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Canadian retailing 加拿大零售业 Drug deal 药品生意 A merger to see off an American challenge 实行兼并抗衡美国的挑战 THEY met on July 11th in a minivan on a country road. 7月11号，维斯顿佳林，加拿大零售王朝的孙子和科库至霍尔格， When they emerged Galen Weston, scion of a Canadian retailing dynasty, and Holger Kluge,chairman of the country s biggest drugstore chain, had made a deal. 乡村最大的药品连锁店董事长在一条乡村道路上的小货车里见了面并达成协议。 The Weston group s Loblaw grocery chain, by far Canada s largest,agreed to buy ShoppersDrug Mart for 12.4 billion. 维斯顿集团的罗伯劳连锁店，作为加拿大目前最大的食品杂货连锁店，同意以12.4亿加拿大元的价格购买其康药房。 With this, the relatively cosy world of Canadian retailing comes of age. 随着此合同的签订，加拿大零售业迎来一个比较舒适的氛围。 To global retailers accustomed to merciless competition Canada is appealingly civilised. 相对于国际零售商惯于的残酷竞争，加拿大则更偏向于文明的请求。 | 
