{"id":714738,"date":"2026-07-28T04:37:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T04:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/714738\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T04:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T04:37:20","slug":"southern-states-remain-materially-resilient-to-weak-smartphone-sales-retailer-pulse-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/714738\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern states remain materially resilient to weak smartphone sales: Retailer Pulse report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753008667_601_1x1_spacer.png\" alt=\"Industry sources viewed the trend as a temporary disruption rather than a structural shift, given India\u2019s population distribution across states\" title=\"Industry sources viewed the trend as a temporary disruption rather than a structural shift, given India\u2019s population distribution across states\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753008667_601_1x1_spacer.png\" class=\"article-pictue\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIndustry sources viewed the trend as a temporary disruption rather than a structural shift, given India\u2019s population distribution across states\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A pan-India survey indicates that South Indian states are experiencing a relatively slower decline in smartphone sales than other regions of the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Retailer Pulse report released by the All India Mobile Retailers Association (AIMRA) and market research firm Techarc, smartphone sales in southern states have declined by 51.4 per cent, compared with a 64.3 per cent drop in northern states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe South is weathering the shock meaningfully better than the North and East,\u201d said Faisal Kawoosa, Chief Analyst and Co-founder of Techarc. The report also highlighted stronger festive-season expectations among retailers in southern India.<\/p>\n<p>Temporary disruption<\/p>\n<p>When surveyed about concerns ahead of the festive season, 36 per cent of southern retailers said they were worried, compared with 55 per cent of retailers in northern states. However, industry sources viewed the trend as a temporary disruption rather than a structural shift, given India\u2019s population distribution across states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the arrival of the festive season, all states will have to address the same sales challenges,\u201d said a source, speaking on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>For now, South India remains materially more resilient, with 59 per cent of retailers reporting confidence in surviving the current downturn. The northern and eastern regions are facing the highest levels of stress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe shock is national, but its bite is regional,\u201d the report said<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on  July 27, 2026 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Industry sources viewed the trend as a temporary disruption rather than a structural shift, given India\u2019s population distribution&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,236761,236762,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-714738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-retailer-pulse","tag-southern-states","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}