While American credit cards use the 40-year-old magstripe technology to process transactions, much of the rest of the world uses smarter cards with a technology called EMV ( short for Europay, MasterCard, Visa) that employs a chip embedded in the card plus a customer PIN ( personal identification number) to authenticate every transaction on the spot.

The poll of 2000 men and women by Marks and Spencer found that 15 per cent of adults say outfit drama has often ruined their mood for the rest of the day.

马克斯和斯宾塞对2000名男女做了一个调查。据调查结果显示，其中15%的人表示，“今天穿什么”这件事经常会毁了他们那一整天的心情。

Two other retailers, Marks& Spencer and Asda, come fourth and ninth respectively in the UK ranking.

另两家零售商玛莎百货（marks&spencer）和阿斯达（asda）在英国排名分列第四和第九位。

When Sir Terry was appointed to the top job, Tesco was struggling in third place in Britain's supermarket hierarchy behind Sainsbury's and Marks& Spencer.

当特里爵士被任命这个最高职位时，乐购正在英国的超级市场领军集团中的第三位苦苦挣扎，在它前面的是Sainsbury和玛莎百货。

Marks and Spencer's stocks Fair Trade cotton items as well as food items.

马莎百货则有售公平贸易衣服及食物。

Marks Spencer has agreed to make the packaging of all of its toys gender neutral by spring 2014, after customers complained that it was marketing items according to stereotypes.

据英国《卫报》报道，玛莎百货同意在2014年春季之前为所有的玩具换上性别中立的包装。此前顾客抱怨玛莎百货根据性别成见进行市场营销。

So the apparent renaissance of Marks and Spencer, which last week reported strong recovery in sales and profits, may be an exception to the rule.

因此，明显正在复兴的玛莎百货（Marks and Spencer）可能是个例外。该公司上周公告称，其销售额和利润实现强劲复苏。

Marks& Spencer recently hired model Linda Evangelista to launch its new range.

玛莎百货最近聘请模特儿琳达·埃万杰利斯塔为其发布新系列产品。

He said that in his view Esquire was more honest than many titles, citing the anti-feminist example of a newspaper using a picture of model Naomi Campbell next to a financial story because she shopped at Marks Spencer once.

他表示在他看来《时尚先生》比许多杂志更诚实的，援引报纸上用模特娜奥米•坎贝尔反女权主义的事例因为她曾在玛莎百货购物。

In July, the government agreed to double, to$ 43, the monthly minimum wage of workers producing clothes for companies such as Marks Spencer, H M and Walmart.

孟加拉国政府今年7月同意，将为玛莎百货（Marks and Spencer）、H&M以及沃尔玛（Walmart）等公司生产服装的工人的最低月工资提高一倍，至43美元。

Some firms, like Marks& Spencer and Royal Dutch Shell, even have earnings that cover their dividend payouts more than twice.

一些公司，如马莎百货（Marks&Spencer）和荷兰皇家壳牌（Royal Dutch Shell），甚至有超过分红两倍的收益。

The papple, which is officially a member of the pear family, will go on sale in the UK next week at Marks and Spencer.

梨苹果其实是梨属植物的一种，将于下周在英国玛莎百货上市。

To be representing British business alongside Marks and Spencer and Jaguar Land Rover was never the most likely outcome as Mr James pursued his new entrepreneurial venture.

在金宝创办他的这家新的创业型企业的过程中，让它与马莎百货（Marks and Spencer）和捷豹路虎（Jaguar Land Rover）一道成为英国企业的代表，始终都不是最有可能出现的结果。

The development has marks and Spencer as the anchor store.

这次开发以玛莎百货为主力商店。

But I suspect there are people in Britain who live off prepared meals from Marks& Spencer for three weeks on end.

但我怀疑在英国肯定有这样仅靠Marks&Spencer成品食物连续生活三周的人。

That compares with Macy's and Marks and Spencer trading at 11 times and China's Golden Eagle Retail at 18 times.

与此相比，梅西（Macy）和马莎百货（Marks and Spencer）的市盈率为11倍，而中国的金鹰商贸集团（Golden Eagle Retail）的市盈率为18倍。

Marks Spencer backfills its food trucks with food waste, but this is stored in specially designed large cardboard boxes lined with a heavy plastic.

马莎百货（Marks Spencer）虽然把垃圾回填上车，但是垃圾是放在专门设计的、衬有结实塑料膜的大纸箱中的。

The report by Marks& Spencer's chairman will ram this point home

玛莎百货公司的主席作的报告会透彻地讲明这一点。

Marks& Spencer will be unveiling its latest fashions for autumn and winter

玛莎百货的最新款秋冬季时装即将亮相。

Its market capitalisation has even overtaken that of Marks and Spencer, the UK high street store chain.

博柏利的市值甚至已超过英国商业街上的连锁商店玛莎百货（Marks and Spencer）。

In India, marks and Spencer has learned that small and easily overlooked details can determine whether sales are made.

玛莎百货（marks and spencer）在印度学到了一个教训：一些容易忽视的小细节可以决定销售的成败。