Brands
Titan keeps ticking as festive shine lifts December quarter numbers
Jewellery-led demand pushes Q3 revenue past Rs 22,000 crore as margins hold steady.
MUMBAI: Time, it seems, is very much on Titan’s side. Titan Company Limited closed the December 2025 quarter with a confident flourish, clocking standalone revenue of Rs 22,689 crore, as festive buying and steady consumer demand helped the Tata Group-backed major stay firmly in the black.
For the three months ended December 31, revenue from operations rose to Rs 22,522 crore, driven largely by strong product and service sales of Rs 22,113 crore, alongside other operating income of Rs 409 crore. Including other income of Rs 167 crore, total income for the quarter stood at Rs 22,689 crore, comfortably ahead of Rs 16,228 crore reported in the same period last year.
While costs rose in tandem with scale, Titan managed to keep its balance. Total expenses for the quarter came in at Rs 20,580 crore, up from Rs 14,908 crore a year earlier, reflecting higher material consumption of Rs 14,588 crore and stock-in-trade purchases of Rs 2,539 crore. Advertising spend also nudged up to Rs 327 crore, underlining the company’s continued focus on brand visibility during peak demand periods.
Profit before tax for the quarter stood at Rs 1,971 crore, compared with Rs 1,320 crore in the year-ago period. After accounting for a tax outgo of Rs 501 crore, profit after tax rose to Rs 1,470 crore, marking a clear improvement over Rs 990 crore last year. Earnings per share for the quarter came in at Rs 16.57, up from Rs 11.16.
For the nine months ended December 2025, Titan reported total income of Rs 54,003 crore, against Rs 41,741 crore in the corresponding period last year. Profit after tax for the nine-month period stood at Rs 3,506 crore, up from Rs 2,465 crore, reinforcing the company’s steady trajectory through the financial year.
Operational metrics held firm despite cost pressures. Operating margin for the quarter improved to 9.7 per cent from 8.8 per cent a year ago, while net profit margin stood at 6.5 per cent, slightly ahead of last year’s 6.1 per cent. The company’s net worth rose to Rs 19,356 crore as of December 31, 2025, reflecting sustained balance sheet strength.
Titan’s performance underlines the resilience of discretionary spending in key categories such as jewellery and watches, even as consumers remain value-conscious. With festive demand lending a timely sparkle and margins staying intact, the company appears well-placed to carry its momentum into the final quarter of the financial year.
Brands
PeopleStrong appoints Adishri Charla SVP marketing to drive global growth
Former UiPath marketing head to scale brand, demand and expansion across regions
NEW DELHI: PeopleStrong has brought in marketing heavyweight Adishri Charla as senior vice president, marketing, tasking her with sharpening the company’s global brand and fuelling its next phase of growth.
Charla steps in with nearly two decades of B2B marketing experience across both fast-moving start-ups and global technology giants. She joins from UiPath, where she served most recently as director and head of marketing for India and Saarc, playing a key role in the automation firm’s rise to category leadership in the region. Her work there ranged from revenue-driven marketing strategies to building strong customer and community engagement programmes.
At PeopleStrong, Charla will oversee global brand strategy, demand generation and customer engagement as the HR tech firm expands across India, Asia, the Middle East and other emerging markets.
CEO Sandeep Chaudhary said the company was looking for a leader who could connect brand storytelling with measurable business outcomes. “Adishri brings global marketing experience and strong team leadership. We are confident she will help sharpen our positioning and support our next phase of expansion,” he said.
Charla previously held marketing roles at Oracle India and IBM India, working across cloud, systems and product marketing. An MBA graduate from Symbiosis Centre for Management and HR Development, she has also completed executive programmes at Columbia Business School and ISB.
Sharing her excitement about the move, Charla said PeopleStrong has the potential to reshape how organisations across the region think about HR technology. She added that her focus will be on building stronger brand connections while driving measurable business impact.
Backed by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, PeopleStrong today serves more than 500 enterprises and has won several industry recognitions, including honours at the ET Human Capital Awards and the People Matters Infini-T Awards. Charla’s appointment signals the company’s intent to strengthen leadership as it scales its global ambitions.
