# DMart Q2 revenue rises 18.4% to ₹19,206 crore, stores at 518 2026-10-03T10:31:20+00:00 | Business & Economy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Avenue Supermarts, the parent company of retail chain DMart, reported an 18.41% jump in standalone revenue from operations to ₹19,206.18 crore for the quarter ended 30 September 2026, according to a regulatory filing on 3 October. The company had posted revenue of ₹16,218.79 crore in the same quarter a year ago. The total number of stores stood at 518 as of 30 September, including one store in Sanpada, Navi Mumbai, which is closed for reconstruction. On a sequential basis, revenue rose 4.7% from ₹18,343.49 crore in the June quarter. The retailer had reported a net profit of ₹860.6 crore for the first quarter of FY2026-27, up 11.3% year-on-year. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both CNBC-TV18 and Business Standard reported the same headline figures from Avenue Supermarts' exchange filing, making this uniform straight reporting. CNBC-TV18 added Q1 profit and EBITDA context, a stock performance update, and a mention of a CNBC-TV18 survey projection for Q4, while Business Standard noted the closed Sanpada store and listed DMart's operating states. Neither outlet adopted a critical or promotional framing, the coverage is a factual business update. The key number to watch is DMart's full Q2 profit and margin figures, which will be released with the detailed results. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - cnbctv18.com (neutral report) Straight business update with added stock data and prior quarter context - business-standard.com (neutral report) Plain regulatory filing report with store count detail This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Avenue Supermarts, DMart, Q2 results, Radhakishan Damani Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/dmart-q2-revenue-rises-18-4-to-rs19206-crore-stores-at-518/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/dmart-q2-revenue-rises-18-4-to-rs19206-crore-stores-at-518/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/