经济下滑影响美国人消费，零售巨头CEO遭解雇
由于供应链压力和天然气成本上升削减了销售收入，零售巨头在2022年的开局尤其艰难。
根据Bed Bath & Beyond在6月29日发布的最新收益报告，今年的销售额同比下降了25%。这家总部位于新泽西州尤宁市的公司公布净亏损3.85亿美元，而该公司去年亏损了5100万美元。这家公司对此的响应是什么呢？解雇了首席执行官马克·特里顿。
但考虑到消费者支出的状况，或许这并不令人感到意外。
此前，沃尔玛（Walmart）、塔吉特（Target）和亚马逊（Amazon）都公布了低于预期的第一季度收益。面对高通胀和潜在的经济衰退，消费者支出基本保持强劲。但在6月的早些时候，美国商务部（Commerce Department）透露，汽车、电子产品和电子商务等商品的国内零售额今年首次放缓。
由于目前美国的通货膨胀率达到了自1981年以来的最高水平，而美联储（Federal Reserve）正在实施更紧缩的货币政策，设法降低通货膨胀率。专家和商界领袖都在发出警告，称经济衰退可能即将到来。最近接受《金融时报》（Financial Times）和Initiative on Global Markets调查的宏观经济学家中，有三分之二的人表示他们预计会出现经济衰退，而接受商业洞察公司世界大型企业联合会（Conference Board）调查的全球高管中，超过四分之三的人表示他们也这么认为。
暂时接替特里顿的是休·格鲁夫，她曾经担任董事会战略委员会主席。
公司的董事会主席哈丽雅特·埃德尔曼在一份宣布领导层变动的声明中称：“经过充分考虑，董事会认为是时候更换领导层了。”特里顿于2019年加入Bed Bath & Beyond，此前他曾经在塔吉特担任首席商务官，扩大了该公司的自有品牌。
埃德尔曼在声明中写道：“我们相信，休能够将行业经验和Bed Bath & Beyond运营知识正确结合起来，以集中资源引领公司发展，并酌情修改战略。”
格鲁夫写道，她了解Bed Bath & Beyond目前面临的“宏观经济”环境。
她说：“在本季度，客户情绪发生了剧烈变化，从那时起，压力大幅升级。”她强调了通货膨胀和新冠疫情导致的消费者购买模式波动对Bed Bath & Beyond业务的影响。
埃德尔曼指出，特里顿在担任首席执行官期间帮助公司渡过了疫情难关，还重构了Bed Bath & Beyond的总体战略，为股东带来了回报，并投资技术和基础设施。
然而，这些行动无法保住他在公司高层的地位。“现实很简单……我们第一季度的业绩没有达到预期。”格鲁夫写道。（财富中文网）
译者：中慧言-王芳
由于供应链压力和天然气成本上升削减了销售收入，零售巨头在2022年的开局尤其艰难。
根据Bed Bath & Beyond在6月29日发布的最新收益报告，今年的销售额同比下降了25%。这家总部位于新泽西州尤宁市的公司公布净亏损3.85亿美元，而该公司去年亏损了5100万美元。这家公司对此的响应是什么呢？解雇了首席执行官马克·特里顿。
但考虑到消费者支出的状况，或许这并不令人感到意外。
此前，沃尔玛（Walmart）、塔吉特（Target）和亚马逊（Amazon）都公布了低于预期的第一季度收益。面对高通胀和潜在的经济衰退，消费者支出基本保持强劲。但在6月的早些时候，美国商务部（Commerce Department）透露，汽车、电子产品和电子商务等商品的国内零售额今年首次放缓。
由于目前美国的通货膨胀率达到了自1981年以来的最高水平，而美联储（Federal Reserve）正在实施更紧缩的货币政策，设法降低通货膨胀率。专家和商界领袖都在发出警告，称经济衰退可能即将到来。最近接受《金融时报》（Financial Times）和Initiative on Global Markets调查的宏观经济学家中，有三分之二的人表示他们预计会出现经济衰退，而接受商业洞察公司世界大型企业联合会（Conference Board）调查的全球高管中，超过四分之三的人表示他们也这么认为。
暂时接替特里顿的是休·格鲁夫，她曾经担任董事会战略委员会主席。
公司的董事会主席哈丽雅特·埃德尔曼在一份宣布领导层变动的声明中称：“经过充分考虑，董事会认为是时候更换领导层了。”特里顿于2019年加入Bed Bath & Beyond，此前他曾经在塔吉特担任首席商务官，扩大了该公司的自有品牌。
埃德尔曼在声明中写道：“我们相信，休能够将行业经验和Bed Bath & Beyond运营知识正确结合起来，以集中资源引领公司发展，并酌情修改战略。”
格鲁夫写道，她了解Bed Bath & Beyond目前面临的“宏观经济”环境。
她说：“在本季度，客户情绪发生了剧烈变化，从那时起，压力大幅升级。”她强调了通货膨胀和新冠疫情导致的消费者购买模式波动对Bed Bath & Beyond业务的影响。
埃德尔曼指出，特里顿在担任首席执行官期间帮助公司渡过了疫情难关，还重构了Bed Bath & Beyond的总体战略，为股东带来了回报，并投资技术和基础设施。
然而，这些行动无法保住他在公司高层的地位。“现实很简单……我们第一季度的业绩没有达到预期。”格鲁夫写道。（财富中文网）
译者：中慧言-王芳
Retail giants have had a particularly hard start to 2022 as supply chain stress and heightened gas costs have cut into sales revenue.
Sales decreased by a full 25% this year compared to a year before, according to Bed Bath & Beyond’s most recent earnings report, on June 29. The Union, N.J.-headquartered company reported a net loss of $385 million, compared to a loss of $51 million last year. The company’s response? It fired CEO Mark Tritton.
But maybe it shouldn’t have been such a surprise in light of what’s going on with consumer spending, or not going on with it.
Previously, Walmart, Target, and Amazon all revealed Q1 earnings that trailed estimates. Consumer spending has been mostly strong in the face of high inflation and a potential recession. But earlier June, the Commerce Department revealed that domestic retail sales for things like cars, electronics, and e-commerce had slowed for the first time this year.
With inflation currently the highest it’s been since 1981 in the U.S., and the Federal Reserve enacting tighter monetary policy to try and bring them down, experts and business leaders alike have been sounding the alarm that a recession could be on the horizon. Two-thirds of macroeconomists recently surveyed by the Financial Times and the Initiative on Global Markets said they’re anticipating a recession, while more than three quarters of global executives surveyed by business insights company Conference Board said they are as well.
Replacing Tritton on an interim basis is Sue Grove, who previously served as chair of the board’s strategy committee.
“After thorough consideration, the board determined that it was time for a change in leadership,” wrote Harriet Edelmen, chair of the company’s board of directors, in a statement announcing the leadership change. Tritton joined Bed Bath & Beyond in 2019 after serving as chief merchandising officer at Target, where he had expanded the company’s private label brands.
“We are confident Sue brings the right combination of industry experience and knowledge of Bed Bath & Beyond’s operations to lead the company, focus our resources, and revise strategy, as appropriate,” wrote Edelman in her statement.
Grove wrote that she is aware of the “macroeconomic” environment Bed Bath & Beyond is currently facing.
“In the quarter there was an acute shift in customer sentiment and, since then, pressures have materially escalated,” she wrote, highlighting the impact of inflation and fluctuations in consumer purchasing patterns as a result of the pandemic on Bed Bath & Beyond’s business.
Edelmen noted that Tritton had helped the company navigate through the pandemic during his tenure as CEO, along with reconfiguring Bed Bath & Beyond’s overall strategy, delivering returns to shareholders, investing in technology and infrastructure.
Those actions, however, could not preserve his place at the top of the company. “The simple reality … is that our first quarter’s results are not up to our expectation,” wrote Grove.
