2015年CRI 香港零售销售额下降 但行业更加平衡

 

With a slowdown in the mainland economy and a change of tourists' consumption habits, overall retail¹ sales as of the end of April in Hong Kong are down 2.2 percent year-on-year, with as much as 20 percent plunge² in the purchase of watches and jewelry³.

Tom Gaffney, Head of Retail Sales at consultancy JLL, says the slowdown isn't all bad news.

"A lot of watch and jewelry brands, unfortunately, their margins⁴ have been squeezed by high rents, as a result, looking not to renew some of the locations or move to cheaper locations. This is creating opportunities for sectors⁶ such as cosmetics⁸. In terms of other sectors that we are seeing quite decent growth is electrical, photographical and fast fashion."

Gaffney also says he believes the transforming landscape will make Hong Kong's retail sector⁵ more sustainable.

"Watch and jewelry might be giving up stores, it's been taken up by other sectors. What we will see is in Causeway for example is that rental⁹ drop, that will make way for new brands to take up the stores. So I think the pain is gonna be temporary, maybe another year and a half. "

Causeway Bay, which was once the world's most expensive street in terms of commercial rents in recent years, is expected to cut its rents by up to 20 percent this year.

With relatively¹⁰ sluggish¹¹ local consumption, many brands are looking to the e-commerce market.

Cosmetic⁷ company Lush is one of them.

Annabelle Baker¹² is the director of the company's Asian business.

"We actually are already on Tmall International, a Hong Kong listed company. We found the sales there have been growing rapidly. Obviously more consumers find that. So actually we could see is that a lot of mainland Chinese consumers are maybe buying more online than they are maybe coming to the shops. "

Data shows the number of mainland visitors to Hong Kong during the Dragon Boat Festival this past weekend has dropped by 2.5 percent, the first time in five years.

It's a reversal of the average growth rate of 20 percent for the past three years.

At the same time, starting from this year, top luxury brands like Chanel and Prada are cutting thousands of HK dollars in their prices to consolidate¹³ the market, a rarely seen discount in town.

For CRI, this is Li Jing in Hong Kong.

1 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

2 plunge   

v.跳入，(使)投入，(使)陷入；猛冲

参考例句：

• Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
• That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。

3 jewelry   

n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝

参考例句：

• The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

4 margins   

边( margin的名词复数 )； 利润； 页边空白； 差数

参考例句：

• They have always had to make do with relatively small profit margins. 他们不得不经常设法应付较少的利润额。
• To create more space between the navigation items, add left and right margins to the links. 在每个项目间留更多的空隙，加左或者右的margins来定义链接。

5 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

6 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7 cosmetic   

n.化妆品；adj.化妆用的；装门面的；装饰性的

参考例句：

• These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。
• Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品，所以请尽情微笑吧！

8 cosmetics   

n.化妆品

参考例句：

• We sell a wide range of cosmetics at a very reasonable price. 我们以公道的价格出售各种化妆品。
• Cosmetics do not always cover up the deficiencies of nature. 化妆品未能掩饰天生的缺陷。

9 rental   

n.租赁，出租，出租业

参考例句：

• The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
• We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。

10 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

11 sluggish   

adj.懒惰的，迟钝的，无精打采的

参考例句：

• This humid heat makes you feel rather sluggish.这种湿热的天气使人感到懒洋洋的。
• Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.脚部的循环比手部的循环缓慢得多。

12 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

13 consolidate   

v.使加固，使加强；(把...)联为一体，合并

参考例句：

• The two banks will consolidate in July next year. 这两家银行明年7月将合并。
• The government hoped to consolidate ten states to form three new ones.政府希望把十个州合并成三个新的州。