英国超市特易购拟在美国扩张
Tesco reveals plans for chain of US stores
英国最大的超市集团特易购( Tesco)将在美国开店,每年支出2.5亿英镑在美国西海岸发展便利连锁店。公司预计该业务经营到第2年年底将盈利。
Tesco, the UK’s largest supermarket group(集团), is setting up shop(固定搭配,开店,写作时能用) in the US, spending £250m a year to develop a chain of convenience stores(便利店,掌握) on the west coast that it expects will be profitable by the end of the second full year of operations.【您现在阅读的文章来自“中国人才指南网”,请记住我们的永久域名:www.cnrencai.com 】
该集团占领了英国超过30%的国内市场,并计划明年在美国开出第一批店,店面将效仿其Tesco Express便利店的形式。
The group, which has cornered(占领,熟词僻义,不过翻译成席卷,雄霸也许更好) more than 30 per cent of its domestic market, plans to open the first stores there next year in a format(模式) modelled on(固定词组,模仿,掌握) its Tesco Express convenience stores.
特易购目前在包括中国在内的13个国家开展经营,国际业务占其销售和利润的五分之一左右。在英国,该集团的主导地位正受到越来越大的反对。
Tesco, facing growing opposition(反对,翻译的好) to its dominant position in the UK and its expansion in some overseas markets, already operates in 13 countries including China. The group’s international operations account for about a fifth of sales and profits.
通过进入美国市场,特易购将得以进入全球最大的消费经济体和人口第三大的市场。
By entering the US it is gaining access to(重要词组,掌握) the world’s biggest consumer economy and the third largest population.(译者/李裕)
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