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It took some time to figure out just the right shopping complex, off just the right highway interchange and just the right dista
It took some time to figure out just the right shopping complex, off just the right highway interchange and just the right dista
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2018-12-01
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It took some time to figure out just the right shopping complex, off just the right highway interchange and just the right distance from Seoul, that could accommodate a 624,000-square-foot store—that is to say, one more than three times the size of the average Wal-Mart Supercenter. It took more time to solve certain mysteries, like how big to make the store’ s children’ s section in a country where kids are often given ample space in the family living quarters. It took more time to figure out how to showcase kitchens that incorporate kimchi refrigerators, a uniquely Korean appliance— and even more time to untangle nuances of the market, like the South Korean’ s preference for metal chopsticks. In all, it took about six years for Ikea to unveil its inaugural store in South Korea, in Gwangmyeong, starting from the first scouting trip.
The lag was typically Ikean. But six years? "The more global, the more complex it gets," replies Mikael Palmquist, the regional manager of retail for Asia Pacific. "We need to get these things right or we will never be taken seriously."
Today the Gwangmyeong store, which is the company’s largest in the world by shopping area, is on track to become one of Ikea ’s top-performing outlets for 2015.
The success is hardly
a fluke
. Ikea, it seems, is a genius at selling Ikea—flat packing, transporting, and reassembling its quirky Swedish styling all across the planet. The furniture and furnishings brand is in more countries than Wal-Mart and Carrefour. China, where Ikea has eight of its 10 biggest stores, is the company’ s fastest-growing market. An outlet in Morocco is coming soon, and there are hints that Brazil may not be far off. Meanwhile, Ikea is going meatballs out in India, where it plans to invest about $2 billion over a decade to open 10 stores.
Getting it right in emerging markets like China and India, where Ikea is well-positioned to capitalize on a growing middle class, is a key factor in its goal of hitting €50 billion in sales by 2020. That’s up from ¢28.7 billion in its fiscal 2014 and almost double its 2005 sales level. Today the Ikea Group has 318 stores, not including the brand’ s some four dozen franchised locations; it’ s aiming for around 500 by 2020.
The phrase "a fluke"(Para. 4)probably means______.
选项
A、an effort
B、good luck
C、an opportunity
D、a necessity
答案
B
解析
含义题。根据题干定位到第四段。原文The success is hardly a fluke.(宜家的成功绝 非……)。这句话承上启下。上文是说宜家开在韩国的光明店经过了六年的市场考察,最 终开店成功。下文讲宜家似乎是营销天才,以及它在全世界更多国家的业务扩张。由此 推断宜家的成功与其重视客户、重视产品质量的精神是分不开的。也就是说,宜家的成 功绝非偶然因素、绝非好运。故正确答案为B项。其他均与题意不符。
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