【劍橋商務(wù)英語高級真題集】進口商業(yè)者的采訪(2/3)
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2013-05-05 04:00
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Though I've mostly done things my own way. But making a profit is incredibly difficult.
Is that because of competition?
I'm not quite sure what the competition is, really. Actually I have to admit I'm hopeless at driving a hard bargain, and I know some of my suppliers are taking advantage of that. So I have to pay a lot, which makes it difficult to sell to customers at a profit.
Are margins the only problem?
Well not the only one. You see, at first I tried selling lots of different products to a variety of small shops, toyshops, jewellers, and so on. But I got very few actual sales. So then I considered supermarkets. I managed to see a product development manager, who seemed interested in my range of specialist food products. But then I heard from the company that they weren't going to order anything, a new buyer had been appointed, and if I contacted them again in due course, they'd reconsider.
What happened next?
Out of the blue, a restaurant chain placed a large order for food products. There was some difficulty about the price, but that was settled.
It sounds like a turning point.
Unfortunately it wasn't. The first consignment arrived from my supplier, I called the restaurant chain to fix delivery dates, only to be told they'd stopped trading. That was quite a blow.
I can imagine.
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