百胜餐饮:中国人仍然爱着肯德基
<p><span word="Yum">Yum</span> <span word="Brands">Brands</span> <span word="Inc">Inc</span>. <span word="executives">executives</span> <span word="vigorously">vigorously</span> <span word="defended">defended</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="investor">investor</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stock">stock</span> <span word="fell">fell</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="company">company</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="same">same</span>-<span word="store">store</span> <span word="sales">sales</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="drop">drop</span> 4% <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fourth">fourth</span> <span word="quarter">quarter</span>, <span word="after">after</span> <span word="rising">rising</span> 21% <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="year">year</span>-<span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="period">period</span>.</p><p>百胜餐饮集团(<span word="Yum">Yum</span> <span word="Brands">Brands</span> <span word="Inc">Inc</span>.)的高管们在周四举行的投资者会议上为其在华业务进行了积极辩护。百胜餐饮上周公布，第四季度其在华同店销售额将下滑4%。消息一出，该公司股票应声下跌。去年同期百胜餐饮的同店销售额大增了21%。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="company">company</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="owns">owns</span> <span word="KFC">KFC</span>, <span word="Pizza">Pizza</span> <span word="Hut">Hut</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Taco">Taco</span> <span word="Bell">Bell</span>, <span word="blamed">blamed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="decline">decline</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="part">part</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="softening">softening</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="economy">economy</span>. <span word="GDP">GDP</span> <span word="growth">growth</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="slowed">slowed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="from">from</span> 10.4% <span word="in">in</span> 2010 <span word="to">to</span> 7.5% <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p><p><span word="Reuters">Reuters</span>拥有肯德基(<span word="KFC">KFC</span>)、必胜客(<span word="Pizza">Pizza</span> <span word="Hut">Hut</span>)和塔可钟(<span word="Taco">Taco</span> <span word="Bell">Bell</span>)的百胜餐饮认为，中国经济趋弱是该公司同店销售额增速下滑的原因之一。中国国内生产总值(<span word="GDP">GDP</span>)的增长近年来有所放缓，已从2010年的10.4%降至今年的7.5%。</p><p>“<span word="But">But</span> <span word="we">we</span>’<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="whined">whined</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="macros">macros</span>,” <span word="Yum">Yum</span> <span word="Chief">Chief</span> <span word="Executive">Executive</span> <span word="David">David</span> <span word="Novak">Novak</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="investors">investors</span>. “<span word="We">We</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="attributed">attributed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="over">over</span>-<span word="estimation">estimation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="ability">ability</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="lap">lap</span> <span word="a">a</span> 21% <span word="same">same</span>-<span word="store">store</span> <span word="sales">sales</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>.”</p><p>百胜餐饮首席执行长诺瓦克(<span word="David">David</span> <span word="Novak">Novak</span>)对投资者说，但我们从未抱怨过宏观经济。他说，我们认为更多的原因在于我们高估了自己的能力，以为能够超越去年同店销售额增21%的成绩。</p>
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