
提升整體購物體驗
Setting up a shop on the internet has many benefits.
在網路上開設商店有太多好處了。
set up設立、開設benefit(v.)(n.)獲益;好處、益處(常可抽換為advantage)
No rent is required, and salaries do not have to be paid out to clerks who stand all day in a store.
既無需支付租金,也不用發薪給整天站在店裡的店員。
require(v.)需要;要求salary(n.)薪水monthly salary月薪wage(n.)工資hourly wage按小時計的工資pay out支付all day整天
Then how do the physical stores that are still open in Taiwan survive?
那麼,台灣還在營業的實體店到底是如何生存下來的呢?
There are two ways: lowering costs, or generating more revenue.
有兩種方法:降低成本或增加收入。
generate(v.)生產revenue(n.)營收profit(n.)利潤
Experts say that some store owners who choose to lower costs decide to have a shop in a smaller or less visible space, which charges less rent.
有些專家說,選擇降低成本的店主已經決定租用較小或較不顯眼的場地,這些場地的租金較低。
expert(n.)專家、行家visible(adj.)可見的、顯眼的charge(v.)收費、要價(charge~for+服務、商品)
Less visible spaces include places that are not on the first floor and places whose entrances are hidden in alleys.
不顯眼的場地包括不在一樓的地方以及入口隱藏在巷子裡的地方。
hidden(adj.)隱藏的alley(n.)巷子
Some shop owners have even tried to turn to self-service models, which remove the need for in-store clerks, in order to lower costs.
有些店家甚至嘗試轉向自助式經營模式,從而省去店內店員的需求。
turn to轉向、訴諸self-service(adj.)自助self-service salad bar自助沙拉吧model(n.)模式remove(v.)移除、免除need(n.)必要、需要(+不定詞或+for+名詞)in-store(adj.)店內的in order to do sth.為了要做某事
Stores that want to generate more revenue need to gain more customers — and keep them.
想要增加收入的商店必須吸引更多顧客——並留住他們。
Eslite has been setting up its “Eslite Spectrum” stores in Taiwan since 2021 to sell a wide range of products and improve the entire shopping experience.
自2021年以來,誠品一直在台灣設立「誠品生活」商店,試圖銷售各種產品並提升整體購物體驗。
spectrum(n.)光譜range(n.)範圍a wide range of各種、一系列的experience(n.)經驗;體驗
Shoppers will stay in the shop for longer periods of time, and this will make them more likely to buy things.
購物者將在店裡停留的時間更長,而這將使他們更有可能購買東西。
shopper(n.)購物者shop(v.)(n.)購物;商店make sb. OC使~變得~
Companies that own shopping malls have noticed this effect, and therefore are allowing more drink stores and restaurants to do business in their buildings.
經營購物中心的企業注意到了這種效應,因此允許更多飲品店和餐廳在他們的商場營業。
mall(n.)購物中心notice(v.)注意effect(n.)效果、效應allow sb. to do sth.允許~做~