CONNPLEX CINEMA - A RETAILER WITH NEAR INFINITE RoCE

I don’t see that happening. Look at the kind of locations Connplex is expanding into, take recent openings for example, Bihta and Phulbani are very small towns where cinema infrastructure has largely shut down already. These aren’t the markets where large chains are likely to expand over the next 5–10 years.

Their business models simply aren’t designed to support that kind of expansion.

I’ve said this multiple times, this is a Tier 2, 3, 4 cities business, not Tier 1. It might work in Tier 1, but that’s not its real market.

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Major Takeaways from a few more scuttlebutts:

Call with Someone Involved in the East.pdf (216.2 KB)

Call with someone of importance from North India.pdf (216.5 KB)

Call with a Business Development Manager.pdf (227.0 KB)

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Great updates. I also have it on good record that the company signed 40+ screens in January alone, Will confirm this number with the management during the Arihant investor call.

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SIGNINGS UPDATE

  • January: 40+ signings

  • February: 23 signings

Screens Overview

  • Open Order Book: 331 screens

  • Site Work Ongoing: 70 screens

  • Aspirational Target for FY30: 1,000 screens

Source: Updates from Arihant Investor Meet

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Unit economics for signature model