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沃尔玛销售额增长,却警告要注意消费者购物习惯方面的变化

沃尔玛销售额增长,却警告要注意消费者购物习惯方面的变化

MARCO QUIROZ-GUTIERREZ 2024-02-24
沃尔玛在第四季度业绩电话会议上警告,消费者正在减少非必需品消费。

沃尔玛在第四季度业绩电话会议上警告,消费者正在减少非必需品消费。摄影:VICTOR J. BLUE —— 彭博社经盖蒂图片社提供

沃尔玛(Walmart)以强劲的销售数据结束了上一财年,但它与多家大型直销公司一样发出警告,认为美国人正在减少非必需品消费。

得益于交易量增长超出分析师预期,沃尔玛公布的同店销售额同比增长了4%。沃尔玛依旧警告,顾客正在减少电视、电脑和其他电子产品等大宗商品购物。

周二,沃尔玛CEO董明伦在第四季度业绩电话会议上表示:“我们依旧看到了消费者的韧性,但他们更注重价值。”

董明伦表示,公司的美国门店正在通过降价,让顾客感到物有所值。他还表示,沃尔玛的日用百货价格已经低于一年前的水平,而且某些品类的商品价格甚至比两年前更低。该公司公布的在美国的顾客平均消费,较去年同期下降了0.3%。

业绩公布之后,沃尔玛股票在周二早盘交易中大涨5%。

该零售商强劲的第四季度业绩,依旧得益于美国食品杂货和健康业务的支持,抵消了日用百货类商品销售疲软的影响。

带有负罪感的快乐购物减少

沃尔玛的业绩报告与其他多家公司的报告遥相呼应。最近,多家公司警告投资者关注消费者的消费习惯:虽然消费者继续进行必需品消费,但却在减少非必需品消费。

本月早些时候,阿迪达斯(Adidas)公布的2024年销售指导低于预期,其CEO表示,全球消费者信心持续低迷。在阿迪达斯公布业绩之前,耐克(Nike)和彪马(Puma)也下调了对未来一年的预期。

非必需品消费减少也意味着经过去年的疯狂消费之后,随着消费者勒紧裤腰带,更广泛的消费者支出减少近在眼前。消费者支出在美国经济中占有巨大比重,因此消费者支出减少可能会拖累整体市场。

管理咨询公司麦肯锡(McKinsey & Company)上周发布的一份报告称,消费习惯的改变可以解释非必需品消费减少的原因。报告称,虽然消费者的购物频率与一年前相比没有变化,但他们平均购买的商品数量却有所减少。

麦肯锡根据去年12月对1,000名受访者的调查发现,多个品类消费减少的主要原因与高价格有关。

美国商务部在上周发布的一份报告中表示,上个月,美国零售销售额下滑0.8%,而在去年12月,零售销售额经过修正后上涨了0.4%。

虽然有多家公司就消费者支出发出警告,但有分析师认为,消费者支出在2023年超出预期,今年会依旧强劲。

本月早些时候,根据消费者动用储蓄的意愿,惠誉评级(Fitch Ratings)将对2024年的年度实际消费者支出预测从0.6%上调到1.6%。

惠誉美国经济研究负责人奥卢·索诺拉在一份报告中表示:“新一轮的财政宽松政策,消费者依旧愿意动用过剩储蓄,家庭资产负债表基本状况良好和劳动力市场依旧紧缩,这些因素预示着美国经济的强劲势头。”(财富中文网)

翻译:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

沃尔玛(Walmart)以强劲的销售数据结束了上一财年,但它与多家大型直销公司一样发出警告,认为美国人正在减少非必需品消费。

得益于交易量增长超出分析师预期,沃尔玛公布的同店销售额同比增长了4%。沃尔玛依旧警告,顾客正在减少电视、电脑和其他电子产品等大宗商品购物。

周二,沃尔玛CEO董明伦在第四季度业绩电话会议上表示:“我们依旧看到了消费者的韧性,但他们更注重价值。”

董明伦表示,公司的美国门店正在通过降价,让顾客感到物有所值。他还表示,沃尔玛的日用百货价格已经低于一年前的水平,而且某些品类的商品价格甚至比两年前更低。该公司公布的在美国的顾客平均消费,较去年同期下降了0.3%。

业绩公布之后,沃尔玛股票在周二早盘交易中大涨5%。

该零售商强劲的第四季度业绩,依旧得益于美国食品杂货和健康业务的支持,抵消了日用百货类商品销售疲软的影响。

带有负罪感的快乐购物减少

沃尔玛的业绩报告与其他多家公司的报告遥相呼应。最近,多家公司警告投资者关注消费者的消费习惯:虽然消费者继续进行必需品消费,但却在减少非必需品消费。

本月早些时候,阿迪达斯(Adidas)公布的2024年销售指导低于预期,其CEO表示,全球消费者信心持续低迷。在阿迪达斯公布业绩之前,耐克(Nike)和彪马(Puma)也下调了对未来一年的预期。

非必需品消费减少也意味着经过去年的疯狂消费之后,随着消费者勒紧裤腰带,更广泛的消费者支出减少近在眼前。消费者支出在美国经济中占有巨大比重,因此消费者支出减少可能会拖累整体市场。

管理咨询公司麦肯锡(McKinsey & Company)上周发布的一份报告称,消费习惯的改变可以解释非必需品消费减少的原因。报告称,虽然消费者的购物频率与一年前相比没有变化,但他们平均购买的商品数量却有所减少。

麦肯锡根据去年12月对1,000名受访者的调查发现,多个品类消费减少的主要原因与高价格有关。

美国商务部在上周发布的一份报告中表示,上个月,美国零售销售额下滑0.8%,而在去年12月,零售销售额经过修正后上涨了0.4%。

虽然有多家公司就消费者支出发出警告,但有分析师认为,消费者支出在2023年超出预期,今年会依旧强劲。

本月早些时候,根据消费者动用储蓄的意愿,惠誉评级(Fitch Ratings)将对2024年的年度实际消费者支出预测从0.6%上调到1.6%。

惠誉美国经济研究负责人奥卢·索诺拉在一份报告中表示:“新一轮的财政宽松政策,消费者依旧愿意动用过剩储蓄,家庭资产负债表基本状况良好和劳动力市场依旧紧缩,这些因素预示着美国经济的强劲势头。”(财富中文网)

翻译:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

Walmart ended its fiscal year with strong sales numbers but joined a chorus of large direct-to-consumer businesses in warning that Americans are pulling back on discretionary spending.

The company reported a 4% year-over-year jump in comparable store sales, a number buoyed by an increase in transactions that helped beat analyst expectations. Still, Walmart cautioned that its customers were pulling back on big-ticket purchases including TVs, computers, and other electronics.

“We continue to see a customer that’s resilient but looking for value,” Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call Tuesday.

McMillon said the company was working to give consumers more bang for their buck through price decreases in its U.S. stores. He added that Walmart’s general merchandise prices are already lower than they were a year ago, and in some categories, prices are at a lower level than they were two years ago. The company reported that its average ticket price in the U.S. dropped 0.3% compared to the same period last year.

Walmart’s stock surged as much as 5% in early Tuesday trading following its earnings results.

Still, the retailer’s strong fourth-quarter results were supported by gains in its grocery as well as its health and wellness business in the U.S., which offset weaker sales in the general merchandise category.

Less guilty-pleasure shopping

Walmart’s earnings report echoed other businesses that have recently alerted investors about consumers’ spending habits: namely, that they’re continuing to spend on necessities but slowing down on nonessential purchases.

Earlier this month, Adidas reported lower-than-expected sales guidance for 2024, and its CEO said consumer sentiment was weakening worldwide. Adidas’s results came after Nike and Puma also cut expectations for the year ahead.

The fall in spending on nonessentials could signal that a broader decrease in consumer spending is on the horizon as consumers tighten their belts after splurging last year. Because consumer spending makes up a large part of the U.S. economy, a major pullback could be a drag on the overall market.

A report by management consulting firm McKinsey & Company last week revealed that changing consumer habits could explain the decrease in spending on nonessentials. While consumers are shopping as frequently as they were a year ago, they are buying fewer items on average than before, according to the report.

McKinsey also found the main driver for a pullback in purchases across several categories had to do with higher prices, according to a December survey of 1,000 respondents.

The Commerce Department said in a report last week that retail sales fell by 0.8% last month after rising a revised 0.4% in December.

Still, while companies sound the alarm on consumer spending, some analysts think it will remain strong this year after 2023 exceeded expectations.

Earlier this month Fitch Ratings revised its annual real consumer spending forecast for 2024 up to 1.6% from 0.6% based on consumers’ willingness to draw from the money they’ve saved up.

“The strength of the U.S. economy reflects renewed fiscal easing, consumers’ willingness to continue drawing on excess savings, strong household balance sheet fundamentals and a tight labor market,” Olu Sonola, the head of Fitch U.S. economic research, said in a statement.

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