Whirlpool sued Gome for defaulting on payment. Whirlpool (China) asked Gome and its subsidiaries to pay for the goods and related losses totaling nearly 80 million yuan, but Gome has not paid yet. Whirlpool sued Gome for defaulting on payment.
Whirlpool sued Gome for defaulting on payment. 1 Whirlpool The dispute between China and Gome is still fermenting. According to the latest news, Whirlpool China has filed a lawsuit with the People's Court of Chaoyang District, Beijing, and has filed a case.
"From a legal point of view, Gome has a large amount of payment that has not been paid to suppliers in time. It is their responsibility as distributors and retailers to pay according to the distribution contract. " On May 12, Liang, President of Whirlpool (China), said in an interview with the reporter of 2 1 Century Business Herald.
With the household appliance market entering the inventory era, the industry profits are getting meager day by day, and both manufacturers and channels are having a hard time. When the group was warming up, the two sides chose to be angry and even went to court, which once again highlighted the contradiction of zero supply in the home appliance industry.
Intensification of contradictions
April 25th, Whirlpool (600983. SH) Announced the termination of business cooperation with Gome with immediate effect. Whirlpool China said that since 2022, Gome's loan default has become more and more serious. Whirlpool China has written twice to ask Gome to pay the loan in arrears, but the other party has not paid it yet. At present, the outstanding loan of Gome Electrical Appliances Co., Ltd. is 66.4909 million yuan, and the outstanding deposit of Gome Custom (Tianjin) Household Appliances Co., Ltd. is 165.438+0.666 million yuan.
The next day, Gome responded in its official Weibo that the company did not default on the payment for goods, but "Whirlpool still owes Gome about 10000000 yuan in various expenses", and led the war to Galanz, the controlling shareholder of Whirlpool China, thinking that Galanz was trying to force Gome to subsidize unreasonable expenses, with the intention of solving the problem through Whirlpool.
In this regard, Liang said that it is a normal business practice for Whirlpool China to terminate its cooperative relationship with Gome and recover its debts through legal means. "This behavior has nothing to do with our shareholders or other factors." Liang said that in recent years, the scale of cooperation between Gome and Whirlpool China has been decreasing year by year. From 20 19 to 202 1, the sales amount of Whirlpool China to Gome was 654.38+52 million yuan, 98 million yuan and 80 million yuan, accounting for 2.87%, 1.98% and1.66544 respectively.
"Gome's sales ratio is very low, and the termination of cooperation has no practical impact on Whirlpool China." Liang believes that this dispute is essentially the choice of mode and the inevitable result of the brand's choice of more efficient sales channels. It is understood that Gome, Suning and other home appliance stores generally adopt the consignment mode. Suppliers pay certain channel fees such as entrance fees, promotion fees and promotion fees, and stores provide services such as display, publicity and product samples.
The reporter noted that as the major shareholder of Whirlpool China, Galanz had had disputes with the channel party before. 2065438+June, 2009 17, Galanz issued a statement saying that since the top management of Galanz visited Pinduoduo on May 28th, the search terminal of its Tmall platform was abnormal, which affected the normal sales. Subsequently, Galanz issued several statements accusing Tmall of abusing its dominant market position. Tmall also removed all Galanz products from the Mao Ning store before 1 1 double promotion. It was not until June 2020 that the two sides "shook hands" and signed a new cooperation agreement.
Channel switching is imminent.
Last year, Galanz officially completed the acquisition of Whirlpool China and became its controlling shareholder. 1995, the "third generation" Liang was entrusted with an important task and took the post of President of Whirlpool China, who was fully responsible for the daily operation and post-acquisition integration of Whirlpool China.
In Galanz's first year in office, Whirlpool China did not turn losses. According to the latest data disclosed by Whirlpool China, the company achieved revenue of 4,935,438 million yuan last year, down 0.26% year-on-year; The net profit of returning to the mother was-589 million yuan, and the loss increased by 293.4438+0% year-on-year; After deducting non-net profit of-668 million yuan, the loss increased by 105.09% year-on-year.
For the decline in revenue, the company believes that it is due to the withdrawal of Sanyo brand in 2020, as well as the reduction in domestic market demand and the great impact of the epidemic. In terms of products, Whirlpool's washing machine revenue last year was 65.438+89.8 billion yuan, down 65.438+02.15% year-on-year, and its gross profit margin was 654.38+02.05%, down 7.66 percentage points year-on-year.
Refrigerator revenue was 778 million yuan, up 22.43% year-on-year, and gross profit margin was 7.4 1%, down 7.84 percentage points year-on-year. The income of household appliances was 1.67 1 billion yuan, which was basically the same as that of the same period of last year. The gross profit margin was 3.7 1%, 8.58 percentage points lower than last year. Motor revenue was 363 million yuan, up 25.04% year-on-year, and gross profit margin was 65,438+06.6%, up 4.83 percentage points.
Regarding last year's performance, Liang believes that although Whirlpool China's performance declined last year, there are still many remarkable places. "We have comprehensively sorted out some historical issues accumulated in the previous period and re-evaluated related assets, including the rapid improvement of assets and liabilities and cash flow of enterprises."
Last July, Whirlpool China established the dual-brand strategy of "Whirlpool+Didu", which clearly distinguished brand positioning and product strategy. In the past year, Whirlpool China voluntarily withdrew from some low-end products and devoted more energy and resources to high-end products, especially nested products.
Liang said, "In some new channels, such as pre-independent family channels, relatively large growth has been achieved. These are not just the sales of individual products, but the sales of refrigerators, washing machines and kitchen appliances as a whole. " It is revealed that Whirlpool China will continue to increase the sales proportion of nested products this year.
In addition to the traditional ice washing, Whirlpool China will vigorously expand the categories of dryers, range hoods, dishwashers, embedded kitchen appliances, garbage disposal, etc. this year, and form a complete set of solutions in combination with the consumption upgrading needs of modern families. In addition, according to Liang, for whirlpool air conditioning, household appliances, small household appliances, water heaters and other categories, the company hopes to centralize the relevant authorizations of all brands in listed companies for unified management after the brand authorizations expire one after another.
Meanwhile, Whirlpool China will continue its channel reform this year. It is understood that in the past year, Whirlpool China voluntarily withdrew from some traditional chain stores, tilted its resources to more efficient offline and online channels, and built its own specialty stores.
In Liang's view, terminating the cooperation with Gome is an inevitable choice for Whirlpool to withdraw from inefficient channels. He said that in the future, Whirlpool China will lay out channels from three aspects: First, omni-channel layout. "All channels should be involved, so that we can know the changing direction of the market instead of focusing too much on one channel."
Second, do something and do nothing. Liang admits that it is unrealistic and unscientific for Whirlpool to completely penetrate all channels, so it is necessary to focus on it and selectively invest resources in potential channels. Finally, there must be self-built or brand-controlled channels. It is reported that Whirlpool China will launch city flagship stores in major first-tier cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Hefei.
Whirlpool filed a lawsuit against Gome for defaulting on payment. The dispute between Whirlpool (China) and Gome, which had previously accused each other of breaching the contract in exchange for compensation, has made the latest progress. Whirlpool (China) said that it had filed a lawsuit against Gome in the People's Court of Chaoyang District, Beijing for a contract dispute. According to the latest statement issued by Whirlpool (China), Beijing Chaoyang District People's Court has filed a case.
Whirlpool (China) pointed out that since 2022, Gome's arrears in payment for goods have become more and more serious. In order to prevent the risk from expanding, Whirlpool (China) wrote to Gome twice, asking it to pay the overdue payment, but Gome has not paid it yet.
This time, Whirlpool (China) asked Gome and its subsidiaries to pay the payment and related losses totaling nearly 80 million yuan, including the contract dispute case against Gome, asking Gome to pay the payment of 66.4909 million yuan and compensate for the overdue loss of 1.3984 million yuan; Gome Custom (Tianjin) Household Appliances Co., Ltd. was sued for contract dispute, demanding Gome Custom to pay the purchase price of 1 1.666 million yuan and compensate the overdue loss of 1 1.8 million yuan.
Earlier, on the evening of April 25th, Whirlpool (China) announced that it had decided to terminate its business cooperation with Gome on the basis of its long-term arrears in payment. Whirlpool (China) mentioned in the announcement that Gome did not pay according to the contract, and there was a long delay.
This situation has been deteriorating since April 2022, and the recent fluctuations in the capital market have led to major changes in the company's management's judgment on Gome's future solvency. It is reported that Whirlpool sent a letter to Gome on April 24, but Gome did not give a clear commitment and arrangement to pay the due amount in its two replies on April 24 and April 25. Therefore, Whirlpool decided to terminate its business cooperation with Gome immediately.
According to the data given by Whirlpool, as of March 3, 2022, the company's balance of accounts receivable from Gome totaled 8,765,438+million yuan, and the net accounts receivable after deducting the withholding discount (subject to the actual agreement between the two parties) was 82.36 million yuan.
However, Gome subsequently issued a statement, saying that Whirlpool's management was chaotic and it failed to fulfill its due obligations according to the contract for a long time. Due to the signing of several cooperative procurement contracts between the two parties, Whirlpool has not reconciled and confirmed the relevant expenses according to the contract for a long time. Up to now, Whirlpool still owes Gome about 6.5438+million yuan for various expenses, and the unsalable defective products exceed 20 million yuan.
At the same time, Gome also mentioned Galanz, the controlling shareholder of Whirlpool (China), in the statement, saying that "Galanz invested resources that were inconsistent with its business ability in the process of cooperation with our company, which caused an embarrassing situation. In order to ensure the smooth development of Galanz in our business ecology, our company discouraged each other many times, but Galanz did not listen to our professional goodwill advice. In order to force our company to subsidize unreasonable expenses, Galanz tried to solve the problem through Whirlpool.
This vortex behavior fully shows that all the problems are caused by Galanz, the major shareholder. "
According to the previously published data, during the three years from 20 19 to 202 1 3, Whirlpool's sales to Gome reached 654.38+52 million yuan, 9812 million yuan and 79.58 million yuan respectively.
Whirlpool filed a lawsuit against Gome for defaulting on payment. New progress has been made in the dispute between Whirlpool (China) and Gome, which was previously accused of exchanging arrears statements.
Recently, Whirlpool (China) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Whirlpool China") issued a statement saying that on April 26, 2022, Whirlpool China released the Prompt Advertisement on Termination of Cooperation with Gome Electrical Appliances Co., Ltd. and its affiliated companies, which disclosed that Whirlpool China terminated its business cooperation with Gome Electrical Appliances Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Gome Electrical Appliances") and the affiliated companies failed to pay the payment according to the contract.
In order to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of Whirlpool China and all shareholders, Whirlpool China recently filed a contract dispute lawsuit with the Chaoyang District People's Court. As of the date of this statement, the Chaoyang District People's Court of Beijing has filed a case.
Whirlpool China said that it has been supplying various brands of household products to Gome and its global stores for a long time. Since 2022, Gome's arrears in payment for goods have become more and more serious. In order to prevent the risk from expanding, Whirlpool China wrote to Gome twice, asking it to pay the overdue payment, but Gome has not paid it yet; Among them, Gome did not pay 66,490,962.42 yuan, and Gome Custom (Tianjin) Household Appliances Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Gome Custom Company") did not pay 65,438+016601kloc-0/yuan.
Whirlpool China believes that Gome failed to pay the goods in full and on time after supplying products to Whirlpool China, and it has been in arrears so far, which has seriously violated the provisions of the purchase contract and constituted a serious breach of contract.
Request to order the defendant Gome to pay the plaintiff Whirlpool China 66,490,962.42 yuan; It is requested to order the defendant Gome to compensate the plaintiff Whirlpool China for the loss of overdue payment (temporarily calculated to May 2022 10, and the loss of overdue payment is RMB/kloc-0 1398402.32 yuan).
Request to order the defendant Gome Custom Company to pay the plaintiff Whirlpool China RMB1166011.51yuan; It is requested to order the defendant Gome Custom Company to compensate the plaintiff Whirlpool China for the loss of overdue payment (temporarily calculated to May 2022 10, and the loss of overdue payment is RMB 1 18066.55).
Earlier, Whirlpool China and Gome exchanged statements accusing each other of payment.
On April 26th, Whirlpool China announced that since April 2022, due to the long-term delay caused by Gome's failure to perform the contract, the payment situation has been deteriorating.
In order to prevent the risk from expanding, on April 24th, Whirlpool China sent a letter to Gome, asking it to pay the due amount immediately. On the same day, Gome replied, but did not explicitly promise to pay the due amount. On April 25th, Whirlpool China wrote to Gome again, reiterating Whirlpool China's proposition. On the same day, Gome wrote back again and still did not make any arrangements for paying the due amount.
As of March 3, 2022, the balance of accounts receivable from Whirlpool China to Gome totaled 87 104003 yuan, and the net accounts receivable after deducting the withholding discount (subject to the actual agreement between the two parties) was 8235802 1 yuan. Based on the above situation, Whirlpool China decided to terminate its business cooperation with Gome as of the date of announcement.
Subsequently, Gome issued a statement in this regard, saying that Whirlpool China's management was chaotic and it failed to fulfill its due obligations according to the contract for a long time. The two sides have signed some purchase contracts. Since the cooperation, Whirlpool China has not reconciled and confirmed the related expenses according to the contract for a long time. Up to now, Whirlpool China still owes Gome about 6,543,800 yuan for various expenses, and the unsalable defective products exceed 20 million yuan. In addition, Gome also mentioned in the statement that the bizarre behavior of Whirlpool China really solved the problem of Galanz (Whirlpool's major shareholder in China).
In order to ensure the smooth development of Galanz in Gome's business ecology, Gome has repeatedly discouraged each other, but Galanz did not listen to Gome's professional goodwill advice. In order to force Gome to subsidize unreasonable expenses, Galanz intends to solve the problem by creating troubles in Whirlpool China. Whirlpool China's behavior fully shows that all the problems are caused by Galanz, the major shareholder.