东京，10月9日：7-Eleven便利店及加油站的北美分支机构7-Eleven Inc首席执行官周五表示，由于顽固的通胀抑制了美国消费需求，公司正考虑将部分供应链转为内部运营，以期削减成本。
TOKYO, Oct 9 : 7-Eleven Inc, the North American arm of 7-Eleven convenience stores and gas stations, is considering moving parts of its supply chain in-house in a bid to cut costs as stubborn inflation dampens US consumer demand, its chief executive said on Friday.
该公司由日本Seven & i控股公司拥有，由于消费者在通胀上升背景下削减开支，其增长一直较为缓慢。
The company, owned by Japan’s Seven & i Holdings, has seen sluggish growth as consumers cut spending amid rising inflation.
今年4月，Seven & i以市场不确定性为由，将北美业务的上市计划推迟至2027财年或更晚。
In April, Seven & i pushed back plans to list the North American business to the financial year starting April 2027 or later, rather than in the second half of 2026, citing market uncertainty.
7-Eleven Inc新任首席执行官Mauricio Leyva表示，尽管高油价推高了收入，但随着供应链成本增加，且预计中长期内通胀和燃料成本将进一步上升，公司正在探索更多削减成本的措施。
7-Eleven Inc's new CEO Mauricio Leyva said the company is exploring more cost-cutting measures - even as high fuel prices have lifted revenue - as costs increase across its supply chain and as inflation and fuel costs are expected to rise further over the mid- to long-term. “Sentiment right now is that disposable income is being hit across the board,” Leyva, who became CEO in August, said in an interview with media.
Leyva在接受媒体采访时表示，目前普遍的看法是可支配收入受到了全面冲击。
7-Eleven Inc has introduced better value products to attract customers but is reshaping its sourcing and distribution network to cut costs further, Leyva said.
为了吸引顾客，7-Eleven Inc推出了性价比更高的产品，并正在重塑其采购和分销网络以进一步降低成本。
“To a certain extent we’ve outsourced too much.”Seven & i’s CEO Stephen Dacus said in the same interview. “It’s probably time to develop some more in-house capabilities,” Dacus said.
Seven & i首席执行官Stephen Dacus在同一采访中表示，在某种程度上，公司外包得太多了，现在可能是发展更多内部能力的时候了。
Longer-term investments are principally self-funded, Leyva said. An IPO of 7-Eleven Inc in the future would rely on a change in the macro environment, Dacus said, adding that the business needed more time to convince investors its turnaround is working.
Dacus还提到，7-Eleven Inc未来的IPO将取决于宏观环境的变化，并补充说公司需要更多时间向投资者证明其转型策略是有效的。
“The macro environment for IPOs is all AI all the time. As far as retail and consumer products IPOs go, I think a lot of the oxygen has been sucked out by AI,” Dacus said.