Unit3Retailing零售业..doc

Unit 3 Retailing 零售业 retailing 零售 retailers 零售商 shops/stores 商店 outlets 零售商店 retail chains 零售连锁 chain store 连锁店 multiple store 联号商店 multiple retailers 多零售商 independent retailer 独立零售商 shopping centres 购物中心 shopping mall 超大型购物中心/广场 hypermarkets 特大超级市场 superstores 超级市场 megastore 特大商店（售货品种繁多而方式如同超级市场） retail park 商业零售区(大型零售商店集中区域) department stores 百货商店 1 is the term that is used to describe the business of selling products directly to the general public or to individual consumers. Most companies in this sector sell from 2 or stores of varying sizes which are referred to as 3 . In the UK, the retail industry is dominated by large and powerful 4 which are organised nationally and sell a standardised selection of products. These 5 often specialise in a particular type of consumer product: electrical equipment, food, clothing, etc. Their outlets tend to be concentrated in 6 or malls (US) where customers have access to a large variety of stores in the same location. Increasingly, large retailers are operating from out of town locations with parking facilities known as either 7 or hyper-markets depending on whether they occupy a surface area of more or less than 30,000 square metres. 8 such as Harrods in London, are large shops which sell a wide variety of products usually from a city centre location. As the name suggests, they are organised in departments, each with its own manager. Harrods (UK) Limited; department store; parent company: Harrods Holding Ltd. (ultimate parent undertaking: Alfayed Investment and Trust PVT, based in Bermuda). Lead-in Profitable businesses: 盈利的零售企业 High quality merchandise: 高质量商品 Out of touch with…: 与…..不来往; 与….不合拍 The Atlantic: 大西洋 The structure of industry: 行业结构 A big budget: 庞大的预算 Underestimate:低估, 看轻 Aggressive: 敢作敢为的