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I. INTRODUCTION:
1. Toyota Motor Corporation:
Toyota Motor Corp. is a leading automobile manufacturer of Japanese. Toyota
expects that sales of cars in foreign markets in 2020 will increase by 2% to 8.50
million units, offsetting the 4% (to 2.26 million units) decline in the domestic market.
country.Toyota's global car sales include sales from its two subsidiary cars, the small
car manufacturer Daihatsu Motor Co. and truck maker Hino Motors Ltd.
Toyota said it also plans to increase global car production by 1% in 2020, to 10.90
million units. The announcement of Toyota comes as the global automobile industry
is facing many difficulties due to the impact of the long-running trade conflict
between the US and China. New car sales in China, the world's largest auto market,
this year could be lower than the 28.08 million vehicles recorded in 2018, marking the
second consecutive year of declines.
2. Walmart:
Right in the first quarter of New Year 2020, Walmart - the "giant" in the US retail
industry - received bad news when the latest financial report showed that the sales of
toys and apparel of this company were serious decline over time. In a report released
on Feb. 18, Walmart said serious social unrest in Chile in 2019 caused the majority of
Walmart's stores in the South American country to be disrupted. According to
Walmart, the company's revenue has "declined by about $ 110 million" in the fourth
quarter of 2019 (ending January 31) compared to the same period last year. Although
Walmart's revenue growth in the last quarter of fiscal 2019 decreased compared to the
same period last year, the global sales of retailers - which are the main suppliers of
goods to income-generating households. Low - this is still up 2.1% compared to the
third quarter of 2019, to $ 141.7 billion.
3. Apple:
Leading US technology group Apple announced its third-quarter revenue report for
fiscal year 2019 (as of the end of June), although the third-quarter profit decreased by
13% compared to the same period last year to US $ 10 billion but the total revenue
increased by 1% to USD 53.8 billion, higher than expected of USD 53.39 billion. The
iPhone has shifted to investing in electronic accessories such as Apple Watch and
music, technology applications, video games, videos and credit cards. The number of
users of Apple devices in China increased in the third quarter, helping to increase the
market share for Apple services and the revenue from these products also increased
by more than 10%. Apple CEO affirmed that in China, revenue from non-iPhone
products and services both increased and the damage increased by 17%. Globally,
iPhone product sales fell 12% to $ 25.99 billion after falling 17% in the previous
quarter and these figures are consistent with targets on Wall Street.
4. Suzuki:
Suzuki Motor Corporation, a Japanese automaker, said its net profit for the 2019-2020
fiscal year (ending at the end of March 2020) was down 24.9% from the previous
fiscal, to 134.22 billion yen (1.24 billion USD), due to declining sales in the Indian
market as well as the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Suzuki said its car
sales in India, a key market for Suzuki, were down 18.1% to 1.44 million a car, amid
the country's economic slowdown in the second half of fiscal 2019. -2020. Meanwhile,
its auto sales globally in the first quarter of 2020 decreased by 18.3% due to the
impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. At home, Suzuki sold 672,000 cars, down 7.3%
from the previous fiscal.
5. Starbucks:
Starbucks Corporation attracted more customers in the third quarter of fiscal 2019
(October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019) thanks to the expanded food and beverage
menu in the U.S. and China, prompting the coffee chain to expand. This raises our
earnings forecast for 2019. According to Refinitiv figures, Starbucks' revenue has
increased 5% in China and the Asia-Pacific region, exceeding the 3.45% increase
predicted by analysts. Sales growth in the Americas reached 7%, while analysts'
estimates were only 4.43%. Starbucks now predicts that fiscal 2019 revenue growth
will be near the upper limit in the previous 3-4% increase forecast, while raising the
profit forecast to $ 2.80-2.82 / share. Total net sales for the period from June 4-6 /
2019 increased by 8.1% to US $ 6.82 billion, with a profit of 78 US cents / share.
