⑴ 继续帮忙翻译这段英文,还是关于苹果电脑的,谢谢!
The
opening
will
mark
the
fifth
anniversary
of
the
day
that
Apple
opened
its
first
retail
store
to
heavy
criticism.
Selling
computers
in
a
branded
store
couldn’t
be
done
profitably,
the
critics
said.
Gateway's
(GTW)experiment
with
selling
its
own
brand
of
computer
in
Gateway
Country
retail
stores
was
less
than
successful.
After
several
years
Gateway
admitted
defeat,
and
closed
the
last
of
its
Gateway
Country
outlets
in
2004
amid
heavy
losses.
此次开业将正值苹果公司开设第一家零售店的五周年纪念日,当年开业之时,曾招来批评无数."开品牌店卖电脑不会赢利",批评家们说.当初,盖特威尝试用盖特威全国零售店的形式卖自有品牌的电脑就不太成功.几年后,盖特威承认失败,并于2004年关掉盖特威全国销售网的最后一家店铺,期间可谓损失残重.
What’s
the
verdict
on
Apple’s
retail?
The
critics
have
been
silenced.
In
Apple’s
fiscal
2005,
retail
sales
amounted
to
just
shy
of
$2.4
billion
--
about
17%
of
sales.
And
Apple
stores
were
the
place
where
609,000
Macintosh
computers
were
sold.
During
that
period
each
store
brought
in
an
average
of
$22.4
million
in
sales,
or
about
$4,000
per
square
foot.
Overall
the
retail
unit
turned
in
a
$151
million
profit.
Now
we’ll
see
what
Apple
can
do
with
some
of
the
best
shopping
real
estate
in
the
world.
给苹果公司的零售做出什么样的定论?批评家们对此一直缄口不言.在2004财政年度,苹果公司的零售额还不足24亿美元,大约占销售总额的17%.苹果零售店共卖出609,000台Macintosh
电脑.在此期间,每间店铺平均完成2240万的销售收入,每平方英呎的销售额约为4000美元.所有零售单位累计赢利一亿五千一百万美元.现在,苹果与世界上一些最好的购物地产商会有什么合作,我们将试目以待.