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02.06.26 - 04:00
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How U.S. Retailers Are Absorbing The Fuel-Price Shock (ZeroHedge)
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How U.S. Retailers Are Absorbing The Fuel-Price Shock
We have diligently tracked the Gulf-related fuel-price shock hitting the American consumer, with prices rising at the fastest rate in three years, personal savings depleted, and spending still running hot, a trend Goldman flags as increasingly troubling for the broader economy. This cocktail has revived uncomfortable memories of the 1970s: higher energy costs, squeezed households, and a consumer still spending into weakness.
But another important area of coverage is how companies are faring as freight, fuel, and supplier costs, along with tariff pressures, bleed through supply chains.
Early read-throughs from Goldman analysts led by Kate McShane indicate that management teams at major retailers are absorbing higher logistics costs today, but the real risk is that a sustained fuel price shock in the back half of the year could begin to deteriorate margins.
McShane and her team spoke with the IR and management teams of AutoZone, Bath & Body W...
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