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Can Retailers Really Give Up Slotting Fees?
Retailers' practice of charging slotting fees, pioneered by Carrefour in China over 25 years ago, has become an industry norm but is now under scrutiny as physical retailers struggle. Lawson's recent decision to abolish such fees in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai has sparked debate, highlighting the need for retailers to shift from fee reliance to operational excellence.
联商网编辑部Community E-commerce Enters a Cooling-off Period, Physical Supermarkets Begin to Recover
Community e-commerce is entering a cooling-off period, while traditional physical supermarkets are showing signs of recovery. With stricter regulations and supportive policies, traditional retail, especially supermarkets, still has significant potential for growth.
联商网编辑部Can Yonghui's Warehouse Stores Become a Template for Hypermarket Renovation?
Yonghui has rapidly expanded its warehouse stores to over 30 within two months of opening its first, offering no membership fees and low prices. This article examines whether this model can serve as a template for hypermarket transformation, highlighting challenges such as profit sources and product differentiation.
联商网编辑部State Capital Steps In Again, Suning Temporarily Out of Trouble
After a series of twists and turns, Suning.com (002024.SZ) finally received financial relief. On the evening of July 5, Suning.com announced that Jiangsu Province and Nanjing City state capital led the establishment of the second phase of Jiangsu New Retail Innovation Fund (Limited Partnership), with a total scale of 8.83 billion yuan, inviting Huatai Securities, Alibaba, Xiaomi, Haier, Midea, and TCL industrial investors to participate. The fund will acquire 16.96% of Suning.com's shares to support the company in addressing liquidity issues and stabilizing corporate financing.
联商网编辑部Supermarkets Face Their Darkest Hour: Is Community Group Buying the Culprit?
Fresh produce has long been seen by physical retailers as the main category for attracting customers and as a moat against online competition. Many retail companies believed that as long as they held this ground, the outcome was still uncertain. However, the sudden COVID-19 pandemic last year changed people's lifestyles, accelerated retail transformation, and made many giants eye the vegetable-selling business, leading to the rapid spread of community group buying. Industry survey data shows that in the first quarter of this year, supermarket hypermarket foot traffic dropped significantly, with declines generally in the double digits, some even reaching 20%-30%, and sales also declined to varying degrees, with fresh produce hit hardest.
联商网编辑部RT-Mart's 'Rebirth'
2018 was the year of new retail infrastructure, 2019 is the year of scale acceleration, and 2020 will be the year of harvest. According to the Lianshang.com note, on August 7, Sun Art Retail disclosed its first-half operating results as scheduled. Compared with previous years, this year's two financial reports (interim and annual) are particularly important for two reasons: first, as the industry leader, Sun Art Retail's development deserves more attention amid the industry-wide bottleneck in hypermarkets; second, Sun Art Retail first proposed restructuring its hypermarkets in its 2018 annual report, and the results will show whether it can find a breakthrough for the industry.
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