No-one was exempt: in the 90s, even cheap and cheerful retailers lost out when their stores were used to sell cheaper jeans and anything else the JV partner fancied putting in the shop window.

情况无一例外：上世纪90年代，即使是乐观的廉价品零售商也以失败告终，他们的门店被用来销售更廉价的牛仔裤，以及合资企业合作方喜欢放在橱窗里的其它任何商品。

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Record your song onto CD and take a photo of your partner and get a print shop to create a CD cover if you can't create one on your computer.

将歌曲录制称CD，给对方照一张相，然后如果自己电脑做不了，拿去打印店做成CD盒封面。

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I don't usually go for a drink with my partner after work because he always talks shop, and I prefer to forget about the job until the next day.

下班后，我难得与我的搭挡去喝酒，因为他老是三句话不离本行，而我则喜欢把工作完完全全忘掉，第二天再说。

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He began distributing independent music for online retailers in the late 1990s, setting up shop with partner Scott Cohen.

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The idea is to partner with network providers and create a one-stop shop for customers to buy equipment and get connected.

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He now is managing partner at Integrated Entertainment Partners, a new Beverly Hills shop working to make client products central to TV and movie plots.

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