Titan's jewellery revenue rises 21%, against 39% a year ago
Consolidated sales at India's largest jewellery retailer advanced 25% in the quarter to 30 September. Studded sales grew in the low 30s in percentage terms, and the chain added 78 stores to reach 3,758.
By The Retail & Technology Desk
What changed
The comparison decelerated. Titan's jewellery segment grew 21% in the quarter to 30 September, against 39% in the same quarter a year earlier. Consolidated sales rose 25%.
What it means
- If you supply Titan: Studded jewellery grew in the low 30s against about 20% on plain gold. The diamond demand sits in that gap, not in the headline.
- If you benchmark India: A 21% print on a base that grew 39% is a decelerating comparison rather than a weak quarter.
- If you plan for Diwali: Titan says the festive calendar shifted into its third fiscal quarter. The next print carries the trade this one lost.
- What this is not: A margin statement. Titan reported revenue and store count, not profit, and a 25% sales rise with gold near record levels can carry a thinner gross margin.
Key figures
| Jewellery segment revenueagainst +39% a year earlier | +21% |
|---|---|
| Consolidated salesincl. subsidiaries | +25% |
| Total outlets78 added in the quarter | 3,758 |
| Watch revenueyear on year | +30% |
Source: Titan Company's second-quarter operational disclosure for the three months ended 30 September 2026, reported 6 October 2026
Jewellery grew twenty-one
Against thirty-nine. The jewellery segment, covering Tanishq, Mia and CaratLane, grew 21% for the quarter against a 39% improvement in the same period a year earlier.
The group grew more. Consolidated sales including subsidiaries advanced 25% for the three months that ended 30 September. The group outgrew its largest segment.
| Line | Growth | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Consolidated sales | +25% | Includes subsidiaries |
| Jewellery segment | +21% | +39% in the same quarter last year |
| Studded, incl. diamonds | Low 30s % | Source's own phrasing |
| Plain-gold jewellery | +20% approx. | Source's own approximation |
| Watches | +30% | Year on year |
| Outlets | 3,758 | 78 added in the quarter |
The low-30s band and the approximate 20% are Titan's own phrasings as reported, carried unrounded rather than converted into a false single figure. The 39% prior-year comparison is in the same disclosure and is not Carat Capital's calculation.
Studded outgrew plain gold
Low thirties, studded. Studded jewellery including diamonds grew in the low 30s in percentage terms. Plain-gold jewellery rose about 20%, and watch revenue gained 30%.
Promotions did work. Titan credited Tanishq's Festival of Diamonds range and brand-level promotions. Demand eased toward the end of the quarter as the festive calendar shifted.
Seventy-eight new doors
Three seven five eight. The company added 78 stores during the quarter, reaching 3,758 outlets at period end. The estate grew while the growth rate against last year fell.
More than jewellery. Titan also earns from eyewear, fragrances and fashion accessories. The outlet count spans all of those, not jewellery doors alone.
What to watch
- Early January 2027Titan's third-quarter update, which carries the Diwali trade this quarter lost to the calendar shift.
- Through October 2026Indian gold prices against the studded mix. Plain gold grew about 20% with the metal near records; studded is the volume signal.
- Mid-November 2026Titan's full quarterly results with margins, which this operational disclosure does not carry.
The story so far
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What would change this call
Full results showing the 21% came with a materially lower jewellery margin, which would make this a volume story bought with price. The disclosure here is an operational update and carries no profit line at all.
What an operational update contains
Indian listed companies commonly publish a short pre-results operational update giving segment revenue growth, store counts and qualitative demand commentary within days of a quarter closing, ahead of the audited results with margins and profit several weeks later. Growth figures in such an update are year-on-year revenue changes, not like-for-like or same-store figures, so a company adding 78 doors inside the quarter has part of its growth coming from new space rather than from existing counters. Titan's fiscal year runs April to March, so the quarter ended 30 September is its second.
Method
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