惨淡的圣诞节过后，英国零售商可能不得不裁员数千人
正文翻译
(Retail sales growth over the ‘golden quarter’ between October and December came close to flatlining.)
（去年10月至12月的“黄金季度”零售额增长接近持平。）
新闻：
UK retailers may have to cut thousands of jobs after bleak Christmas
-British Retail Consortium figures show sales growth close to flatlining, as card spending fails to rise
惨淡的圣诞节过后，英国零售商可能不得不裁员数千人
——英国零售协会的数据显示，由于信用卡消费未能增长，销售增长接近持平
-British Retail Consortium figures show sales growth close to flatlining, as card spending fails to rise
惨淡的圣诞节过后，英国零售商可能不得不裁员数千人
——英国零售协会的数据显示，由于信用卡消费未能增长，销售增长接近持平
(Retail sales growth over the ‘golden quarter’ between October and December came close to flatlining.)
（去年10月至12月的“黄金季度”零售额增长接近持平。）
新闻：
Britain’s largest retailers are warning they could be forced to cut thousands of jobs this year as the industry braces for higher taxes and employment costs after a bleak Christmas shopping season.
英国最大的几家零售商警告称，今年他们可能被迫裁员数千人，因为在惨淡的圣诞购物季过后，该行业将面临更高的税收和雇佣成本。
英国最大的几家零售商警告称，今年他们可能被迫裁员数千人，因为在惨淡的圣诞购物季过后，该行业将面临更高的税收和雇佣成本。
In the latest sign of tough trading conditions on the high street, figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) show sales growth over the “golden quarter” between October and December came close to flatlining.
英国零售协会的数据显示，在10月至12月的“黄金季度”，销售增长接近持平，这是商业街艰难交易环境的最新迹象。
英国零售协会的数据显示，在10月至12月的“黄金季度”，销售增长接近持平，这是商业街艰难交易环境的最新迹象。
For the three months to December – when many retailers make the bulk of their annual profits – the BRC said total UK retail sales growth was 0.4% year on year as shoppers prioritised spending on food and drink over the festive season. Once inflation was factored in, retail sales by volume slid over the year.
在截至12月的三个月里——这是许多零售商赚取大部分年度利润的时期——英国零售商协会表示，由于购物者在节日期间优先考虑食品和饮料的消费，英国零售总额同比增长0.4%。一旦将通货膨胀因素考虑在内，全年零售额就会下滑。
在截至12月的三个月里——这是许多零售商赚取大部分年度利润的时期——英国零售商协会表示，由于购物者在节日期间优先考虑食品和饮料的消费，英国零售总额同比增长0.4%。一旦将通货膨胀因素考虑在内，全年零售额就会下滑。
For 2024 overall, total sales increased by 0.7% from 2023, highlighting a cautious approach to consumer spending as households continue to grapple with higher prices after the worst inflation shock in decades.
从2024年整体来看，总销售额比2023年增长0.7%，突显出消费者支出的谨慎态度，因为在经历了几十年来最严重的通货膨胀冲击后，家庭继续与更高的价格作斗争。
从2024年整体来看，总销售额比2023年增长0.7%，突显出消费者支出的谨慎态度，因为在经历了几十年来最严重的通货膨胀冲击后，家庭继续与更高的价格作斗争。
Separate figures from Barclays show zero growth in consumer card spending in December, as households cut back on essential items and pub and restaurant meals in favour of spending on experiences.
巴克莱的另一份数据显示，去年12月消费者信用卡支出零增长，因为家庭削减了必需品和酒吧和餐馆的支出，转而将钱花在体验上。
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巴克莱的另一份数据显示，去年12月消费者信用卡支出零增长，因为家庭削减了必需品和酒吧和餐馆的支出，转而将钱花在体验上。
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Helen Dickinson, the chief executive of the BRC, said retailers were poised for a challenging year as they faced £7bn of additional costs from tax increases and new regulations planned by the government.
英国零售商协会首席执行官海伦·迪金森表示，由于税收增加和政府计划出台的新法规，零售商将面临70亿英镑的额外成本，这将是充满挑战的一年。
英国零售商协会首席执行官海伦·迪金森表示，由于税收增加和政府计划出台的新法规，零售商将面临70亿英镑的额外成本，这将是充满挑战的一年。
Pressure is mounting on Keir Starmer’s government amid signs of a worsening slowdown in the British economy, with growth on track to have flatlined for the entire second half of 2024.
有迹象表明，英国经济放缓加剧，基尔·斯塔默政府面临的压力越来越大，预计2024年整个下半年的经济增长将停滞不前。
有迹象表明，英国经济放缓加剧，基尔·斯塔默政府面临的压力越来越大，预计2024年整个下半年的经济增长将停滞不前。
Business leaders have warned that measures in Labour’s budget to increase employer national insurance contributions by £25bn from April and a 6.7% rise in the national minimum wage will force companies to cut jobs or pass on the higher employment costs in the form of higher prices.
商业领袖们警告说，工党预算中的措施将从4月起增加250亿英镑的雇主国民保险缴款，并将全国最低工资提高6.7%，这将迫使公司裁员或以更高的价格转嫁更高的雇佣成本。
商业领袖们警告说，工党预算中的措施将从4月起增加250亿英镑的雇主国民保险缴款，并将全国最低工资提高6.7%，这将迫使公司裁员或以更高的价格转嫁更高的雇佣成本。
Clive Black, a retail industry analyst, said he had doubled his forecast for food inflation to 3% for 2025 from 1.5%, claiming it was “UK government policy that is now the prime source of grocery price appreciation”.
零售业分析师克莱夫·布莱克表示，他将对2025年食品通胀的预测从1.5%提高了一倍，达到3%，声称“英国政府的政策是目前食品价格上涨的主要来源”。
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零售业分析师克莱夫·布莱克表示，他将对2025年食品通胀的预测从1.5%提高了一倍，达到3%，声称“英国政府的政策是目前食品价格上涨的主要来源”。
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Retailers including Tesco, Marks & Spencer and Next wrote to Rachel Reeves in November to warn that a £7bn increase in annual costs after the budget would lead to job cuts and higher prices.
去年11月，包括特易购、玛莎百货和Next在内的零售商致信瑞秋·里夫斯，警告称预算后年度成本增加70亿英镑，将导致裁员和涨价。
去年11月，包括特易购、玛莎百货和Next在内的零售商致信瑞秋·里夫斯，警告称预算后年度成本增加70亿英镑，将导致裁员和涨价。
Dickinson said the government needed to take steps to ease the pressure on struggling retailers, or risk widespread job losses.
迪金森表示，政府需要采取措施缓解苦苦挣扎的零售商的压力，否则将面临大规模失业的风险。
迪金森表示，政府需要采取措施缓解苦苦挣扎的零售商的压力，否则将面临大规模失业的风险。
“With little hope of covering these costs through higher sales, retailers will likely push up prices and cut investment in stores and jobs, harming our high streets and the communities that rely on them,” she said.
她说：“由于通过提高销售额来弥补这些成本的希望渺茫，零售商可能会推高价格，削减对商店和就业的投资，损害我们的商业街和依赖它们的社区。”
她说：“由于通过提高销售额来弥补这些成本的希望渺茫，零售商可能会推高价格，削减对商店和就业的投资，损害我们的商业街和依赖它们的社区。”
The chancellor has rebuked critics of her budget for offering no alternatives, arguing tax increases are vital for fixing austerity-starved public services while ensuring sustainable government finances.
财政大臣指责批评她的预算方案没有提供替代方案的人士，称增税对于改善紧缩带来的公共服务，同时确保政府财政的可持续发展至关重要。
财政大臣指责批评她的预算方案没有提供替代方案的人士，称增税对于改善紧缩带来的公共服务，同时确保政府财政的可持续发展至关重要。
Consumer spending has come under pressure after inflation rocketed to a peak of 11.1% in October 2022 after the exit from pandemic lockdowns and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered a surge in living costs, leading the Bank of England to raise interest rates to the highest level in 15 years.
在疫情封锁结束和俄罗斯入侵乌克兰引发生活成本飙升后，通货膨胀率在2022年10月飙升至11.1%的峰值，导致英格兰银行将利率提高到15年来的最高水平，消费者支出面临压力。
在疫情封锁结束和俄罗斯入侵乌克兰引发生活成本飙升后，通货膨胀率在2022年10月飙升至11.1%的峰值，导致英格兰银行将利率提高到15年来的最高水平，消费者支出面临压力。
Inflation has fallen back to more normal levels, but is forecast to remain above the Bank’s 2% target until 2027 – limiting its scope for rate cuts. Households have begun to repair the damage to their finances after a period of wages rising above inflation, but consumers have maintained a cautious approach to spending.
通货膨胀率已经回落到更正常的水平，但预计到2027年仍将高于央行2%的目标，这限制了其降息的空间。在一段时间工资涨幅高于通胀之后，家庭已经开始修复他们的财务状况，但消费者在支出方面仍保持谨慎态度。
通货膨胀率已经回落到更正常的水平，但预计到2027年仍将高于央行2%的目标，这限制了其降息的空间。在一段时间工资涨幅高于通胀之后，家庭已经开始修复他们的财务状况，但消费者在支出方面仍保持谨慎态度。
Separate figures from the audit firm BDO show retail sales in discretionary spend categories grew by 2% year on year in the golden quarter, compared with a fall of 1.6% in the same period in 2023.
来自审计公司BDO的独立数据显示，在黄金季度，可自由支配支出类别的零售额同比增长了2%，而在2023年同期则下降了1.6%。
来自审计公司BDO的独立数据显示，在黄金季度，可自由支配支出类别的零售额同比增长了2%，而在2023年同期则下降了1.6%。
However, it warned much of the increase was driven by online sales, as high street stores continued to struggle with sales growth of just 0.1% in the final three months of the year.
然而，它警告说，大部分增长是由在线销售推动的，因为高街商店在去年最后三个月的销售增长仅为0.1%，继续挣扎。
然而，它警告说，大部分增长是由在线销售推动的，因为高街商店在去年最后三个月的销售增长仅为0.1%，继续挣扎。
BDO said that bad weather and flooding in parts of the UK may have driven consumers to shop online, where sales increased by 20.7%. However, the audit firm warned the struggling performance on the high street could be compounded by higher employment costs and tax rises.
BDO表示，英国部分地区的恶劣天气和洪水可能促使消费者在网上购物，其销售额增长了20.7%。然而，该审计公司警告称，高街企业的艰难表现可能会受到更高的雇佣成本和税收上涨的影响。
BDO表示，英国部分地区的恶劣天气和洪水可能促使消费者在网上购物，其销售额增长了20.7%。然而，该审计公司警告称，高街企业的艰难表现可能会受到更高的雇佣成本和税收上涨的影响。
Sophie Michael, head of retail and wholesale at BDO, said: “Businesses are yet to feel the impact of increased wage costs introduced in the budget which disproportionately impacts consumer-facing sectors. Recent reports note that 170,000 shop workers lost their jobs in 2024, with an expectation that this number will only increase in 2025.”
BDO零售和批发主管索菲·迈克尔表示：“企业尚未感受到预算中引入的工资成本上涨的影响，这对面向消费者的行业造成了不成比例的影响。最近的报告指出，2024年有17万名商店工人失业，预计到2025年这一数字只会增加。”
BDO零售和批发主管索菲·迈克尔表示：“企业尚未感受到预算中引入的工资成本上涨的影响，这对面向消费者的行业造成了不成比例的影响。最近的报告指出，2024年有17万名商店工人失业，预计到2025年这一数字只会增加。”
The government has been approached for comment.
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whatsgoingon350Devon
Raise prices and wonders why isn't anyone buying it. Every time I've been shopping over Christmas I've noticed more and more the quality has either been just awful and not worth the price or they have shrunk the item to the point it's just not worth the price. So instead of cutting jobs, how about making your products actually competitive.
提高价格，然后想知道为什么没人买。每次我在圣诞节购物的时候，我都注意到越来越多的商品要么质量太差，不值这个价格，要么他们把商品缩小到不值这个价格。因此，与其裁员，不如让你的产品更具竞争力。
Raise prices and wonders why isn't anyone buying it. Every time I've been shopping over Christmas I've noticed more and more the quality has either been just awful and not worth the price or they have shrunk the item to the point it's just not worth the price. So instead of cutting jobs, how about making your products actually competitive.
提高价格，然后想知道为什么没人买。每次我在圣诞节购物的时候，我都注意到越来越多的商品要么质量太差，不值这个价格，要么他们把商品缩小到不值这个价格。因此，与其裁员，不如让你的产品更具竞争力。
discoveredunknown
The issue is retail bosses want to eat their cake and eat it. They want to absolutely batter everyone’s wallets with excessive Black Friday campaigns and aggressively advertise, then days later they’re cranking up the heat on getting cash in the till for Christmas - and trying to capitalise on Boxing Day sales. Although the Boxing Day sales craze seems to have waned in the last few years, I worked retail from 16 and during education, haven’t now in like 8 years but it’s fun to look at the trends now from what it was like then.
10 years ago January sales, Boxing Day were probably the big 2 of the year. I think Black Friday trumps that now, but in general I think the public are savvy to ‘sales’ and realise it’s all just a load of shit re-tagged to shift. Black Friday is probably the only decent sale of the year with actual discounts (maybe).
And to echo your point stealth rising prices is scum, I’ve got a bit of a photographic memory and can remember certain things in the shop when I do my weekly shop. Loads of items fluctuate every week some of them go up 40p and such, that’s without getting started on this big club card scam which seems to obviously be a stealthy way to increase the price when it comes off club card price.
On top of all of this every time I go to a physical store to get something, and I try as my first port of call cos I like the idea of supporting a local high street first over a big billion pound company or something. More often than not, they don’t have my size, it’s not in stock, lack of choices, and I often find customer service (50% of the time) leaves a lot to be desired. Why would you choose that over online?
问题是零售老板们想要鱼与熊掌兼得。他们绝对希望通过过度的黑色星期五活动和积极的广告来冲击每个人的钱包，然后几天后，他们就会加大力度为圣诞节筹集现金，并试图利用节礼日的销售。虽然节礼日的销售热潮在过去的几年里似乎已经减弱了，我从16岁开始从事零售工作，在教育期间，现在已经有8年了，但从那时的情况来看现在的趋势是很有有意思的。
10年前，1月的节礼日可能是一年中销量最大的一天。我认为黑色星期五现在胜过了这一点，但总的来说，我认为公众对“销售”很精明，并意识到这只是一堆重新贴上标签的垃圾。黑色星期五可能是一年中唯一有实际折扣的像样的销售（也许吧）。
为了回应你的观点，偷偷涨价是一种垃圾，我有过目不忘的本事，当我每周去商店购物时，我能记住店里的某些东西。每周都有大量的商品波动，有些商品会上涨40便士，这还没有算上这个会员卡骗局，这显然是一种偷偷摸摸地在会员卡价格上增加价格的方法。
最重要的是，每次我去实体店买东西，我都会尝试作为我的首选去处，因为我喜欢先支持当地的商业街，而不是一个价值数十亿英镑的大公司之类的想法。但通常情况下，他们没有我的尺寸，没有库存，缺乏选择，而且我经常发现客户服务（50%的时间花在上面）留下很多需要改进的地方。所以你为什么会选择这个而不是网上购物？
The issue is retail bosses want to eat their cake and eat it. They want to absolutely batter everyone’s wallets with excessive Black Friday campaigns and aggressively advertise, then days later they’re cranking up the heat on getting cash in the till for Christmas - and trying to capitalise on Boxing Day sales. Although the Boxing Day sales craze seems to have waned in the last few years, I worked retail from 16 and during education, haven’t now in like 8 years but it’s fun to look at the trends now from what it was like then.
10 years ago January sales, Boxing Day were probably the big 2 of the year. I think Black Friday trumps that now, but in general I think the public are savvy to ‘sales’ and realise it’s all just a load of shit re-tagged to shift. Black Friday is probably the only decent sale of the year with actual discounts (maybe).
And to echo your point stealth rising prices is scum, I’ve got a bit of a photographic memory and can remember certain things in the shop when I do my weekly shop. Loads of items fluctuate every week some of them go up 40p and such, that’s without getting started on this big club card scam which seems to obviously be a stealthy way to increase the price when it comes off club card price.
On top of all of this every time I go to a physical store to get something, and I try as my first port of call cos I like the idea of supporting a local high street first over a big billion pound company or something. More often than not, they don’t have my size, it’s not in stock, lack of choices, and I often find customer service (50% of the time) leaves a lot to be desired. Why would you choose that over online?
问题是零售老板们想要鱼与熊掌兼得。他们绝对希望通过过度的黑色星期五活动和积极的广告来冲击每个人的钱包，然后几天后，他们就会加大力度为圣诞节筹集现金，并试图利用节礼日的销售。虽然节礼日的销售热潮在过去的几年里似乎已经减弱了，我从16岁开始从事零售工作，在教育期间，现在已经有8年了，但从那时的情况来看现在的趋势是很有有意思的。
10年前，1月的节礼日可能是一年中销量最大的一天。我认为黑色星期五现在胜过了这一点，但总的来说，我认为公众对“销售”很精明，并意识到这只是一堆重新贴上标签的垃圾。黑色星期五可能是一年中唯一有实际折扣的像样的销售（也许吧）。
为了回应你的观点，偷偷涨价是一种垃圾，我有过目不忘的本事，当我每周去商店购物时，我能记住店里的某些东西。每周都有大量的商品波动，有些商品会上涨40便士，这还没有算上这个会员卡骗局，这显然是一种偷偷摸摸地在会员卡价格上增加价格的方法。
最重要的是，每次我去实体店买东西，我都会尝试作为我的首选去处，因为我喜欢先支持当地的商业街，而不是一个价值数十亿英镑的大公司之类的想法。但通常情况下，他们没有我的尺寸，没有库存，缺乏选择，而且我经常发现客户服务（50%的时间花在上面）留下很多需要改进的地方。所以你为什么会选择这个而不是网上购物？
milkonyourmustacheEuropean unx
That's not the problem, the problem is with consumers' diminished purchasing power over the past 4 decades. Things are more expensive or perceived to not be 'worth it' anymore because we have less. Having £500 left over at the end of every month in 2025 is very different to what that looked like in 2005. Wages have not kept up with inflation in decades, and this recent bout of high inflation has eviscerated most people's purchasing power. All of that wealth isn't disappearing, it's being hoovered up by executives, shareholders, and the ultra rich.
这不是问题所在，问题在于过去40年来消费者购买力的下降。因为我们拥有的少了，东西变得更贵了，或者被认为不再“值得”了。到2025年，每个月月底都有500英镑的剩余与2005年剩这么多的情况大不相同。几十年来，工资一直跟不上通货膨胀的速度，而最近这一轮的高通胀已经耗尽了大多数人的购买力。所有这些财富并没有消失，而是被高管、股东和超级富豪们吸走了。
That's not the problem, the problem is with consumers' diminished purchasing power over the past 4 decades. Things are more expensive or perceived to not be 'worth it' anymore because we have less. Having £500 left over at the end of every month in 2025 is very different to what that looked like in 2005. Wages have not kept up with inflation in decades, and this recent bout of high inflation has eviscerated most people's purchasing power. All of that wealth isn't disappearing, it's being hoovered up by executives, shareholders, and the ultra rich.
这不是问题所在，问题在于过去40年来消费者购买力的下降。因为我们拥有的少了，东西变得更贵了，或者被认为不再“值得”了。到2025年，每个月月底都有500英镑的剩余与2005年剩这么多的情况大不相同。几十年来，工资一直跟不上通货膨胀的速度，而最近这一轮的高通胀已经耗尽了大多数人的购买力。所有这些财富并没有消失，而是被高管、股东和超级富豪们吸走了。
NauticalNomad24
It’s almost like bankrupting the middle class, removing public services, making everything expensive, killing the jobs market, and giving everything to the 1% maybe isn’t a good idea.
这几乎就像让中产阶级破产，取消公共服务，使一切都变得昂贵，扼杀就业市场，把一切都交给1%的人，这可能不是一个好主意。
It’s almost like bankrupting the middle class, removing public services, making everything expensive, killing the jobs market, and giving everything to the 1% maybe isn’t a good idea.
这几乎就像让中产阶级破产，取消公共服务，使一切都变得昂贵，扼杀就业市场，把一切都交给1%的人，这可能不是一个好主意。
MuthaChucka69
This and also my parents had expensive furniture, nick nacks and cars where I buy most things second hand and spend my money on holiday and activities. I really don't value physical things like my parents do.
我父母也有昂贵的家具、小摆设和汽车，我买的大多数东西都是二手的，把钱花在度假和活动上。我真的不像我父母那样看重物理上的实物。
This and also my parents had expensive furniture, nick nacks and cars where I buy most things second hand and spend my money on holiday and activities. I really don't value physical things like my parents do.
我父母也有昂贵的家具、小摆设和汽车，我买的大多数东西都是二手的，把钱花在度假和活动上。我真的不像我父母那样看重物理上的实物。
bluecheese2040
Unfortunately, if your schitck is 'the economy is dead' and you say that for years, increase taxes, and continue to talk about how bad the economy is...is there any wonder people don't spend?
I don't blame Labour entirely...but I do, as many Labour people also think, think they talked down the economy a little too much.
不幸的是，如果你的信条是“经济已经死了”，你这么说了好几年，增加税收，继续谈论经济有多糟糕……人们不花钱有什么奇怪的吗？我并不完全责怪工党……但我确实认为，就像许多工党人认为的那样，他们对经济的贬低有点过头了。
Unfortunately, if your schitck is 'the economy is dead' and you say that for years, increase taxes, and continue to talk about how bad the economy is...is there any wonder people don't spend?
I don't blame Labour entirely...but I do, as many Labour people also think, think they talked down the economy a little too much.
不幸的是，如果你的信条是“经济已经死了”，你这么说了好几年，增加税收，继续谈论经济有多糟糕……人们不花钱有什么奇怪的吗？我并不完全责怪工党……但我确实认为，就像许多工党人认为的那样，他们对经济的贬低有点过头了。
Thick-Doubts
I mean, Labour aren’t to blame for the economy essentially being a flat line for more than a decade. If they had praised how well the economy was doing, not only would the press have ridiculed them but it also wouldn’t have changed anything.
I think it’s largely the Tories you want to blame here if you want to pin the majority of blame on a single entity. They had majority control of the government for more than a decade and left us in this state. Pinning any of the blame on a party that wasn’t in government until a few months ago is pretty ridiculous.
我的意思是，工党不应该为十多年来经济基本停滞而受到指责。如果他们称赞经济表现有多好，不仅媒体会嘲笑他们，而且也不会改变任何事情。
我认为，如果你想把大部分责任归咎于一个单一的实体，那么你想要指责的主要是保守党。他们在十多年的时间里控制了政府的多数席位，把我们留在了这个状态。把任何责任归咎于一个几个月前才进入政府的政党都是相当荒谬的。
I mean, Labour aren’t to blame for the economy essentially being a flat line for more than a decade. If they had praised how well the economy was doing, not only would the press have ridiculed them but it also wouldn’t have changed anything.
I think it’s largely the Tories you want to blame here if you want to pin the majority of blame on a single entity. They had majority control of the government for more than a decade and left us in this state. Pinning any of the blame on a party that wasn’t in government until a few months ago is pretty ridiculous.
我的意思是，工党不应该为十多年来经济基本停滞而受到指责。如果他们称赞经济表现有多好，不仅媒体会嘲笑他们，而且也不会改变任何事情。
我认为，如果你想把大部分责任归咎于一个单一的实体，那么你想要指责的主要是保守党。他们在十多年的时间里控制了政府的多数席位，把我们留在了这个状态。把任何责任归咎于一个几个月前才进入政府的政党都是相当荒谬的。
legosneakersfan
The only physical retailer I go to is when I buy food shopping. There isn’t a single shop on the high street I’d want to buy clothes or shoes in, I don’t think I’ve bought anything like that in a shop in maybe a decade or more
The high street is absolutely dead, online caters to specific styles etc, the high street is just bland cater to the lowest denominator crap. Crap chain restaurants, crap chain pubs, costas and Starbucks, no thanks peddling cheap garbage and charging through the nose for it
If I want anything I buy online, they need to massively change what town centres offer because they’re dead and there’s no reason for them in their current format.
我唯一去的实体零售商是在买食品的时候。商业街上没有一家商店是我想去买衣服或鞋子的，我想我已经有10多年没有在商店里买过那样的东西了
商业街绝对是死气沉沉的，而网上会迎合特定的风格等等，商业街只是乏味地迎合最低标准的垃圾。垃圾连锁餐厅、垃圾连锁酒吧、科斯塔斯和星巴克，我丝毫不感谢它们兜售廉价垃圾并收取天价
如果我想要（在实体店）买到能在网上购买的某些东西，他们需要大规模改变城镇中心提供的东西，因为实体店已经死了，没有理由以目前的形式存在。
The only physical retailer I go to is when I buy food shopping. There isn’t a single shop on the high street I’d want to buy clothes or shoes in, I don’t think I’ve bought anything like that in a shop in maybe a decade or more
The high street is absolutely dead, online caters to specific styles etc, the high street is just bland cater to the lowest denominator crap. Crap chain restaurants, crap chain pubs, costas and Starbucks, no thanks peddling cheap garbage and charging through the nose for it
If I want anything I buy online, they need to massively change what town centres offer because they’re dead and there’s no reason for them in their current format.
我唯一去的实体零售商是在买食品的时候。商业街上没有一家商店是我想去买衣服或鞋子的，我想我已经有10多年没有在商店里买过那样的东西了
商业街绝对是死气沉沉的，而网上会迎合特定的风格等等，商业街只是乏味地迎合最低标准的垃圾。垃圾连锁餐厅、垃圾连锁酒吧、科斯塔斯和星巴克，我丝毫不感谢它们兜售廉价垃圾并收取天价
如果我想要（在实体店）买到能在网上购买的某些东西，他们需要大规模改变城镇中心提供的东西，因为实体店已经死了，没有理由以目前的形式存在。
LadyMirkwood
Many stores are dingy, poorly laid out, and uninviting.
And the goods they are offering are either poor quality or frankly uninspiring. I've noticed every Christmas that we have less choice and there's no innovation or care in what is being sold.
Consumers, consciously or not, feel that the companies are putting the bare minimum into their goods and customer service. It feels perfunctory, 'give us your money and leave'.
And if that's the case, you might as well shop online, where its often cheaper and the choice is greater.
许多商店都很脏，布局很差，不招人喜欢。
他们提供的商品要么质量很差，要么坦率地说毫无吸引力。我注意到，每年圣诞节，我们的选择越来越少，在出售的东西上没有创新或关心。
消费者自觉或不自觉地觉得，这些公司在产品和客户服务上投入的是最低限度的。感觉很敷衍——‘把钱给我们，然后离开’。
如果是这样的话，你不妨在网上购物，那里通常更便宜，选择也更多。
Many stores are dingy, poorly laid out, and uninviting.
And the goods they are offering are either poor quality or frankly uninspiring. I've noticed every Christmas that we have less choice and there's no innovation or care in what is being sold.
Consumers, consciously or not, feel that the companies are putting the bare minimum into their goods and customer service. It feels perfunctory, 'give us your money and leave'.
And if that's the case, you might as well shop online, where its often cheaper and the choice is greater.
许多商店都很脏，布局很差，不招人喜欢。
他们提供的商品要么质量很差，要么坦率地说毫无吸引力。我注意到，每年圣诞节，我们的选择越来越少，在出售的东西上没有创新或关心。
消费者自觉或不自觉地觉得，这些公司在产品和客户服务上投入的是最低限度的。感觉很敷衍——‘把钱给我们，然后离开’。
如果是这样的话，你不妨在网上购物，那里通常更便宜，选择也更多。
SoundsVinyl
Thing is retail companies need to start cutting higher management to middle management jobs that are just over spending for pointless jobs. How many managers are out there who sit on their hands, how many job roles are made up for someone or handed out through nepotism? How many jobs have been 'delegated' to the minimum wage worker with no pay increase?
What are these retailers doing to create a unique brand and shopping experience in a world of online shopping to? They are blaming everyone but themselves.
Retail has just grown accustom to stripping their employees of a decent wage and decent benefits and they don't want to give back.
问题在于，零售公司需要开始削减高级管理人员到中层管理人员的职位，因为这些职位只是在无意义的工作上花费过多。有多少管理者是吃干饭的，有多少职位是人为安排的，或者是通过裙带关系分配的？有多少工作被“委托”给了拿最低工资的工人，却没有加薪？
在网上购物的世界里，这些零售商是如何创造一个独特的品牌和购物体验的？他们责备所有人，唯不独责备自己。
零售业已经习惯于剥夺员工体面的工资和福利，而且他们不想给出回报。
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Thing is retail companies need to start cutting higher management to middle management jobs that are just over spending for pointless jobs. How many managers are out there who sit on their hands, how many job roles are made up for someone or handed out through nepotism? How many jobs have been 'delegated' to the minimum wage worker with no pay increase?
What are these retailers doing to create a unique brand and shopping experience in a world of online shopping to? They are blaming everyone but themselves.
Retail has just grown accustom to stripping their employees of a decent wage and decent benefits and they don't want to give back.
问题在于，零售公司需要开始削减高级管理人员到中层管理人员的职位，因为这些职位只是在无意义的工作上花费过多。有多少管理者是吃干饭的，有多少职位是人为安排的，或者是通过裙带关系分配的？有多少工作被“委托”给了拿最低工资的工人，却没有加薪？
在网上购物的世界里，这些零售商是如何创造一个独特的品牌和购物体验的？他们责备所有人，唯不独责备自己。
零售业已经习惯于剥夺员工体面的工资和福利，而且他们不想给出回报。
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Bertie-Marigold
With the cost of living as it is, were they really surprised? A huge proportion of the population are deciding between heating and eating right now.
My family and I are in the fortunate enough circumstance to be able to afford to buy every other family member a gift if we wanted (though we'd definitely feel the hit), but we all decided we don't need random extra stuff and whatever stuff we may need we are all grown up enough to sort it out ourselves, so we did secret santa with a £10 limit and a lean towards using charity shops. That went for both mine and my wife's side of the family and as a couple we spent a total of £25 on Christmas gifts. This obviously ignores any extra or special food that would have cost more than a usual weekly shop. Should we feel compelled to consume more just because the high street is going to cry about it?
面对如此高的生活成本，他们真的感到惊讶吗？很大一部分人现在正在决定是要取暖还是要烹饪。
我和我的家人很幸运，如果我们想给其他家庭成员买礼物的话，我们可以负担得起（尽管我们肯定会受到打击），但我们都决定不需要随机的额外的东西，不管我们需要什么，我们都已经长大了，可以自己挑选，所以我们做了一个秘密圣诞老人，限制在10英镑以内，并倾向于使用慈善商店。这对我和我妻子那边的家人都适用，作为一对夫妇，我们总共花了25英镑买圣诞礼物。这显然忽略了任何额外的或特殊的，会比通常的每周购物花费更多食物。我们是否应该仅仅因为商业街的抱怨而被迫消费更多？
With the cost of living as it is, were they really surprised? A huge proportion of the population are deciding between heating and eating right now.
My family and I are in the fortunate enough circumstance to be able to afford to buy every other family member a gift if we wanted (though we'd definitely feel the hit), but we all decided we don't need random extra stuff and whatever stuff we may need we are all grown up enough to sort it out ourselves, so we did secret santa with a £10 limit and a lean towards using charity shops. That went for both mine and my wife's side of the family and as a couple we spent a total of £25 on Christmas gifts. This obviously ignores any extra or special food that would have cost more than a usual weekly shop. Should we feel compelled to consume more just because the high street is going to cry about it?
面对如此高的生活成本，他们真的感到惊讶吗？很大一部分人现在正在决定是要取暖还是要烹饪。
我和我的家人很幸运，如果我们想给其他家庭成员买礼物的话，我们可以负担得起（尽管我们肯定会受到打击），但我们都决定不需要随机的额外的东西，不管我们需要什么，我们都已经长大了，可以自己挑选，所以我们做了一个秘密圣诞老人，限制在10英镑以内，并倾向于使用慈善商店。这对我和我妻子那边的家人都适用，作为一对夫妇，我们总共花了25英镑买圣诞礼物。这显然忽略了任何额外的或特殊的，会比通常的每周购物花费更多食物。我们是否应该仅仅因为商业街的抱怨而被迫消费更多？
ash_ninetyone
Shopping habits continue to move online, transportation into cities is more expensive and increasingly unreliable, rents and rates are unsustainably higher than those faced by online retailers, quality is getting worse, shops don't have as much of a sextion in these days and/or are priced higher, which feeds into people buying online. Effect is that stores cut staff or stores shut and then people complain that the city centre is dying or that it's been replaced with another charity shop/vape shop/bookies/cafe, etc.
This is more unique to the UK than say, continental europe (where going into the city is much of a social trip as it is shopping) and because city centre living there isn't met with the same level of derision as it is here (though that would help if the city centre living was better value, better quality and not as noisy at night). It doesn't fix it, but it means they've weathered this a lot better.
I don't know if likes of France, Germany, Netherlands, etc tax online retailers higher to subsidise rates for brick-and-mortar stores.
Cyclical and has been happening for the past 20-odd years.
Clothes shopping is something I'd prefer to do in person (because even on the same brands, the fits are inconsistent, and having a wide foot also means I can't trust the shoe size either. Often, I fall into half sizes, and stores rarely stock half sizes higher than 10)... and yet because of all that I'm forced online for that sextion. Then I have to mess about buying multiple sizes, trying them on at home, hoping one fits good, and then send the rest back. All that could be avoided if stores could stock a decent menswear sextion here.
购物习惯继续向网上转移，进入城市的交通更加昂贵，而且越来越不可靠，租金和房价比在线零售商面临的高得不可持续，质量越来越差，商店没有那么多的选择，或者价格更高，这些都促使人们在网上购物。结果就是，商店裁员或商店关门，然后人们抱怨市中心正在消亡，或者被另一家慈善商店/电子烟商店/博彩公司/咖啡馆取代。
这对英国来说比欧洲大陆更独特（在欧洲大陆，进入城市更像是一次社交之旅，就像购物一样），因为在那里的市中心生活不会像在这里那样受到同样程度的嘲笑（尽管如果市中心的生活更有价值、质量更好，而且晚上不那么嘈杂，那就会有所帮助）。这并不能解决问题，但这意味着他们能更好地度过难关。
我不知道法国、德国、荷兰等国家是否会对在线零售商征收更高的税，以补贴实体店的税率。
这是周期性的，在过去的20多年里一直在发生。
买衣服是我更喜欢亲自去做的事情（因为即使是同一品牌，尺码也不一致，而且脚宽也意味着我不能相信鞋子的尺寸。我经常穿半码的衣服，而商店里很少有大于10码的衣服）……但因为这一切，我不得不在网上做出选择。然后我不得不买多个尺码，在家里试穿，希望其中一个合适，然后把剩下的寄回去。如果商店能在这里提供体面的男装选择，那这一切都可以避免。
Shopping habits continue to move online, transportation into cities is more expensive and increasingly unreliable, rents and rates are unsustainably higher than those faced by online retailers, quality is getting worse, shops don't have as much of a sextion in these days and/or are priced higher, which feeds into people buying online. Effect is that stores cut staff or stores shut and then people complain that the city centre is dying or that it's been replaced with another charity shop/vape shop/bookies/cafe, etc.
This is more unique to the UK than say, continental europe (where going into the city is much of a social trip as it is shopping) and because city centre living there isn't met with the same level of derision as it is here (though that would help if the city centre living was better value, better quality and not as noisy at night). It doesn't fix it, but it means they've weathered this a lot better.
I don't know if likes of France, Germany, Netherlands, etc tax online retailers higher to subsidise rates for brick-and-mortar stores.
Cyclical and has been happening for the past 20-odd years.
Clothes shopping is something I'd prefer to do in person (because even on the same brands, the fits are inconsistent, and having a wide foot also means I can't trust the shoe size either. Often, I fall into half sizes, and stores rarely stock half sizes higher than 10)... and yet because of all that I'm forced online for that sextion. Then I have to mess about buying multiple sizes, trying them on at home, hoping one fits good, and then send the rest back. All that could be avoided if stores could stock a decent menswear sextion here.
购物习惯继续向网上转移，进入城市的交通更加昂贵，而且越来越不可靠，租金和房价比在线零售商面临的高得不可持续，质量越来越差，商店没有那么多的选择，或者价格更高，这些都促使人们在网上购物。结果就是，商店裁员或商店关门，然后人们抱怨市中心正在消亡，或者被另一家慈善商店/电子烟商店/博彩公司/咖啡馆取代。
这对英国来说比欧洲大陆更独特（在欧洲大陆，进入城市更像是一次社交之旅，就像购物一样），因为在那里的市中心生活不会像在这里那样受到同样程度的嘲笑（尽管如果市中心的生活更有价值、质量更好，而且晚上不那么嘈杂，那就会有所帮助）。这并不能解决问题，但这意味着他们能更好地度过难关。
我不知道法国、德国、荷兰等国家是否会对在线零售商征收更高的税，以补贴实体店的税率。
这是周期性的，在过去的20多年里一直在发生。
买衣服是我更喜欢亲自去做的事情（因为即使是同一品牌，尺码也不一致，而且脚宽也意味着我不能相信鞋子的尺寸。我经常穿半码的衣服，而商店里很少有大于10码的衣服）……但因为这一切，我不得不在网上做出选择。然后我不得不买多个尺码，在家里试穿，希望其中一个合适，然后把剩下的寄回去。如果商店能在这里提供体面的男装选择，那这一切都可以避免。
kindanew22
The economy is fucked and this government doesn’t seem to have a clue how to fix it.
The more I read into things this country needs a massive structural reform in order to get the economy moving and I’m sorry to say it’s going to be painful for some.
But in a changing world some things must be done.
经济糟透了，而这个政府似乎不知道如何解决它。
我读到的东西越多，这个国家就越需要进行大规模的结构性改革以推动经济发展，我很抱歉地说，这对一些人来说将是痛苦的。
但在一个不断变化的世界里，有些事情是必须要做的。
The economy is fucked and this government doesn’t seem to have a clue how to fix it.
The more I read into things this country needs a massive structural reform in order to get the economy moving and I’m sorry to say it’s going to be painful for some.
But in a changing world some things must be done.
经济糟透了，而这个政府似乎不知道如何解决它。
我读到的东西越多，这个国家就越需要进行大规模的结构性改革以推动经济发展，我很抱歉地说，这对一些人来说将是痛苦的。
但在一个不断变化的世界里，有些事情是必须要做的。
Wonderful-Support-57
If they want an honest answer as to why, they need to look at staff and service.
Prices for most things aren't the only issue. Staff numbers have been cut to the bone, and the staff left don't give a shit in the main, so service levels have plummeted.
The whole point of working retail is to provide a service, and the vast majority of these companies can't do that. Then they complain they aren't selling anything.
I've worked retail for over 20 years, and I moved into a different retail sector years ago, because high street retail has been gutted. It all became a relentless "chase Amazon prices" but completely forgot what made it work.
There's no winner in the race to the bottom.
如果他们想要一个诚实的答案，他们需要看看员工和服务。
大多数商品的价格并不是唯一的问题。员工数量被削减到了最低限度，而留下的员工基本上根本不上心，所以服务水平直线下降。
零售的全部意义在于提供服务，而绝大多数公司都做不到这一点。然后他们抱怨说他们什么都卖不出去。
我在零售业工作了20多年，几年前我进入了一个不同的零售领域，因为高街零售已经被掏空了。这一切都变成了无情的“追逐亚马逊价格”，但完全忘记了是什么让它起作用。
在逐底竞争中没有赢家。
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If they want an honest answer as to why, they need to look at staff and service.
Prices for most things aren't the only issue. Staff numbers have been cut to the bone, and the staff left don't give a shit in the main, so service levels have plummeted.
The whole point of working retail is to provide a service, and the vast majority of these companies can't do that. Then they complain they aren't selling anything.
I've worked retail for over 20 years, and I moved into a different retail sector years ago, because high street retail has been gutted. It all became a relentless "chase Amazon prices" but completely forgot what made it work.
There's no winner in the race to the bottom.
如果他们想要一个诚实的答案，他们需要看看员工和服务。
大多数商品的价格并不是唯一的问题。员工数量被削减到了最低限度，而留下的员工基本上根本不上心，所以服务水平直线下降。
零售的全部意义在于提供服务，而绝大多数公司都做不到这一点。然后他们抱怨说他们什么都卖不出去。
我在零售业工作了20多年，几年前我进入了一个不同的零售领域，因为高街零售已经被掏空了。这一切都变成了无情的“追逐亚马逊价格”，但完全忘记了是什么让它起作用。
在逐底竞争中没有赢家。
原创翻译：龙腾网 https://www.ltaaa.cn 转载请注明出处
G1ngerkat
People on low to middle income have such high outgoings, rent, council tax, travel, food shopping.there is no money left over. It's a fairly basic sum to figure out. I always think of it when I hear cries of revive the high street or shop local. People can only do that if they have money in their pockets
中低收入人群的支出、房租、市政税、旅游、食品购物都很高。没有剩余的钱了。这是一个很基本的加法计算。每当我听到“复兴商业街”或“在当地购物”的呼声时，我总会想起这一点。人们只有在口袋里有钱的时候才能这样做
People on low to middle income have such high outgoings, rent, council tax, travel, food shopping.there is no money left over. It's a fairly basic sum to figure out. I always think of it when I hear cries of revive the high street or shop local. People can only do that if they have money in their pockets
中低收入人群的支出、房租、市政税、旅游、食品购物都很高。没有剩余的钱了。这是一个很基本的加法计算。每当我听到“复兴商业街”或“在当地购物”的呼声时，我总会想起这一点。人们只有在口袋里有钱的时候才能这样做
Vdubnub88
When working class people have no disposable income, no wonder nobody buys anything from businesses. Retailers cut jobs, retailers raise prices, vicious cycle.
当工人阶级没有可支配收入时，难怪没有人从企业购买任何东西。零售商裁员，零售商涨价，恶性循环。
When working class people have no disposable income, no wonder nobody buys anything from businesses. Retailers cut jobs, retailers raise prices, vicious cycle.
当工人阶级没有可支配收入时，难怪没有人从企业购买任何东西。零售商裁员，零售商涨价，恶性循环。
Tweed_Man
A consumer based economy where prices are too high and wages too low to allow consumption isn't working. Well colour me shocked.
一个以消费为基础的经济，如果物价过高、工资过低而不允许消费，是行不通的。好吧，手动大吃一惊。
A consumer based economy where prices are too high and wages too low to allow consumption isn't working. Well colour me shocked.
一个以消费为基础的经济，如果物价过高、工资过低而不允许消费，是行不通的。好吧，手动大吃一惊。
FilthyHore1000
Everyone is waking up to the continuous price gouging and ‘passing on costs to the customer’. Well now you don’t have customers knobbed.
每个人都正在意识到持续的价格欺诈和“将成本转嫁给消费者”。好吧，现在你没有顾客了。
Everyone is waking up to the continuous price gouging and ‘passing on costs to the customer’. Well now you don’t have customers knobbed.
每个人都正在意识到持续的价格欺诈和“将成本转嫁给消费者”。好吧，现在你没有顾客了。
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