Aadit Palicha says Zepto's mature dark stores are fully cash flow positive
Aadit Palicha · The story behind Zepto w/ Founder, Aadit Palicha · Jan 16, 2023 · at 22:23
Aadit Palicha is co-founder and CEO of quick-commerce platform Zepto, addressing doubts about whether Indian quick-commerce unit economics can achieve true operational profitability.
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“We're sitting in a world where our mature dark stores are fully loaded, you know, turning fully loaded cashflow positive without exaggeration. And I know there's a lot of, you know, creativity in what's above and below, you know, those numbers, you know, can I remove my replenishment costs? Can I put customer support costs in corporate? You can do all that. But today we're in a position where fully loaded, looking at all the line items we have, we're actually turning dark stores, you know, fully profitable, And not, you know, in the future, nine, 12 months, not like this quarter, right?”
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