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High Street Essentials - Information Memorandum: Private and Confidential
High Street Essentials - Information Memorandum: Private and Confidential
• First and only high street brand for • Specialises in interpreting western-
designer inspired ethnic wear wear trends for Indian women’s
• Brings design differentiated, unique needs
affordable, organised retail to a • Heavy data-led designing & fastest
largely unorganised sector in country supply chain
Portfolio of high-growth and emerging brands growing across multiple women wear categories
Note: 1. H2FY22 Annualized; 2
The HSE Group | Key metrics at a glance
50%+ 410+
Mix of own app/website & Through EBOs and LFS
marketplaces
5 Mn+ 1,200+
Across all channels Per season per brand
Source: Company Data; Note: 1. Basis H2 FY22; 2. Revenue net of discounts, returns & taxes; 3. For the period FY22; EBO – Exclusive Brand Outlets; LFS – Large Format Stores
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Journey so far to become the #1 D2C fashion platform
Note: 1. Q3 Annualized; EBO: Exclusive Brand Outlets; LFS: Large Format Stores 4
Only D2C fashion house with full omni-channel distribution capabilities to
scale
Online marketplaces
23%
Own App / Website LFS Own brand stores
37%
D2C online platform with Network of 31 stores in
3.2+ mn monthly 15 cities across high
sessions App / visibility locations
Website
31% EBOs
% of Net Sales1 9%
1,944
62%
CAGR: 41% 1,570 59%
57%
1,252
54%
889 951
49%
527
280
FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 Current FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22
Covid impact ARR
Source: Company data; Notes: 1. Revenue numbers prior to FY22 vary by 10% as FY22 onwards company has started to recognize revenue from LFS channel at the time of sale to the
end customer only as per accounting standard AS115; 2. For H2 FY22; 3. In own website/app channel; 4. Customer Long-term Value / Customer Acquisition Cost is 3.1x by 3rd year; 6
Investment
Thesis
HSE | India’s largest D2C fashion house for women
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Indya | Bringing luxury to the masses
Strong brand portfolio Omni-channel distribution Data-driven design philosophy Nimble supply chain Superior execution
Indya is giving customers an honest, transparent & innovative product experience they didn’t know existed in modern retail until they were introduced to it
FabAlley is a rapid-fashion machine producing globally trendy fashion at affordable prices, specifically designed to fit Indian women’s lifestyles & body types
Globally trendy fashion adapted to Indian fit and feel All season fashion
• Rapid fashion model with >100 new • All season, all occasion fashion wear
styles launched on a monthly basis giving something “new” at every
• Data led design + agile supply chain interaction
ensuring best sellers are reimagined & • Strong presence in casual wear, work-
replenished without any opportunity lost from-home & evening wear segments
• Leading actress Shraddha Kapoor became Payal Singhal X Indya Rimzim Dadu X FabAlley
Indya’s first brand ambassador
• Launched a 360 degree campaign across digital, • Collaborative capsule collections aimed to
Print & Outdoor called ‘That’s My Indya’ for make designer wear accessible to women • One of the largest Influencer network
Diwali 2021 everywhere among fashion brands in the country
• In pipeline: A new face to be FabAlley’s brand • 500+ domestic bloggers and 50+
ambassador to give total face-lift to the brand international bloggers on Instagram alone
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Extensive omni-channel distribution network with a 50:50 online-offline mix
Strong brand portfolio Omni-channel distribution Data-driven design philosophy Nimble supply chain Superior execution
HSE has full distribution capabilities to scale both online and offline channels
20%
Distribution
Footprint
EBOs LFS
2% 17%
• Network of 311 exclusive stores across 15 cites • Operating 370+ store-in-stores across leading
in top malls and high street LFS chains
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53% 28%
Note: 1. As of Mar-22; EBO: Exclusive Brand Outlets; LFS: Large Format Stores 13
Dominant online platform making it a D2C fashion powerhouse
Strong brand portfolio Omni-channel distribution Data-driven design philosophy Nimble supply chain Superior execution
56% 44%
% of D2C sales1 % of D2C sales1
3.1x 4.3
LTV/CAC4 Playstore rating
Robust D2C
model INR 490 Mn 59% INR 2,540 3 days 49% Access to rich data on
FY22 Net Revenue3 Gross Margin1 AOV2 Average delivery Repeat orders across consumer buying habits
time all D2C platforms and likes / dislikes
Note: D2C sales refers to total net revenue from own app & website; 1. Basis FY22; 2. Net of discounts; 3. Includes international sales from own app/website;
4. Customer Long-term Value / Customer Acquisition Cost is 3.1x by 3rd year 14
Leading women's fashion brand across online marketplaces in India
Strong brand portfolio Omni-channel distribution Data-driven design philosophy Nimble supply chain Superior execution
Marketplace Partners
Online
Tapping international markets through own app/website for Indya Scaling further through international online marketplace
% of total international sales Only Indian brands to list on some of the largest global fashion
USA: 63% marketplaces
Sales Runrate1 Current listings In Pipeline
~INR 230 mn
Australia: 8%
Canada: 5%
(Middle East) (South East Asia) (Europe)
AOV2 (Middle East)
UK: 7% INR 8,400+
2.4x 43
114
75
47 18
38
17 7
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One of the fastest growing D2C Indian wear brand in international markets
Note: 1. Basis H2FY22; 2. For international sales though own app/website; AOV: Average Order Value; CAC: Customer Acquisition Cost 16
Well established offline presence across India through exclusive own
outlets…
Strong brand portfolio Omni-channel distribution Data-driven design philosophy Nimble supply chain Superior execution
Currently operating 31 stores in 15 cities across high visibility locations including top malls and high street locations
Mumbai (3) Pune (2) • All, except one, EBOs are company
Hyderabad (1) owned and operated (COCO)
• Small format stores with ~650 sqft of Average ASP1
carpet area and INR 1.5 mn capex ~INR 1,700
Bangalore (5)
Chennai (2) • ~70%1 gross margin
• ~401 days of inventory
City (# of stores) • All EBOs are omni-channel enabled with
Avg. monthly sales2
inhouse tech backbone
~INR 860k
Note: 1. Net of discount; data for FY22; 2. Pre-covid average (FY19 & FY20); COCO: Company Owned Company Operated 17
…along with prime presence across Large Format Stores (LFS)
Strong brand portfolio Omni-channel distribution Data-driven design philosophy Nimble supply chain Superior execution
Currently operating 409 store-in-store (SIS) with leading LFS platform across the country
# of SIS # of SIS
243 242
193 202 204
174
119 100
Note: 1. LFS revenue numbers prior to FY22 vary and are not like-to-like as from FY22 onwards company has started to recognize revenue from LFS channel at the time of
sale to the end customer only as per accounting standard AS115 2. Net of discount; data for FY22; 3. Pre-covid average (FY19 & 11mFY20); 4. For the period FY22 18
Codified and data-driven design philosophy
Strong brand portfolio Omni-channel distribution Data-driven design philosophy Nimble supply chain Superior execution
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Extensive use of leading third-party AI and trends forecasting tools…
Strong brand portfolio Omni-channel distribution Data-driven design philosophy Nimble supply chain Superior execution
Trends research basis ‘WGSN’ & ‘Fashion Runways’ Competition analysis using ‘Stylumia’
WGSN
Runway
Continuous social media analysis Real-time sales analysis using ‘In-house data mining tools’
AVG
SUB CATEGORY- SELL DISPATCH SALE NO. OF
DISPATCH QTY SALE QTY SALE PER
TOPS THRU% CONTRI% CONTRI% OPTIONS
STYLE
Streetstyle fashion: Social media scan: Proprietary data mining tool TIE UP 2372 1314 55% 5% 8% 2 657
OFF SHOULDER 6297 3137 50% 14% 18% 6 523
• Study of streetstyle fashion globally, • Following reels, stories & blogposts parses sale at micro attribute LACE TOP
WRAP
1629
4513
721
1898
44%
42%
4%
10%
4%
11%
3
5
240
380
through fashion exhibits and fashion by global / Indian influencers for level for every cut, color, length, BLOUSE
PEPLUM
12080
18478
4354
5759
36%
31%
27%
41%
25%
34%
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17
335
339
weeks like Paris fashion week etc. • New products sleeve, among others for: Grand Total 45369 17183 38% 100% 100% 47 366
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Creating a unique fast fashion proposition attuned to Indian women
Strong brand portfolio Omni-channel distribution Data-driven design philosophy Nimble supply chain Superior execution
Trends
Research
Competition
Social media analysis
analysis
Real-time
sales analysis
Adapting to Indian design sensibilities, body-type & social norms to ease customer’s journey into early trend adoption
1,200+ styles Different collections Trend setter Low MOQs ~40-45 Inventory Days
Per brand For online & offline First to spot runway Offering enviable variety With quick
Per season channels & street style trends with low inventory risk replenishments
Day 20 Day 70
Data-led design with an agile supply chain ensures high sell-through with low inventory at scale
Note: MOQ: Minimum Order Quantity 23
Well established processes for sourcing and contract manufacturing
Strong brand portfolio Omni-channel distribution Data-driven design philosophy Nimble supply chain Superior execution
• Stitching is outsourced on
In-house sourcing of fabric to : • Own warehouse setup
job work to 3rd party
• Ensure fast time to market within Delhi NCR
vendors with strong quality
• Maintain quality • Multiple logistics partners
checks
Deep vendor base with reserved 35+ NCR based vendors Streamlined & controlled
fabric and printing capacities for job work processes
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Led by an experienced management team
Strong brand portfolio Omni-channel distribution Data-driven design philosophy Nimble supply chain Superior execution
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Financial
Performance
Business quickly bounced back despite multiple covid disruptions
Continuous month-on-month growth in online sales has strongly supported the business during multiple covid waves when offline operations were
significantly restricted
Online Sales
(INR Mn) Covid 1st wave Covid 2nd wave Omicron
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84 77 77 83 87
72 67 77 71
57 58 61
46 48 41 56 40 46 45 44 47
35 34 39 38 33 44 43 39
22 23 28
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Jun-19 Aug-19 Oct-19 Dec-19 Feb-20 Apr-20 Jun-20 Aug-20 Oct-20 Dec-20 Feb-21 Apr-21 Jun-21 Aug-21 Oct-21 Dec-21 Feb-22 Apr-22
Offline Sales
(INR Mn)
122 122
100 108 98
84 84 87 86 76
64 70 71 62
58 50 65 69 72 57 58 62
49 47
37 26 30
15 20
6 4 1 2
Jun-19 Aug-19 Oct-19 Dec-19 Feb-20 Apr-20 Jun-20 Aug-20 Oct-20 Dec-20 Feb-21 Apr-21 Jun-21 Aug-21 Oct-21 Dec-21 Feb-22 Apr-22
Source: Company data; Notes: 1. Revenue numbers prior to FY22 vary by 10% as FY22 onwards company has started to recognize revenue from LFS channel at the time of sale to the
end customer only as per accounting standard AS115; 27
On track to achieve a large outcome with attractive margins
1,953 1,091
1,294 667
655 270
206 3
-105 -256
FY22 FY23E FY24E FY25E FY26E FY22 FY23E FY24E FY25E FY26E
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Channel-wise unit economics (H2FY22)
Channel economics held up despite significant Omicron impact (especially in offline channel) during the months of Dec-21 to Feb-22
Note: 1. Net of all discounts, returns and taxes; 2. COGS is same across all channels (~23% of MRP), difference in Gross Profit is on account of higher discounts in online
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Growth
Drivers
Strengthen leadership position in Women Festive & Celebration wear market
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(1/2)
Branded women festive wear market to grow at ~17% to $3.7 bn Comprehensive merchandise mix to become category leader
Price (in INR)
Total Women festive Branded Women festive wear
wear market market ($bn) 1,500 25,000
$13.0 bn
FY25E FY20 FY25E
With the introduction of Luxe, Indya is best positioned to play a leading Indya will become an integral
Indya Luxe X EBOs
role and dominate the women’s celebration wear market part of people’s celebrations
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3 Strong focus on capturing the highly lucrative international market (1/2)
Indya is shipping globally and is becoming the go-to ethnic brand for NRIs
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3 Strong focus on capturing the highly lucrative international market (2/2)
D2C to be the key lever for capturing Further scale presence across leading Expand foreign retail footprint through
NRI audience international marketplaces distributors & franchisee stores for Indya
Enter Canada/ US
market through SIS1
model in Indian-owned
department stores
Potential to grow international D2C business
to INR 100 Mn per month by 2023 Both Indya & FabAlley are currently listed on Explore the market with
select international marketplaces 1 franchisee store
D2C International Net Sales
(INR Mn) 100
Zalando listing in- ~30%
process # of international stores of Ethnic brands
of online marketplace
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14 Europe’s largest sales to come from
6
online fashion retailer international channel
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(~€15 bn in GMV) by 2024
Oct-19 Oct-20 Oct-21 Oct-23
Building on growth momentum to further scale online reach Continue to widen retail store footprint Pan India
2,400 3,200
Own App/ Website Sales 1,863 FY22 FY23E FY24E FY25E FY26E FY22 FY23E FY24E FY25E FY26E
(INR Mn)
1,101
689 Add key accounts like Trends, Plan to reach 55+ Indya EBOs
489 Pantaloons plus regional MBOs across 25 cities by Dec 2023
Note: 1. Calculated as digital marketing spend / # of orders; 2. AOV is basis net sales (net of discounts & returns) 36
Annexure
Ethnic wear & western wear are the most attractive segments in India’s
women’s apparel market
xx% CAGR FY20-25E
FY20 Total Apparel
Market- $ 60 Bn Established Presence Under Progress
Saree, Blouse & 8.2
CAGR FY20-25E 6% Not Present
8% Petticoat 11.3
Women's 3.3
36% Innerwear 14%
6.3
2.2
Western wear 13% Western wear is amongst the
Me 4.0 fastest growing category
n's
41
%
Others (Winter 0.9
5%
wear etc.) 1.1
FY20 FY25E
Online will be >22% of the overall women’s apparel market Key growth drivers for online fashion
Online Women’s Apparel Market
($ bn)
CAGR: 18% 7.3 • Fashion is the 2nd largest category online after electronics
• Increased smartphone penetration enabling easier reach
to tier 2+ cities
3.2
Total # of online fashion1 shopper to increase to 370 mn • Convenience of online shopping and hassle free returns
• Increased adoption and comfort around online shopping
# of shoppers 435 since covid
370
180 150
• Increasing adoption of fast fashion in India adding to
frequency of purchase
• Online spend per shopper to increase as a result
FY20 FY25E
Total online shoppers Online apparel shoppers
Source: Go colors DRHP; Avendus estimates Note: 1. Fashion market here includes apparel, footwear & accessories 39