With the exception of department stores, the crisis has therefore confirmed one old truth: that families are best of all at shopkeeping.

因此，这场危机验证了一个老道理：在守店方面，还是家族最厉害。除了百货商店以外。

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With the exception of department stores (see article), the crisis has therefore confirmed one old truth: that families are best of all at shopkeeping.

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For Booker, a 159-year-old British firm that started off as a sugar producer in South America, it meant anticipating the nationalisation of its core business and moving into shipping and shopkeeping.

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