Europe and Asia, led by Britain and South Korea, remain the best-performing markets with the US and Spain - traditionally a big market for the brand - recording large falls.

在英国和韩国带领下的欧洲和亚洲仍然是表现最好的市场，与此同时，该品牌的传统大市场——美国和西班牙的销售大幅下挫。

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With a vast territory and a huge population, South Asia abounds in natural resources and market potentials.

南亚地域辽阔，人口众多，自然资源丰富，市场潜力巨大。

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Another factor in Tesco’s success in South-East Asia was its choice of local partners, says Kelvin Chan of Euromonitor, a market-research firm.

欧洲商情市场调研公司的陈凯文认为，特易购在东南亚成功的另一个因素，是它对当地合作伙伴的选择。

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It is considered a gateway to South East Asia, being a smaller market of five million people which investors use as a place to park their money but then invest in much bigger markets in the region such as Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

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Before Asia's economic slump in 1997, Indonesia had become Australia's second-biggest export market in South-East Asia.

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That is cheaper than South Korea, usually the least expensive market in the Asia-Pacific region.

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