Walmart Division Sam's Club Raises Wages For Hourly Associates: A Strategic Move To Stay Ahead In Retail
Walmart Division Sam's Club Raises Wages For Hourly Associates: A Strategic Move To Stay Ahead In Retail
Sam's Club, the $86 billion division of Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), introduced a fresh workforce compensation plan, which boosted pay for close to 100,000 frontline associates and provided guidance for longer-term financial futures.
沃尔玛公司（NYSE:WMT）旗下规模为860亿美元的山姆会员店推出了一项新的员工薪酬计划，提高了近10万名一线员工的工资，并为未来的金融期货提供了指导。
More engaged workers proved productive, offered better service, and were more likely to stay, especially as competition heated up in the retail space.
更加参与的员工表现出更高的生产力、更好的服务，并更有可能留在公司，尤其是在零售领域竞争加剧的情况下。
Sam's Club's new plan proposes increasing associate hourly wages by 3%—6% based on years of service. The plan sets predictable pay increase milestones.
山姆会员店的新计划提出，根据服务年限将员工时薪提高3%至6%，并确定了可预测的薪资增长里程碑。
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With these new compensation investments, the average hourly rate for Sam's Club associates will likely exceed $19, with the potential to earn thousands of dollars annually in bonuses. In the last five years alone, Sam's Club raised the average hourly wage by close to 30%.
通过这些新的薪酬投资，山姆会员店员工的平均时薪有可能超过19美元，并有机会每年获得数千美元的奖金。仅在过去的五年里，山姆会员店的平均时薪增长了近30%。
In July, Walmart Canada raised the hourly wage for close to 40,000 of its store associates amid easing inflation and rising unemployment in Canada. In June, the company announced bonuses for U.S. hourly store workers benefiting 700,000 front-line staff.
今年7月，沃尔玛加拿大在消费通胀放缓和加拿大失业率上升的背景下，为近4万名店员提高了时薪。今年6月，该公司宣布为美国时薪店员提供奖金，受益于70万前线员工。
Amazon.Com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) is aggressively chasing Walmart's U.S. grocery market share by expanding Prime benefits, including discounts on over 3,000 grocery items. Walmart led the U.S. grocery market with a 23.6% market share in 2023, as per Statista.
亚马逊（NASDAQ:AMZN）正在通过扩大Prime会员福利追赶沃尔玛在美国的食品杂货市场份额，包括为3000多种杂货提供折扣。根据Statista，2023年沃尔玛在美国食品杂货市场的份额为23.6%。
Walmart reported second-quarter sales growth of 4.8% to $169.34 billion, beating the analyst consensus of $168.57 billion. At Sam's Club, same-store sales rose 5.2% year over year, excluding fuel.
沃尔玛报告显示，第二季度销售额增长4.8%，达到1693.4亿美元，超过分析师一致预期的1685.7亿美元。在山姆会员店，去除燃油后，同店销售额同比增长了5.2%。
Walmart stock is up 46% in the last 12 months. Investors can gain exposure to the stock through iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (NYSE:IWD) and Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSE:VDC).
沃尔玛股票过去12个月上涨46％。投资者可以通过罗素1000价值指数etf-ishares（纽交所：IWD）和非周期性消费品etf-vanguard（纽交所：VDC）获得对该股票的接触。
Price Action: WMT stock is down 2.53% at $78.52 at last check Tuesday.
价格走势：WMt股票在上周二最后一次检查时下跌2.53％，至78.52美元。
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