri (Bombay) Limited and Konfiaance Jewellery -- with the parent company Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri.
The proposal for merger was approved by the board on May 28, 2013.