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Data Suggests Inflation-Impacted High-Income Consumers are ‘Trading Down’

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High-Income Consumers are ‘Trading Down’ to High-Value Products

Walmart surprised analysts in its latest earnings report for its fiscal second quarter. After having issued a warning last month that its profit may drop as shoppers were feeling the effects of high inflation and focusing purchases on necessities like food rather than discretionary (and more profitable) items such as electronics. But on Tuesday, the company reported solid revenue increases and although earnings tightened a little, they still beat analysts’ forecasts.

In a tough economic environment for retailers, how did they do it? The company says they are attracting more middle- and high-income shoppers. These high-income consumers are ‘trading down’ – an effect that has been discovered in past times of economic slowdowns and recessions. And it seems to be happening now…

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Masimo Quarterly Report Offers a First Look at Sound United Numbers & Future

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Joe Kiani, Masimo CEO

Masimo Corporation (NASDAQ: MASI), a global designer and producer of medical products and associated services that recently acquired Sound United, reported its second quarter fiscal 2022 results this week. With this filing, we get to see real data on the size and performance of Sound United, which the company acquired in April.

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Sonos Surprises Wall St.; Stock Value Drops >18% in After-Hours Trading

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Sonos Q2 2022

Consumer Biz Softens, Revises Forecasts Downward, CFO Departs

Wall Street hates surprises, especially when public companies fail to hit analysts’ estimates and when the company is forced to cut previously issued financial estimates based on a deteriorating macroeconomic environment. Sonos hit a surprisingly sour note in its report today on fiscal 2022 third-quarter results – soundly missing expectations, cutting forward guidance on future results, and announcing the CFO is leaving the company. The result of this terrible trifecta of bad news? Sonos stock dropped as much as 20% in after-hours trading.

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CEDIA Expo & CEPro Owner Emerald Reports Fiscal Q2 Results

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On Monday, Emerald Holding, Inc. (NYSE:EEX) (Emerald), one of the nation’s leading business-to-business exposition companies and owner of the CEDIA Expo event and CEPro trade magazine, announced the results for their fiscal second quarter, the period that ended on June 30, 2022. The results showed a rebounding top line, with revenues increasing 376% over last year’s COVID-impacted quarter – while the company still booked a net loss, although less of a net loss than in the same quarter last year.

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Gettin’ Tough Out There – Sony Cuts Net Profit Outlook for Current Fiscal Year

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Late last week, Sony Group announced that they were cutting their net profit forecast for the current fiscal year, fiscal 2022 which ends March 2023. Why are they trimming their profit expectations? It appears that Sony is experiencing its version of a post-COVID Peloton/Netflix sales decline as video game sales are weakening and its costs related to a recent acquisition are rising.

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Yamaha Corp Warns of Continuing Chip Shortage

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Shizuoka, Japan-based Yamaha Corporation – the world’s largest musical instrument maker that also offers pro, commercial, and residential audio gear is warning markets that the global chip shortage – while improving marginally lately – is still creating challenges that constrict manufacturers’ ability to achieve production goals. It is the first such warning I’ve seen from a company well known for acoustic pianos – but whose electronic instruments and audio gear generate more revenue.

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VOXX Fiscal ’23 Q1 Results Decline; Blames Chip Shortage, Retailer Over-Inventory

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VOXX International Corp. announced its fiscal 2023, first-quarter results late Monday, reporting that it saw sales declines, deepening operating losses, and a swing to a net loss in the quarter. Shares in VOXX declined 9.44% in value in trading Monday – and after-hours trading in the early evening pointed to another nearly 3% decline in shares. By comparison, the S & P 500 saw overall shares decline 1.15% on Monday.

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With Demand Slack & Inventory Levels Building, Samsung Cuts Procurement

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Is an Industrywide Slowdown in Tech Beginning?

Samsung Electronics is taking action to hold back on procurement orders and asking suppliers for concessions, such as delayed deliveries, order reductions, and more in the wake of a concerning buildup of inventory. While the action is said to be temporary, concerns over a slowing global economy make it difficult to determine how long the company will deem these actions are necessary.

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Like a Cat with 9-Lives, McIntosh is Once Again Acquired by a Private Equity Company

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Highlander Partners, L.P., a Dallas-based private equity company, announced today that it has acquired McIntosh Group, a manufacturing and distribution company that offers several high-performance, high-end audio brands such as McIntosh, Sonus Faber, and Sumiko. It also operates under Fine Sounds U.K. and Fine Sounds Benelux.

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Economic Anxiety Builds with Unexpected Jump in Inflation in May; Stocks Turn Bearish

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S&P Index ytd performance in bear territory due to inflation
The S&P Index dropped 22% this year by the end-of-day Monday…a bear market

>Consumer Sentiment Hits Record Low in June

Things are changing in the economy faster now, causing a dramatic uptick in economic anxiety. The fuse was lit last Friday when the latest government data showed that inflation increased to 8.6% in May compared to last year. The reading on inflation had been widely expected by most economists to drop a point or two from the 8.3% rate of inflation reported in April. The news sent Wall Street into a tailspin as traders interpreted the increase in inflation as a heightened risk of recession.

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