Long before the new economy made catchwords of speed, customization, supply chain management, and information sharing, Spanish clothing retailer Zara was carrying out a revolution of its own. (46) By translating the latest trends into designs that are manufactured in less than 15 days — and delivering them to its stores twice a week—Zara pioneered a new kind of quick, custom-made retailing that has transformed the relatively low profile retailer into a global powerhouse. Nobody else can get new designs to stores as quickly, says Keith Wills, European retail analyst at Goldman Sachs. "Unless you can do that, you won’t be in business in ten years. "
(47) Not only has Zara—the flagship store of private textile company Inditex— distinguished itself by tightly integrating its design and manufacturing systems, but its clothing has filled an untapped niche. "Armani at moderate prices, " says one Goldman Sachs analys
Long before the new economy made catchwords of speed, customization, supply chain management, and information sharing, Spanish clothing retailer Zara was carrying out a revolution of its own. (46) By translating the latest trends into designs that are manufactured in less than 15 days — and delivering them to its stores twice a week—Zara pioneered a new kind of quick, custom-made retailing that has transformed the relatively low profile retailer into a global powerhouse. Nobody else can get new designs to stores as quickly, says Keith Wills, European retail analyst at Goldman Sachs. "Unless you can do that, you won’t be in business in ten years. "
(47) Not only has Zara—the flagship store of private textile company Inditex— distinguished itself by tightly integrating its design and manufacturing systems, but its clothing has filled an untapped niche. "Armani at moderate prices, " says one Goldman Sachs analys
The telephone that you will use before long will be much more complicated than the one you use today. It will be a video phone, a phone that can transmit and receive pictures as well as sound. With a video phone you not only hear, but also see the person you are talking to. People will be able to hold business conferences by using video phones. Each person in the conference will sit in his or her own office and talk with others in the conference held in other cities. The telephone of the future will be more convenient to use than today’s telephones. You will be able dial almost any city in the world. You will also dial people almost any place in the world, even if they tire in the country. Besides being able to dial great distances, you will have less trouble with busy signals. When you call someone and the line is busy, you can simply have the phone call you back. When the line is free, you will get your call and go ahead with your message. Television will bring chan
A. It will be much more complex than the telephone we use today.
B. It will be more convenient to use than today’s telephone.
C. You will be able to dial great distances.
D. There will be no busy lines.
Before long China began a campaign to get rid of "Chinglish" (Chinese mixed with English). It was decided that Chinglish was a grave illness for China’s development and should be obliterated.
In nearly every part of China, people at home and abroad can see some ridiculous road signs in so-called English. Disappointingly, the language in fact is Chinglish.
Yuan Shixi, a Beijing official taking charge of the campaign, said several months ago "Linguistic (语言) perfection is of more importance with the number of the foreigners rising. "
Not everyone, however, has the scorn (蔑视) of the Beijing government for Chinglish. "One can choose whatever words as long as they can express the exact meaning," explained by a British linguist in an interview.
There exist so many Chinglish examples in the current world that many websites have been established to collect the related phrases, many of which are from English instru
A. removed
B. translated
C. exploited
D. switched
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