Wal-Mart、Bharti将携手于印度开设零售卖场

The chairman of Indian telecommunications company Bharti Enterprises has announced a joint¹ venture with Wal-Mart that will let the American superstore chain open hundreds of Wal-mart stores in India over the next five years. Large retailers³ such as Wal-Mart, France's Carrefour, and England's Tesco have been looking for ways to get around Indian regulations to take advantage of the fast-growing market there. Wal-Mart has recently pulled out of South Korea and Germany, where they failed to adapt to the local cultures, but Bharti's knowledge of Indian consumers should make things easier for Wal-Mart in that country. According to Bharti chairman Sunil Mittal, "It is the last and a very big frontier. Brazil is done. China is done. This is the last Shangri-la of retail². Where will Tesco or Wal-Mart get their growth? Here."

1 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

2 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。

3 retailers   

零售商，零售店( retailer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
• Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。