The retail industry -- e.g., clothing stores, grocers, and hardware shops -- understands the cost of keeping a large inventory.

零售业——例如服装商场、杂货店和五金店——可以理解维持一个庞大的库存所需要的花费。

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Or: you are a very famous American company, and you worry that you've tied up too much capital keeping inventory for retail stores at several supply depots in America.

又或者：你是一家知名的美国企业，为了保证美国的仓库里有足够的商店产品存货，你担心你已经占用了太多资金。

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Whereas American stores are good at moving goods hundreds ofmiles and keeping them cheap, British retailers specialise in regular, frequentdeliveries to heaving city-centre stores.

当美国商店善于将商品从百里之外运送过来并保持低价时，英国零售商专注于有规律、频繁地为市中心商店供货以保证其运营。

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Retail Federation, 83% of stores are keeping their return policies the same this year while 13% are tightening them particularly when the returns are on electronics.

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Those selling the goods say upgrades to new models and more memory, particularly on laptops, is keeping stores humming this month.

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Brighter lighting, improved displays and wider aisles of refurbished stores are succeeding in keeping shoppers in the store longer, according to America's Research Group president Britt Beemer.

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