Suumaya Industries invests in 1-India Family Mart; to grow women’s ethnic apparel business

Suumaya Industries invests in 1-India Family Mart; to grow women’s ethnic apparel business

FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Monday, September 13, 2021, 03:14 PM IST
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Ushik Gala, Chairman & Managing Director of Suumaya Industries Limited and Jay Prakash Shukla, Co-Founder & CEO, 1-India Family Mart |

Suumaya Industries Ltd., emerging diversified conglomerate group, through its 100 percent fully-owned subsidiary Suumaya Retail Ltd. has acquired a minority stake in the value retail chain startup Nysaa Retail Private Limited, which operates stores under the brand name 1-India Family Mart.

This investment will enable Suumaya Industries to strengthen its foothold in the women's ethnic wear segment in the smaller towns along with value retailing of men's and kid's wear in BCD towns or rural India, the two companies said in a joint statement today.

By gaining access to 100 + retail stores of 1-India Family Mart, this strategic partnership will help Suumaya Industries Ltd. increase its geographical footprint in tier-2, tier-3 and tier-4 towns in India. Besides, Suumaya Industries will also help 1-India Family Mart in developing its own private label in the fast-growing women's apparel category.

Ushik Gala, Chairman & Managing Director of Suumaya Industries Limited said, "This collaboration will build on to each others synergy and make us more competitive in the industry. The investment paves the way for the potential of a wider strategic alliance between Suumaya & 1-India Family Mart. This acquisition offers the opportunity to work with them to reimagine the retail partnership and allows us to create newness and excitement for this dynamic customer segment. While it will give us an edge in the women's ethnic wear category, it will also fulfil large part of garmenting requirements of Nysaa Retail."

Value retail chain startup 1-India Family Mart is backed by private equity firm Carpediem Capital.

Jay Prakash Shukla, Co-Founder & CEO, 1-India Family Mart said, "We are well-placed in the value retail sector in India. This will give a strong leverage to Suumaya Industries, boost their retail presence of the women ethnic wear, as well as strategically help in building our women's ethnic private label portfolio of 1-India Family Mart. Suumaya is going to be a very reliable sourcing partner for us in other segments too such as men's and kids wear. We will soon be launching our festival season collection. The focus will be on smaller towns and talukas through the offline market which has huge potential."

India retail is valued at Rs 51 trillion in 2019, growing at a CAGR of 9 - 11 percent. Value retail constitutes 60 percent of the overall apparel retail market. Growth in value retail is primarily driven by organised value retail.
With the rural per capita consumption growing at 4.3x by 2030, compared to 3.5x the urban area, trend shows that companies are also pivoting towards the bottom of the pyramid with a leaner cost structure. Value retail is also mostly insulated to online distribution as opposed to high-cost structures.

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