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Store
Scent(香味)
What is the first thing you nitice when you
walk into a shop? The products displayed(展示) at the entrance? Or the soft
background music?
But have you ever notice the smell? Unless it
is bad, the answer is likely to be no. But while a shop's scent may not be
outstanding compared with sights and sounds, it is certainly there. And it is
providing to be an increasing powerful tool in encouraging people to purchase.
A brand store has become famous for its
distinctive scent which floats through the fairly dark hall and out to the
entrance, via scent machines. A smell may be attractive but it may not just be
used for freshening air. One sports goods company once reported that when it
first introduced scent into its stores, customers' intension to purchase
increased by 80 percent.
When it comes to the best shopping streets in
Pairs, scent is just as important to a brand's success as the quality of its
window displays and goods on slaes. That is mainly because shopping is a very
different experience to what it used to be.
Some years ago, the focus for brand name
shopping was on a few people with sales assistants' disproving attitude and
don't-touch-what-you-can't-afford displays. Now the rise of electronic commerce
(e-commerce) has opened up famous brands to a wider audience. But while e-shops
can use sights and sounds, only bricks-and-mortar stores (实体店) can offer a full
experience from the minute customers step through the door to the moment they
leave. Another brand store seeks to be much more than a shop, but rather a destination.
And scent is just one way to achieve this.
Now, a famous store uses complex man-made
smell to make sure that the soft scent of baby powder floats through the kid
department, and coconut (椰子) scent in the swimsuit section. A department store
has even opened a new lab, inviting customers on a journey into the store's
windows to smell books, pots and drawers, in search of their perfect scent.
(1)
According to the passage, what is an increasingly powerful tool in the success of some brand stores?
A . Friendly assistants.
B . Unique scents.
C . Soft background music.
D . Attractive window display.
(2)
E-shops are mentioned in the passage to _______.
A . show the advantages of brick-and-mortar stores
B . urge shop assistants to change their attitude
C . push stores to use sights and sounds
D . introduce the rise of e-commerce
(3)
The underlined word "destination" in Paragraph 5 means _______.
A . a platform that exhibts goods
B . a spot where travelers like to stay
C . a place where customers love to go
D . a target that a store expects to meet
(4)
The main purpose of the passage is to ______.
A . compare and evaluate
B . examine and assess
C . argue and discuss
D . inform and explain
答案: B
A
C
D