Gome insiders responded to the suspension of wages: it is delayed and is negotiating financing with Xiamen Jianfa.
CTOnews.com November 4 news, yesterday Gome was exposed to stop paying employee wages, there are media reports, in Beijing Pengrun Building Gome headquarters meeting, Gome chairman Huang Xiuhong said: before the end of December, the company will only give employees social security, will not pay wages, and the future medium-and long-term wages are also uncertain.
According to China Business report, that night, a number of industry insiders close to Gome said that Gome was negotiating financing with Xiamen Jianfa Group. Another Gome insider said, "the company is only reminding that wages may be delayed in the next six months, not that wages will not be paid."
The Gome insider also said that there is nothing wrong with Gome's operation, whether it is the brand or the network, as well as the team's sales ability, and the biggest problem comes from liquidity.
CTOnews.com learned that financial data show that Gome's total retail revenue in the first half of 2022 was 12.109 billion yuan, down 53.5 percent from 19.075 billion yuan in the same period last year. The net profit of homing was 2.966 billion yuan, an increase of 50.3% compared with 1.974 billion yuan in the same period last year.