据外媒报道，在近10年零售业的竞争中，新兴网购已迫使全美各地多家连锁实体零售商或关闭分店，或宣布破产。据各零售商于2015年宣布关闭分店的情况，近日媒体列出了今年关闭最多分店的10家连锁零售商。
据报道，美国2014年第四季度总零售额较2013年同期增长了3.7%，其中电子商务跃升14.6%。与此同时，连锁零售业--包括服装店、书店、电子产品专卖店等专门零售商和百货公司纷纷关闭分店，以因应网络购物这一消费趋势。
部分原文报道如下：
While total U.S. retail sales grew 3.7% in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared to the same quarter in 2013, e-commerce sales jumped 14.6% in the fourth quarter. One year earlier, total sales grew 3.8% year-over-year, while e-commerce sales increased 16.0%.
As e-commerce increasingly grabs a larger share of retail sales, several major retailers are reducing their physical presence, including department stores and specialty retailers such as clothing stores, bookstores and electronics outlets. Some retailers saw sales reduced due to strategic mistakes or consolidation through mergers and still others due to over-expansion. According to Dorothy Lakner, managing director at Topeka Capital Markets, “The new ideal store count for a U.S. national chain [of clothing retailers] is 600 to 700 stores.”
原文链接：<http://247wallst.com/special-report/2015/03/12/10-retailers-closing-the-most-stores/>
日期：2015-03-24
