英国人本应以自嘲著称,但就连他们的幽默感也有限度,英国零售商杰拉尔德·拉特纳在付出一定的代价之后才明白了这一点。
The British are supposed to be famous for laughing at themselves, but even their sense of humour has a limit, as the British retailer Gerald Ratner found out to his cost.
英国零售商玛莎百货股份下跌3.2%。
Shares of British department store retailer Marks & Spencer (UK:MKS 343.60, -9.10, -2.58%) lost 3.2%.
昂贵的劳动力和狭小的空间,迫使英国零售商从集约化食品制造方面寻求规模经济效益。
Expensive Labour and a shortage of space have encouraged British retailers to seek economies of scale from centralised food preparation.
英国零售商协会一背认为,对于零售业而止,最低工资标准的每一次提高都是一场灾难。
The BRC has consistently predicted that every increase in the minimum wage will be a disaster for the retail sector.
昨天英国零售商Next在销售额下滑远低于它此前预期之后,提高了其本年度的盈利预期。
Yesterday Next raised its profit forecast for the current year, after sales fell much less than it had feared.
另外,英国零售商Carpetright公司因本月早些时候所报的利润下降而埋怨其飞涨的聚丙烯成本。
Carpetright, a British retailer, blamed rising polypropylene costs, among other things, for the drop in profits it reported earlier this month.
EFSIS-BRC 英国零售商协会的标准建立的目的是为了确保工厂总是能提供符合标准的产品。
The EFSIS-BRC standard was design to make sure that plant can always deliver product under good standard.
英国零售商协会表示,增加的一部分可以通过让购物者去更近的商店购物而不是去大型的超市来缓解塑料袋的使用量。
The British Retail Consortium said part of the increase was likely to be down to shoppers making more short trips to stores, rather than a single big weekly shop.
英国零售商特意购(Tesco)已经在美国设立了几十个Fresh&Easy食品商店:所有的结账通道都是自助式的。
The British retailer Tesco has opened dozens of its Fresh & Easy grocery stores in the U. S. : all the lanes are self-checkout.
英国零售商协会的食品主管安德鲁·欧派说:“在出售烟草产品方面,零售商的态度严肃认真,但是法律提供的信息矛盾。”
BRC Food Director Andrew Opie said: "Retailers take their responsibilities seriously when selling tobacco products but the law sends out a contradictory message."
英国零售商协会警告称:“许多雇主,特别是那些在零售业等竞争激烈、普遍处于通缩市场上经营的雇主,发现他们的薪资结构受到了挤压。”
It warns: "Many employers, particularly those who operate in fiercely competitive and generally deflationary markets such as retailing, have seen their pay structures compressed."
英国零售商协会警告称:“许多雇主,特别是那些在零售业等竞争激烈、普遍处于通缩市场上经营的雇主,发现他们的薪资结构受到了挤压。”
It warns "Many employers, particularly those who operate in fiercely competitive and generally deflationary markets such as retailing, have seen their pay structures compressed."
海洋保护协会(MCS)说,事实上仍不可能准确报道大部分鱼和鱼产品是在何处被捕。 但是英国零售商协会说零售商们确实给消费者们提供了足够的信息。
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said it is still "virtually impossible to tell precisely where most fish and fish products have been caught".
英国零售商协会(BritishRetailConsortium)公布,英国4月份同店销售额较上年同期增长4.6%,为三年来的最大同比增幅。
The British retail Consortium said same-store retail sales rose 4.6% in April from a year earlier, the largest annual increase in three years.
英国零售商协会的今日发布的一项调查结果显示,7月商店营业额增长速度减慢,零售业销货价值平均增长0.5个百分比,而六月份的数字是1.2个百分比。
A BritishRetail Consortium survey released today showed stores posted slower salesgrowth in July, with retail sales values rising an annual 0.5 percent, comparedwith a 1.2 percent increase in June.
英国零售商协会(British Retail Consortium)今天公布,英国11月份零售额出现增长,除了再次受到食品价格上涨影响外,天气变冷导致服装和鞋类销售增长也是一个重要原因。
U.K. retail sales climbed in November as higher food-price inflation pushed up prices and cold weather boosted demand for clothing and footwear, the British Retail Consortium said.
英国玩具零售商协会主席本·格林说:“我们这样做是为了努力向公众提供有关今年流行玩具的信息。”
Ben Green, chairman of the TRA, said: "We do so to try and give the public information about the big toys of the year."
在市场里面走得更远,譬如英国,零售商的自有品牌占杂货店销售额的40%。
In the markets where this has gone furthest, such as Britain, retailers' own brands account for 40% of grocery sales.
凯蒂是一位商人的妻子,他十分怀念英国大街上的打折零售商。
Katy, a trader's wife, misses the discount retailers on British high streets.
到目前为止,影响主要限于消费者信心而非实际零售额,尽管个别零售商(比如英国的马克斯思班塞)已受影响。
As yet, there has been more of an effect on consumer sentiment than actual retail sales, although individual retailers (such as Britain’s Marks &Spencer) are suffering.
大零售商美国的沃尔玛和英国的乐购计划2007年春天测试这个理论。
Large retailers Wal-Mart in the United States and Tesco in Britain plan to test the technology in spring 2007.
英国玩具零售商协会近日发布了一份列有12种玩具的清单,他们预计这些玩具将在圣诞节期间大卖。
The toy Retailers Association has unveiled a list of the 12 toys that it expects to be most in demand.
健康计划部门将由英国胎儿酒精综合征国家组织管理(Nofas - UK),但由酒业零售商帝亚吉欧赞助。
The Department of Health scheme will be run by the National Organisation for Foetal Alcohol Syndrome UK (Nofas-UK) but funded by the drinks retailer Diageo.
另外,英国最大的零售商特易购宣布,公司网店将先于实体店推出家居用品和厨具的促销活动,而实体店的类似促销将在节后的12月26日开始。
Separately Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, has announced a sale of home and kitchen products on its website ahead of similar offers in stores from December 26.
英国最大的汽车部件和自行车零售商哈福德集团(Halfords Group)股价下跌3.6%,至424.5便士,摩根斯坦利把该公司股票评级从持股观望上调为增持。
Halfords Group Plc climbed 3.6 percent to 424.5 pence as Morgan Stanley lifted its recommendation on the U.K.’s biggest retailer of car parts and bicycle to “overweight” from “equal weight.”
该家英国最大的消费电子零售商表示其2011财年的项目前税前利润预计为1亿英镑(1.576亿美元)至1.1亿英镑之间。
Pretax profit before items in fiscal 2011 is likely to be 100 million pounds ($157.6 million) to 110 million pounds, the U.K’s largest consumer-electronics retailer said.
掌握在英国人自己手中的仅剩下天然气零售商Centrica和第三大公用能源公司Scottish&Southern。
Only Centrica, a gas retailer, and Scottish and Southern, the third-biggest energy utility, will remain in domestic hands.
掌握在英国人自己手中的仅剩下天然气零售商Centrica和第三大公用能源公司Scottish&Southern。
Only Centrica, a gas retailer, and Scottish and Southern, the third-biggest energy utility, will remain in domestic hands.
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