CNN News: 天才也救不了美國零售巨頭西爾斯

Which of these American companies was founded first?

下面哪個(gè)美國公司是最先成立的?

Sears, Ford, Walmart or Harley-Davidson?

西爾斯百貨、福特、沃爾瑪超市還是哈利—戴維森?

Sears, Roebuck & Company was founded back in 1893, making it the oldest company on this list.

西爾斯成立于1893年，是以上中歷史最悠久的公司。

AZUZ: From a mail order business that sold discounted goods to rural farmers in the late 1800s, to an extensive retail store network that helped furnished the suburban homes of World War II veterans, Sears grew to become like the Wal-Mart or Amazon of its day. It was once America’s largest retailer and business employer.

西爾斯從19世紀(jì)末期向農(nóng)民郵購起家的零售公司發(fā)展為幫助二戰(zhàn)時(shí)期的老兵裝修郊區(qū)的房子的廣泛的網(wǎng)絡(luò)零售商店。西爾斯成為當(dāng)時(shí)的沃爾瑪或亞馬遜。它曾是美國最大的零售商和商業(yè)雇主。

But the 21st century hasn’t been a good one for the company. Since shortly after it emerged with Kmart in 2005, Sears Holdings which includes the two companies has been on the decline. It had more than 350,000 employees in 2006. Today, it has less than half that number. It lost more than $2 billion in the fiscal year that ended in January and it hasn’t turned a yearly profit since 2010.

但是21世紀(jì)該公司的發(fā)展勢頭并不好。2005年，西爾斯公司被美國凱馬特(Kmart)并購。

包括兩個(gè)公司的西爾斯控股公司股價(jià)下降。2006年，其擁有3.5萬員工。但是現(xiàn)在，其員工數(shù)量還不足當(dāng)時(shí)的一半。截止到今年1月份財(cái)政年度損失20億美元。自2010年，并未有過年度盈利。

Now, Sears Holdings is telling investors it’s not sure if they can stay in business. It’s trying to get loans and sell assets, like its Kenmore Appliance brand. And Sears says it believes it can still turn things around. But because its future is in doubt, shares in the company on the stock market took a hit yesterday.

現(xiàn)在西爾斯正在向投資者傳達(dá)這樣的信號(hào)，可能會(huì)面臨破產(chǎn)。西爾斯打算出售Kenmore家電品牌等資產(chǎn)，以獲得貸款。但西爾斯相信仍可以渡過難關(guān)，扭轉(zhuǎn)乾坤。但是其前途未卜，昨日，該公司股價(jià)繼續(xù)下跌。