沃尔玛效应

他表示：我们将此归因于沃尔玛效应（Wal-MartEffect）：欧美消费者大量减少购物，但同时他们也逐渐转向购买每种类别中价格最低的商品，这些商品几乎必然来自中国。

We attribute this to what we 've been calling the Wal-Mart effect : US and European consumers are buying much less stuff , but they are increasingly down-shifting to the lowest-priced good in every category , which is almost inevitably from China .

零售业的沃尔玛效应

Retail : the Wal-Mart Effect

主要的原因就在于所谓的“沃尔玛效应”（Wal-Marteffect）。

The main reason has to do with what some call the Wal-Mart effect .

美国经济学家谈论有益的“沃尔玛效应”，即无处不在的廉价供应链对抑制物价起到的作用。

Economists in America talk about the beneficial " Walmart effect " that the ubiquitous cheap chain has had on curbing prices .

经济学家认为，越南或许受益于新的沃尔玛（Wal-Mart）效应，即西方消费者从昂贵的品牌产品，转向越南等国家擅长制造的较廉价产品。

Economists think Vietnam might be benefiting from a new Wal-Mart effect by which western consumers switch from expensive branded products to cheaper goods in which countries such as Vietnam excel .

作为描写美国零售商沃尔玛（wal-mart）崛起历程的几本新书之一，《沃尔玛效应》（thewal-marteffect）也面临类似的担心。

A similar concern applied to the Wal-Mart effect , one of several recent books on the rise of the US retailer .