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Tangerine Home Couture launches in India
MUMBAI: The Indian Home Décor Market that is slated to touch the Rs.1, 60, 000 crore mark by 2016, will see the launch of a new player in the home décor space – Tangerine Home Couture. From the house of Indian Home Variations, a marketing and distribution company that offers premium houseware products, Tangerine Home Couture is a boutique designer brand of home solutions that will offer its audience colour coordinated design centric solutions. With the phenomena of introducing the concept of color coordinated product stories, Indian market will inch closer to the international market and change the way home products are sold in India.
Started with the vision to cater to the changing lifestyle needs of Indian customers, Tangerine Home Couture enables the consumer select the best concepts that is suitable for today. With the knowledge of Indian consumer behaviour and current market trends, they bring a total coordinated solution for home couture and accessories making homes a platform of self expression.
Tangerine Home Couture has created a wide range of products that are fashionable and comfortable. The offering comprises of a vast variety of products including bedsheets, comforters, fitted sheets, bed covers, duvet covers, blankets, specialized pillows, cushions, towels, rugs, shower curtains and bath accessories. In addition to bed and bath products, Tangerine Home Couture also has a collection of mugs, handbags, bath mats that are coordinated to represent each colour.
The core competency of Tangerine Homes is these eight colour stories woven around eight themes. The stories revolve around capturing nature moods and desires making it a unique offering by an industry player.
While Turq Tango brings an effervescent appeal for a young-at-heart environment, Indigo Bay pumps up creativity and coolness in a monotonous corporate setting. Midnight Rouge lingers on promising nocturnal romance while Fete collection ushers in wedding celebrations and festivities. The Zen XP collection ensures a comfortable and restful feel for the industrious executives while Desert Safari becomes the master’s choice with the extravagant metallic lustres. While Plum Pleasures and Aquacado weave pleasant stories for a sprightly workplace, Scarlet Sunsets bring in mild geometric prints with a tinge of the vibrant red to lift energy levels.
Mr. Rajiv Merchant, Co-Founder & CEO, Tangerine Home Couture who has over two decades of experiences in the Indian fashion and retail industry asserts, ‘The sector for manufacturing textiles in India is second only to agriculture when it comes to contribution to national growth. With the Home Decor market growing exponentially from a CAGR of 6.25% (Rs. 80,000 crores) in 2011 to 13.5% (Rs. 1, 60,000 crores) in 2016, signals a huge potential that lies in the textile sector in times to come. Considering the current scenario with 4.5 million homes bring added each year in urban India, sky is the limit when it comes to growth prospects in home couture segment. The Company aims to cater to the customers within this category by offering colour coordinated home décor solutions promising global standards at affordable prices.”
Tangerine Home Couture has its presence in leading specialty stores, departmental stores, online stores and mom and pop furnishing stores across the country.
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Network18 trims FY26 losses as Q4 revenue touches Rs 1,955 crore, EBITDA at Rs 30 crore
PAT improves to Rs 306.6 crore, margins steady amid cost pressures.
MUMBAI: Not all news is breaking, some of it is quietly improving. Network18 Media & Investments Limited appears to be doing just that, tightening losses and stabilising margins even as costs continue to weigh on the business. For FY26, the company reported revenue from operations of Rs 1,955.1 crore, up from Rs 1,896.2 crore in FY25, signalling modest top-line growth in a challenging media environment. Total income stood at Rs 1,978.2 crore, compared to Rs 1,913 crore a year earlier.
Profit after tax came in at Rs 306.6 crore for the year, a sharp turnaround from Rs 3,225.4 crore in FY25, largely reflecting the absence of large exceptional items that had inflated the previous year’s numbers. On a more comparable basis, the company’s operating performance showed signs of gradual stabilisation.
However, the quarterly picture remained under pressure. For the March quarter, Network18 reported a loss of Rs 53.1 crore, narrower than the Rs 98.1 crore loss in the same period last year, but still indicative of ongoing cost challenges.
Expenses continued to track high. Total expenses for FY26 stood at Rs 2,235.7 crore, up from Rs 2,197.8 crore in FY25. Key cost heads included operational expenses of Rs 765.9 crore, employee benefits of Rs 475.9 crore, and marketing, distribution and promotional spends of Rs 427.1 crore, underlining the continued investment required to sustain reach and engagement.
At an operating level, margins remained under strain. Operating margin stood at 2.33 per cent for FY26, marginally higher than 1.77 per cent in FY25, while net profit margin remained negative at -13.02 per cent, though improved from -14.89 per cent.
On the balance sheet, total assets rose to Rs 8,957.6 crore as of 31 March 2026, from Rs 8,317.5 crore a year earlier. Equity strengthened to Rs 4,958.7 crore, while borrowings increased to Rs 3,112.8 crore, reflecting a higher reliance on debt to support operations.
Cash flows told a mixed story. While financing activities generated Rs 83.9 crore, operating cash flow remained negative at Rs -24 crore, highlighting ongoing pressure on core cash generation. Cash and cash equivalents, however, improved to Rs 33.9 crore from Rs 1.8 crore.
The numbers point to a company in transition growing revenues, trimming losses, but still grappling with structural cost pressures. In a sector where scale often comes at a price, Network18 seems to be inching towards balance, one quarter at a time.
