The symbol consumption doesn't refer to the consuming goods, but the symbol value of the consuming goods.

符号消费指向的不是消费物自身，而是物所承载的符号价值，即其体现的消费者的身份、地位和品味。

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Similarly, as a seller of world fast consuming goods, giant chain of retail enterprises also face with the tremendous challenge.

同样，作为世界快速消费品销售的零售连锁业巨头企业，也面临着巨大的挑战。

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Perhaps it is out of the deep non fulfillment that humans try and fill themselves by consuming goods and collecting more and more objects as well as focus upon the media and television.

或许在无实现感觉的底部，人类尝试并用消费来填满自己，收集越来越多的财产，也聚焦于看电影与电视上。

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Tough talk about increasing or even maintaining a high price, encourages consumers to invest in lower energy consuming goods (cars, generally), thereby reducing future demand.

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Worse still, most of these jobs came from the goods-consuming service sector rather than the goods-producing manufacturing sector (which lost another 6, 000 jobs).

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If the numbers of idle workers climb because of the severity of the recession, the situation aggravates accordingly: less saleable goods available among consuming competitors.

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