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购(Tesco PLC)说，它计划今后五年中将在华销售额提高三倍，至40亿英镑，约合65亿美元。随着其中国业务接近盈利，这家零售商说，它计划到止于2015年2月的财政年度结束时，将它在中国的超市数量增加一倍以上，达到逾200家，包括设在乐购购物中心内的50家。
Associated Press
英国首相卡梅伦（David Cameron）（中）本月早些时候参观北京的一家乐购超市
乐购的在华发展战略包括，通过在购物中心内开设超市进入二、三线城市，如秦皇岛和抚顺。但由于缺少合适的地产，该公司只得开发自己的购物中心，这个名为乐都汇(Lifespace)的购物广场涵盖了一家大型乐购门店以及为其他零售商和娱乐设施留出的场所。
总部设在英国的乐购已经开设了四处乐都汇购物广场，每周吸引了60万名顾客，它计划到2015财年时开设50家，另外还要有30家处于开工建设阶段。该公司将投资20亿英镑用于购物中心的扩张，此外还有来自合作伙伴的30亿至40亿英镑的投资。
该公司说，在截至10月31日的九周中，开张至少有一年的中国店铺的销售额增长了8.3%。乐购2010财年在中国的销售额为8.44亿英镑。它并没有按一个个国家来公布利润，只是在10月份时说上半财年中国出现了小规模的整体亏损。乐购预计其中国业务将在下半财年实现盈利。
亚洲在乐购的销售总额和营业利润中分别占据着约15%和13%，是乐购增长最为迅速的地区。剔除地产利润和其他项目，亚洲地区的营业利润上半财年增长了30%，达到2.28亿英镑。
KATHY GORDON
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http://www.cn.wsj.com/gb/20101123/beu104713.asp?source=whatnews2
Tesco PLC said it aims to quadruple sales in China to £4 billion, or almost $6.5 billion, over the next five years.
With its Chinese operations approaching profitability, the retailer said it aims to more than double its number of hypermarkets in the nation to more than 200, including 50 in Tesco shopping malls by the fiscal year through February 2015.
Tesco─the world's third largest retailer by sales, after the U.S.'s Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and France's Carrefour SA─said Monday that it expects to deliver significant profit in the next five years in China as stores mature and economies of scale are realized.
Tesco's China strategy includes pushing into second- and third-tier cities, such as Qinhuangdao and Fushun, by opening supermarkets in shopping malls. But a dearth of suitable property means the company has had to develop its own shopping malls, branded Lifespace, which include a large Tesco store and space for other retailers and entertainment.
U.K.-based Tesco has opened four Lifespace malls, which attract 600,000 customers a week, and plans to open 50 and have a further 30 under development by fiscal 2015. The company will invest £2 billion in its mall expansion, with a further £3 billion to £4 billion of investment coming from partners.
Sales at Chinese stores open at least a year rose 8.3% in the nine weeks to Oct. 31, the company said. Tesco posted sales of £844 million in China in fiscal 2010. The company doesn't report profit by country but said in October that it had a 'small overall loss' in China in the fiscal first half. Tesco predicted that its Chinese operations will be profitable in the second half.
Asia accounts for around 15% of total sales and 13% of trading profit across the group and is Tesco's fastest-growing region. Asian trading profit, which excludes property gains and other items, rose 30% to £228 million in the fiscal first half.
KATHY GORDON
With its Chinese operations approaching profitability, the retailer said it aims to more than double its number of hypermarkets in the nation to more than 200, including 50 in Tesco shopping malls by the fiscal year through February 2015.
Tesco─the world's third largest retailer by sales, after the U.S.'s Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and France's Carrefour SA─said Monday that it expects to deliver significant profit in the next five years in China as stores mature and economies of scale are realized.
Tesco's China strategy includes pushing into second- and third-tier cities, such as Qinhuangdao and Fushun, by opening supermarkets in shopping malls. But a dearth of suitable property means the company has had to develop its own shopping malls, branded Lifespace, which include a large Tesco store and space for other retailers and entertainment.
U.K.-based Tesco has opened four Lifespace malls, which attract 600,000 customers a week, and plans to open 50 and have a further 30 under development by fiscal 2015. The company will invest £2 billion in its mall expansion, with a further £3 billion to £4 billion of investment coming from partners.
Sales at Chinese stores open at least a year rose 8.3% in the nine weeks to Oct. 31, the company said. Tesco posted sales of £844 million in China in fiscal 2010. The company doesn't report profit by country but said in October that it had a 'small overall loss' in China in the fiscal first half. Tesco predicted that its Chinese operations will be profitable in the second half.
Asia accounts for around 15% of total sales and 13% of trading profit across the group and is Tesco's fastest-growing region. Asian trading profit, which excludes property gains and other items, rose 30% to £228 million in the fiscal first half.
KATHY GORDON
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