哎？Costco在上海开业一周遭会员们疯狂退卡( 五 )_

尽管上海实体店开业是声势浩大，这家美国零售商是否可以长期坚持下去有待时间的检验。它不仅要与沃尔玛等全球竞争对手以及像阿里巴巴和京东这样的中国大企业竞争，还要考虑到中国经济的快速变化和不断增长的线零售业。

Via CNN

福布斯杂志也对Costco的未来打了一个问号。

And with much smaller homes Chinese consumers may not be as open to the idea of one-gallon jars of mayonnaise and 36-packs of toilet paper．

由于家庭规模小得多，一加仑（约等于3.8升）蛋黄酱和36包卫生纸可能不会吸引中国消费者。

Taking any business model from one culture to another has been troublesome， no matter the direction． Overseas operations from Britain’s Tesco to Japan’s Takashimaya to， yes， Carrefour have all failed miserably when they’ve tried to launch U.S． operations—even as Germany’s Aldi and Lidl are having success here．