London Olympics Branded A 'Disaster' For Local Businesses
London businesses are seeing a drastic drop in sales as natives avoid leaving their homes during the Olympic games.由于本地人在奥运会期间离家避难，伦敦的商业系统正在经历巨大的销售损失。
From restaurants to hotels, everyone's hurting, reports Samantha Conti at Women's Wear Daily.
从饭店到酒店，没有人能逃过一劫。 萨玛莎·康迪在女装日报上这样写道。
“The Olympic Games have been a complete and utter disaster. The shops are empty, the bars are empty, the restaurants are empty, ” Steve McNamara, general secretary of the Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association, said in the Daily Telegraph this week.
“奥运会已经成为一次彻彻底底的大灾难。商店空了，酒吧没人了，饭店门前冷落。” 伦敦出租车协会的总秘书史蒂夫·麦克南玛拉在每日邮报上大发抱怨。
He also said that taxi drivers have seen a 20 to 40 percent drop in their income this month.
他还透露出租车司机们的收入在这个月下降了20%到40%。
And WWD profiled a retailer who was disappointed by Olympic traffic:
女装日报记录了一家深受奥运之祸的零售商的情况：
The New West End Company — which represents businesses on Oxford, Bond and Regent streets — estimated earlier this year that retailers in London’s West End would make 16.6 million pounds, or $26 million at current exchange, in additional revenue as a direct result of the Olympics.
新西区公司在牛津，邦德和瑞金特街都有营业点，早先预计奥运会能够为伦敦西区带来160万英镑约合260万美元的收入。
But earlier this week, they were forced to take action to drive shoppers back into the town center.
但这周早些时候，他们被迫采取手段吸引顾客回到中心城区。
“We have been working on measures to reverse the significant drop in retail spending and visitors into the West End, ” the company said in a statement that was sent to its member retailers, and which was seen by WWD. “The forecasts for this summer predicted a different trading pattern and the lack of London workers and domestic visitors has been quickly apparent as a result of Transport for London traffic demand management.”
“我们已经采取措施应对西区销售额锐减的情况”，这家公司在给合作零售商的声明中这样说道。“预计这个夏天销售数字会异常惨淡，这是由于伦敦的劳动者和国内消费者受到交通管制的显著影响。”
So far, the Olympics haven't been the stimulus that Londoners had hoped for.
迄今奥运会并未给伦敦人带来期待中的好商机。
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