Retail Business Encountered "Cold Winter"

Less than p ago, some chain supermarkets announced the interim results of net profit decline.

Insiders pointed out that under the impact of macro-economic slowdown and e-commerce, supermarket chains < a href= "http://www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp" > retail format < /a > is encountering "cold winter".

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< p > after last year's profit drop of 41%, the interim results released by Yong Wang (Hongkong) department show that the revenue in the first half of this year increased by 15.9% to HK $4 billion 150 million, but the profit was HK $26 million 340 thousand.

At present, Yong Wang has adjusted his pace to slow down shop opening and improve store efficiency, hoping that profits will improve in the second half of the year.

The general manager of wing Wang (Hongkong) department store said frankly at the performance briefing.

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< p > in addition, Huarun business announced the first half of this year's performance, the group's retail business is < a href= "http://www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp" > Huarun Wanjia < /a >, the turnover in the first half of this year was HK $47 billion 900 million, an increase of 13.7% compared with the same period last year, while net profit was HK $637 million, a decrease of 63.7% compared with the same period last year.

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< p > according to the latest statistics of the National Bureau of statistics, the total retail sales of consumer goods in 2012 increased by 14.3% over the same period last year, and the growth rate dropped by 2.8 percentage points over the previous year.

Of the 14 Listed Companies in China, 10 had a lower revenue growth than 14.3% of the total retail sales of social consumer goods, while 7 of the 11 foreign supermarkets also had less sales growth.

It is worth noting that 8 of the 14 super listed companies in China have slipped year by year, such as Hualian Lianchao, Lianhua supermarket, Jingkelong, China 100, China Merchants and so on.

In addition, there was a loss in Renren and Qing Kelong. In foreign-funded enterprises, the sales of PARKnSHOP supermarket increased by 5.1%, and the bee lotus was in deep mire and lost nearly 400 million yuan.

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< p > not only the performance is declining, but also the supermarket chains are experiencing the adjustment of the storefront.

According to statistics released by the China National Business Information Center, in 2012, the top three retailers in the world, such as WAL-MART, Carrefour and Tesco, grew by an average of 27% over the same period last year. They all closed shop, WAL-MART opened 30 stores in Huaxin, 18 new stores in Carrefour, and two stores opened less than 2011 in the 2011 year.

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< p > for the development of the retail business in the "cold winter", the research analyst at China Research Institute pointed out that on the one hand, influenced by the economic environment, the impact of the economic slowdown has affected all industries, and the retail industry is the first to bear the brunt. The growth of the consumer demand has directly affected the profitability of the industry.

On the other hand, it is the drawbacks of the supermarket format itself, such as too long channels and too many intermediate links.

With the change of modern consumption mode, network consumption has a great impact on traditional department stores.

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< p > at present, the whole economy is not very prosperous. Retailers want to reduce investment risk. Therefore, we should continuously develop various retail formats to adapt to the market, such as community supermarkets, standard supermarkets, < a href= "http://www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp" > e-commerce > /a > and so on.

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