'it's no surprise that we came in the beginning with an Americanized concept,' said Wal-Mart China Chief Executive Ed Chan.

现任沃尔玛中国公司首席执行长陈耀昌(Ed Chan)说，沃尔玛最初是带着美国化的观念进入中国的，出现这种情形并不奇怪。

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American interest rates would rise as China needed to buy fewer Treasury securities and prices at Wal-Mart would increase.

因为中国只需购买很少的国库证券，美国的利率就会上升；而沃尔玛的价格也会提高。

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The French supermarket Carrefour understandsthis, which is why it replicates local marketplaces within its grocery storesand is trouncing Wal-Mart in China.

法国超市家乐福就了解这一点，在超市中复制当地市场的布局，战胜了沃尔玛。

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Even if any of the major retailers coming to India want to have a vendor network a quarter of the size of Wal-Mart in China, that alone will involve significant automation.

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Chinese billionaires with A-share companies include Liang Wengen of Sany Heavy Industry, a key rival of Caterpillar in China, and Zhang Jindong, the chairman of Suning Commercial, a self-styled Amazon and Wal-Mart of China.

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However, Wal-Mart is having some troubles in China with its local strategies (Read: Wal-Mart Struggles With Local Strategy In China).

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