美国,购物天堂!
I am writing this article from my house here in USA in Dallas, Texas. I had to make a special trip to USA these past few days to take care of some personal business and at the same time take care of ceramic business issues taking advantage of me being here in America.
我现在在美国德克萨斯州达拉斯的家里面写这篇文章。在过去的几天里,我回到了美国,办理一些个人事情,当然,还借着回到美国的机会,也处理了一些陶瓷业务方面的工作。
There are a few things that I would like to share with you that I noticed these past couple of days that I have been here. You know that I lived in the USA for almost 20 years.
在我回到来美国的这几天期间,我注意到身边发生一些有趣的事情,想和大家分享一下。 你知道我在美国生活了将近20年。
We drove from Dallas to Houston to go to the Chinese Consulate to take care of my new business Visa and then from Houston to San Antonio, Texas then Austin Texas and finally back to Dallas.
我们先从达拉斯驱车开往休斯顿,去中国领事馆拿到了我往来中国的新的商务签证。然后再从休斯顿经过圣安东尼奥、田纳西、奥斯汀,最后回到达拉斯。
We drove almost 1000 Kilometers in a couple of days and it was during this driving trip that I noticed a couple of things:
这几天里,我们驾驶了将近1000公里,也是在这个旅程中我发现了一些事情:
1. I have not seen in these past 20 years so much road construction in the cities freeways and roads and in the highways between the different cities. Hundreds and Hundreds of kilometers of new road construction. This means many things and one of them is that the economy is back!
在过去20年里,我从来没有看过这么多的城市公路和城际高速公路投入施工,动辄好几百公里的新道路要开拓。这里面意味着很多,经济复苏是其中之一。
2. The second one is more interesting to share. I came at the right time to USA. This week is the time when USA celebrates its independence on July the 4th. And pretty much everywhere you go shop there are discounts from 20% up to 75%. Incredible low prices!
第二件事就更有趣了。 我这一次回美国的时机非常好,7月4日正逢美国庆祝独立日,去到任何地方购物基本上都有20%到75%不等的折扣,多么不可思议的优惠啊!
I have mentioned before to many people I know in China that the best place to buy anything now but specially luxury or better brands is USA by far.
我之前有提过,对于很多我认识的人来说,现在中国是最理想的购物地方,但是对于一些奢侈品和其他更好的品牌来说,美国则是更优之选。
USA now is a paradise for any shopper. Let me give you a simple example: One Coach Ladies Bag
对于任何购物者来说,美国现在是一个天堂。让我给你一个简单的例子吧: 一个Coach的女式包
Pricing in China in RMB would be 4,500 RMB, the same bag in Hong Kong may be about 15% less maybe around 3,800 RMB in Europe maybe 3,500 RMB but in USA this holiday week with the discounts they apply would you believe that is just 1,100 RMB, yes just 1,100 RMB, only 1/3 of the price for the same thing for what you pay in China.
在中国大陆价格是4,500人民币,同样的包去到香港可能要便宜15%大概是3,800左右, 在欧洲可能会是3,500人民币,但是在美国的这个假期周里,计算折扣后,你能相信吗?只有1,100人民币,是的,只需要1,100 !同样的东西你可以用在中国三分之一的价格买到了。
And this is the case for most things. My wife was telling me that she bought some stuff for our son. A few shirts and pants and paid 1,200 RMB but she mentioned that the same amount of stuff of the same brand (GAP) in Hong Kong would have been at least 5,400 RMB.
而且大部分商品都有这种折扣的。 我妻子对我说她给儿子买了一些T恤和裤子, 花了1200人民币,但是她说,如果同样的品牌(GAP)同一商品,在香港这个买至少要5,400人民币。
So if you have any plans in the near future to come to USA, make sure you put shopping on your things to do list. USA now is a Paradise for shopping.
所以如果近期你有计划来美国的话,请把购物这一项加入到你的行程清单里面,美国现在是购物的天堂。
It is funny how women just love shopping and when the more expensive stuff is cheap it just becomes a very interesting phenomenon. They never get tired, no jet lag, the money seem to last forever, everything is affordable, they like everything, etc.
还有女士对于购物的热爱真是有意思,当那些很昂贵的东西变得便宜的时候,这就变成了一个更加有趣的现象了。 她们不知疲倦,双腿永远有力,钱看起来永远都买不完,所有的东西都能买得起,她们喜欢所有所有的东西。
Next year in late January o early February SURFACES Exhibition is in Las Vegas and Coverings as well but in April. Las Vegas is also a great place to go shopping. It may not be during a big Holiday but it may be worth coming to any of the shows related to our industry and start saving some money to do some shopping. Just don’t save the money to come here and lose it gambling!
明年一月末或者二月初 SURFACES 展会在拉斯维加斯举行,Coverings 也会于四月在拉斯维加斯举行。拉斯维加斯也是一个很好的购物城市。虽然 那个时间可能不再是假期黄金周,但是去参加一下下各个与我们行业相关的展会也是很值得的。开始为购物攒点钱吧, 但不要将攒到的钱去到拉斯维加斯后,全都输在赌桌上哦!
See you next week in Foshan!
下周佛山见!
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