A saleswoman waits for customers at a shoe store in a shopping mall in Beijing August 29 Mario Gomez World Cup Jersey , 2013. If things are really starting to look up for China's economy, as a recent spate of better-than-expected government data seems to suggest, nobody appears to have told its biggest retailers.
A Reuters review of first-half earnings showed that more than 20 Chinese companies selling everything from footwear to food were not convinced the economic slowdown had bottomed out, and neither were their traditionally thrifty customers.
"The reality behind the numbers is gloomier," said leading footwear retailer Belle International Holdings Ltd (1880.HK) as a raft of data Marco Reus World Cup Jersey , supported by government statements, indicated the world's second largest economy may be stabilizing after two years of slumping growth.
"There are uncertainties in future prospects as the economy is struggling with a difficult transition involving structural rebalancing and revamping the growth model," said Belle, which has a market value of $11.6 billion and manages more than 18,000 retail outlets across 360 Chinese cities.
Economists have long doubted the accuracy of official economic data and this skepticism has increased as China plots a course towards consumption-led growth. The official retail sales measure, for example, counts a sale from when an item is shipped, rather than when it is actually sold.
Retail sales grew 13.2 percent in July year-on-year, a slowdown from 14.3 percent annual growth in 2012, and 17.1 percent growth in 2011.
"Consumer sentiment showed no sign of significant recovery, affecting many businesses Leon Goretzka World Cup Jersey ," said menswear retailer China Lilang Ltd (1234.HK), which has nearly 3,500 stores across China.
This uncertainty about the future underscores the difficulty both the government and retailers have to persuade consumers to throw open their wallets in a nation with one of the highest household savings rates in the world.
"The traditional retail industry has reached an inflection point due to the combination of a variety of factors, including slower economic growth, changing consumer habits and rapid growth of e-commerce Kevin Trapp World Cup Jersey ," said Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co Ltd (0980.HK), which operates more than 4,500 outlets across China.
"The increase in the overall savings rate indicates that China still has a long way to go to transform into a consumption-driven economy," it said in its earnings statement.
The personal savings of mainland households was about 38 percent of disposable income in 2012, according to economists. The International Monetary Fund said China's urban household savings rate was less than 20 percent of disposable income in the mid-1990s.
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China's recently appointed leaders are trying to wean the economy away from the credit and investment-driven growth that powered its break-neck expansion for three decades to a more sustainable model that favors domestic consumption.
Annual economic growth has slowed in nine of the past 10 quarters Julian Draxler World Cup Jersey , hitting domestic as well as overseas firms such as Apple Inc (AAPL.O), but indications that the economy is now stabilizing should help drive Beijing's reform efforts and lift consumer sentiment.
Some firms are reporting upbeat sales. Tiffany & Co (TIF.N) said it was benefiting from a growing preference among Chinese for diamonds over gold and luxury fashion house Prada said China helped to lift its sales by 12 months in the six-months to July.
Chinese government-backed retailers like China Resources Enterprise Ltd (0291.HK) are also more positive about the future than some of their private-sector counterparts.
"We are better equipped than ever to face the uncertainties ahead and to capitalize on promising opportunities when they arise," said the conglomerate, which operates China's second-largest hypermarket chain and the mainland's biggest brewery.
Consultancy China Market Research Group recently polled 1,000 middle-class consumers who earn $6,000-$15,000 a year and found that most people were worried about the future.
"Their sentiment and confidence is very negative from what we found and so that is going to hurt some of the mid-tier consumer retail brands," senior analyst James Roy said. "Their confidence is sort of negative from the standpoint of low overall investment in the economy Joshua Kimmich World Cup Jersey , feeling negative about slowing growth and uncertainties about the future."
(Agencies)
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