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英语四级晨读100篇精华版019:Keep Customers Happy让消费者满意 (中英)

英语四级晨读100篇精华版019:Keep Customers Happy 让消费者满意(中英)

19. Keep Customers Happy 让消费者满意

Highqualitycustomerserviceispreachedbymany,butactuallykeepingcustomershappyiseasiersaidthandone.Shoppersseldomcomplaintothemanagerorownerofaretailstore,butinsteadwillalerttheirfriends,relatives,c -workers,strangersandanyonewhowilllisten.
许多公司宣扬高质量的客户服务,但是事实上使客户满意,说起来比做起来容易多了。消费者很少向经理或者是商店老板抱怨,相反他们会向亲朋好友、同事、陌生人以厦愿意倾听的任何人抱怨。

Storemanagersareoftenthelasttohearcomplaints,andoftenfindoutonlywhentheirregularcustomersdecidetofrequenttheircompetitors,accordingtostudyjointlyconductedbyVerdeGroupandWhartonSchool.
由维德集团和沃顿商学院共同组织的一次研究显示:商店经理是最后一个听到抱怨的人,而且他们经常是在发现他们的常客频繁光顾他们的竞争对手后才获知情况。

“storytellinghurtsretailersandentertainsconsumers”saidPaulaCourtney,PresidentoftheVerdeGroup.“Thestorelosersthecustomer,buttheshoppermustalsofindareplacement” Onaverage,everyunhappycustomerwillcomplaintoatleastfourothers,andwillnolongervisitthespecificstore.Foreverydissatisfiedcustomer,astorewillloseuptothreemoreduetonegativereviews.Theresulting“snowballeffect”canbedisastroustoretailers.
“给零售商说这些事情会伤他们的心,但是可以使顾客高兴。“维德集团总裁保拉·科特尼说,“商店失去了顾客,但是消费者必须找到商店的替代者。”通常情况下,每一位不满意的顾客都会向至少另外的四个人抱怨,而且再也不会去光顾该商店。对于每一个不满意的顾客来说,由于负面的评价会使一个商店失去三个以上的顾客。这种“滚雪球效应”的结果对于零售商来说是灾难性的。

Accordingtotheresearch,shopperwhopurchasedclothingencounteredthemostproblemRankedsecondandthirdweregroceryandelectronicscustomers.
研究显示购买衣服的消费者遇到的问题最大。排名第二和第三的是购买杂货和电器的消费者。

Themostcommoncomplaintsincludefilledparkinglots,clutteredshelvesoverloadedracks,out-of-stockitems,longcheck-outlines,andrudesalespeople.
最常见的投诉包括停车、塞满东西的货架、超重的行李架、断货商品、排队结账以及态度粗鲁的销售人员。

During peak shopping hours, some retailers solved the parking problems by getting Moon lighting local police to work as parking attendants. Some hired flag wavers to direct customers to empty parking spaces. This guidance eliminated the need for customers to circle the parking lot endlessly , and avoided confrontation between those eyeing the same parking space.
在购物的高峰期,零售商聘用当地警察兼职担任停车助手来 解决停车问题,有的零售商则雇佣人手持小旗指挥客户腾出停车空间。这些引导使顾客不再绕着停车场无穷无尽地兜圈子,也避免了顾客因争抢停车位而产生冲突。

Retailerscanrelievetheheadachesbyredesigningstorelayouts,prestockingsalesitems,hiringspeedyandexperiencedcashiers,andhavingsalesrepresentativesonhandtoanswerquestion.
零售商也可以通过重新设计商店布局、提前存储贷品、雇佣速度快而有经验的收银员以及销售代表现场解答问题来缓解这些令人头疼的问题。

Mostimportantly,salespeopleshouldbediplomaticandpolitewithangrycustomers.
最重要的是,销售人员应该对那些愤怒的消费者保持委婉礼貌的态度。

“Retailerswho’erresponsiveandfriendlyaremorelikelytosmoothoverissuesthanthosewhoaren’tsofriendly,“saidprofessorStephenHoch.”Maybesomethingassimpleasagreeteratthestoreentrancewouldhelp.“
”那些积极回应顾客并且态度友好的零售商比那些态度恶劣的零售商更可能顺利解决问题。”史蒂芬·霍克教授说,“或许有些事情在A口处门迎人员的帮助下会很容易解决。“

Customerscanalsoimprovefutureshoppingexperiencesbyfilingcomplaintstotheretailer,insteadofcomplainingtotherestoftheworld.Retailersarehard-pressedtoimprovewhentheyhacenoideawhatiswrong.
顾客也可通过填写意见簿来改善他们将来的购物经历,而不是向除了零售商之外的其他任何人抱怨。当零售商不知道哪儿出了问题的时候他们的压力更大,也就很难改进服务。

CET4四级词汇:

preach 宣扬
retail store 零售商J苦
alert 使警惕
parking lots 停车场
clutter 杂物;零乱的东西;v.凌乱地塞满;乱堆放
rack 货槊
monnlighting 业余兼职

CET4阅读单词短语考点:

keeping customers happy ia easier said ffian done
为使客户满意,说起来比做起来容易多了。

该句的主语为“keeping customers happy”,由名词性词组充当,谓语为“Is,,,宾语为“easier said than done”。
eagier aaid than doue:知易行难