商业周刊:打破所有规则的零售商(1)
日期:2019-05-21 14:28

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A Retailer Breaks All the Rules
打破所有规则的零售商
Don Quijote won a cult following in Japan by giving local stores unprecedented control. Can that strategy work internationally?
日本的折扣连锁店唐吉诃德,通过给予当地店铺前所未有的控制权,赢得了日本人的推崇nxzB@gQcfncchggCYzT。如果在全球范围应用这种策略,能否奏效?
Entering a branch of Don Quijote, the ubiquitous Japanese discount chain, can be a jarring experience.
唐吉诃德遍布日本各地,步入他的分店,可能会让你有一种不愉快的感受ICu%k_Usj0jHHS,p)O
At the entrance of every location is an array of exotic fish that would put many pet stores to shame.
在每家店的入口处都摆放着大量奇特的鱼,这会让许多宠物商店感到心生惭愧6_Nh0#xMI&lovXT
It might feel like a drugstore inside, with rows of obscure unguents—think cream for damaged skin made from fish roe—for sale.
你可能感觉它内部看起来像个药店,放着一排排不起眼的软膏,想象一下它会出售用鱼子制成的治疗受损皮肤的乳膏;L[q%1JsHhq*
Go upstairs, and every floor takes on a different identity: a clothing shop with rows of kitschy shirts next to a boutique area with Coach bags, then an electronics shop that sells iPhone accessories as well as cassette tapes.
走到楼上看,每层都各具特色:服装店中放着几排时髦的衬衫,旁边是一家出售包包的精品店,接着是一家出售苹果手机配件和磁带的电子商店=oc*_t;W!J

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For years, Don Quijote—an unclassifiable seller of everything from humidifiers to sex toys—has been a cult phenomenon in Japan, favored by the cashstrapped households of the so-called recession generation.
唐吉诃德不对商品进行分类,其出售的商品从加湿器到性玩具,应有尽有N^J.IieG%6&P。多年来,唐吉诃德在日本一直备受手头紧缺的家庭青睐,这些家庭是所谓的衰退的一代v;NNoATkZ^
Now it's big business. Thanks largely to the discounter's rabid fan base, its parent company, Tokyo-based Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp., is on track to become Japan's fifth-largest retailer,
现在,这家折扣店已经发展成为大公司Rf6u|PPKAeJ。得益于狂热的粉丝群体,其位于东京的母公司泛太平洋国际控股公司,有望成为日本第五大零售商xYFh#r*)W%Cq0+1tS^Bq
with revenue likely to reach 1.4 trillion yen ($12.5 billion) in the fiscal year ending June 30.
在截至于6月30日的财政年度里,其营业额有望达到1.4万亿日元(125亿美元)GV,bqILF8K
That's a remarkable feat for a chain that barely sells online and does almost no conventional marketing.
对于几乎未进行在线销售,而且不怎么实施传统营销模式的连锁店来说,这是一个了不起的壮举&6aPw;F0@,z]]AlJmW[n
Now Don Quijote is trying to come up with a strategy to take its unique formula across Asia, eyeing locations in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines to add to recent experiments in Singapore and Thailand.
目前,唐吉诃德正试图制定一项策略,让其独特的经营做法遍布亚洲Llv]#;w]IpYN。最近,他们在新加坡和泰国尝试开办新店,他们还将瞄准香港、印度尼西亚、马来西亚和菲律宾等地u1x)ag*K8Y1tom
Chief Executive Officer Koji Ohara and founder Takao Yasuda are betting that an only-in-Japan retail phenomenon can translate abroad and buck the trend toward online shopping that's hobbled merchants worldwide.
首席执行官Koji Ohara和创始人Takao Yasuda认为,可以把这种日本独特的零售热潮带到海外,它将逆转全球范围内因网络购物而陷入困境的零售商fKq~^VSPT6

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重点讲解

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I was confronted with an array of knobs, levers, and switches.

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2.for sale 待售;供出售

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All the exhibits for sale here are new products.

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Thanks to that job I became an avid reader.

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重点单词
  • coachn. 大巴,教练;(火车)客车车厢,四轮马车,经济舱 v
  • ubiquitousadj. 到处存在的,遍在的
  • phenomenonn. 现象,迹象,(稀有)事件
  • buckn. (美元)块钱 n. 钱,鹿皮,(鹿皮等)制物,小伙
  • fiscaladj. 财政的,国库的
  • unprecedentedadj. 空前的,前所未有的
  • discountn. 折扣,贴现率 vt. 打折扣,贴现,不重视,不全信
  • basen. 基底,基础,底部,基线,基数,(棒球)垒,[化]碱
  • arrayn. 数组,(陈)排列,大批,一系列 vt. 排列,布署
  • retailn. 零售 vt. 零售,传述 adv. 以零售形式