1·The British are supposed to be famous for laughing at themselves, but even their sense of humour has a limit, as the British retailer Gerald Ratner found out to his cost.
英国人本应以自嘲著称，但就连他们的幽默感也有限度，英国零售商杰拉尔德·拉特纳在付出一定的代价之后才明白了这一点。
2·The British retailer Tesco has opened dozens of its Fresh & Easy grocery stores in the U. S. : all the lanes are self-checkout.
英国零售商特意购（Tesco）已经在美国设立了几十个Fresh&Easy食品商店：所有的结账通道都是自助式的。
3·The exit of Mr. Vandevelde, a former boss of Marks &Spencer, a British retailer, came after weeks of speculation about Carrefour's future.
范德维德先生曾任英国零售企业Marks &Spencer的总裁，在他此次出局的前几周，有关家乐福前景的猜测就已甚嚣尘上。
4·Carpetright, a British retailer, blamed rising polypropylene costs, among other things, for the drop in profits it reported earlier this month.
另外，英国零售商Carpetright公司因本月早些时候所报的利润下降而埋怨其飞涨的聚丙烯成本。
5·The exit of Mr. Vandevelde, a former boss of Marks & Spencer, a British retailer, came after weeks of speculation about Carrefour's future.
范德维德先生曾任英国零售企业Marks & Spencer的总裁，在他此次出局的前几周，有关家乐福前景的猜测就已甚嚣尘上。
6·British retailer Woolworths has produced 100,000 souvenirs ready to be deployed to stores if Prince William, second in line to the throne, and his girlfriend Kate Middleton get engaged.
日前，英国杂货零售商伍尔沃思公司未雨绸缪，提前为英国王位第二继承人威廉王子和其女友凯特·米德尔顿的订婚仪式设计制造了10万件纪念品，以便在婚约宣布后的第一时间上架销售。
7·British retailer Woolworths has produced 100, 000 souvenirs ready to be deployed to stores if Prince William, second in line to the throne, and his girlfriend Kate Middleton get engaged.
日前，英国杂货零售商伍尔沃思公司未雨绸缪，提前为英国王位第二继承人威廉王子和其女友凯特·米德尔顿的订婚仪式设计制造了10万件纪念品，以便在婚约宣布后的第一时间上架销售。
8·Shares of British department store retailer Marks & Spencer (UK:MKS 343.60, -9.10, -2.58%) lost 3.2%.
英国零售商玛莎百货股份下跌3.2%。
9·“When youlook at Americans, they shop more frequently than British people and they haveto shop around many more retailers, because no one retailer gives them whatthey want,” says Sir Terry.
“当你研究美国人，你会发现他们购物要比英国人更频繁而且他们必须逛很多家零售店，因为没有一家能提供所有他们想要的东西，”Terry先生说，“如果他们在一个地方就满足了而无需频繁的逛商店。