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Rising rents, increasing labor costs and shrinking foot traffic have resulted in thousands of stores around the U.S. closing their doors this year, threatening the future of brick-and-mortar retail as many of us know it. But McKinsey & Co. — known as the management consultancy of choice for the Fortune 500 crowd — is bullish on physical retail stores, so long as they evolve in tandem with consumer tastes. In a sign of that faith, the firm will start selling women's underwear, jewelry, deodorant and other products to better advise their retail industry clients. McKinsey on Friday plans to open its first brick-and-mortar concept store, called Modern Retail Collective, at Minnesota's Mall of America, the nation's largest shopping complex.

rising adj. 上漲的
increasing adj. 上升的
shrinking adj. 縮水的
foot traffic: 客流量，人流量
· higher foot traffic can lead to higher sales: 人流量增加可以帶來更高的銷售額
result in: 導(dǎo)致（lead to）
· The disaster resulted in many thousands of deaths.
=The disaster led to many thousands of deaths.
這場(chǎng)災(zāi)難導(dǎo)致數(shù)千人死亡。
· Lack of water leads to death.
=Lack of water results in death.
人都是水做的，缺水會(huì)導(dǎo)致死亡。
brick-and-mortar retail: 傳統(tǒng)零售業(yè)
· brick n. 磚
· mortar n. 水泥
management consultancy: 管理咨詢
be bullish on: 看好的；對(duì)什么抱有希望的（be confident about）
· bullish adj. 上漲的，看漲的；樂觀的，充滿希望的
· I am confident about the future of the YLYK.
= I am bullish on the future of the YLYK.
我對(duì)友鄰的未來充滿信心。
so long as: 只要（ as long as）
evolve vi. 進(jìn)化
in tandem with: 同……一起（ together with）
tandem n. 雙座自行車
· She runs the business in tandem with her husband.
= She runs the business together with her husband.
她同丈夫一起管理企業(yè)
deodorant n. 除臭劑
shopping complex: 購物中心
· complex n. 錯(cuò)綜復(fù)雜的組合，復(fù)合體；綜合建筑群，綜合大樓adj. 復(fù)雜的
· a sports complex: 綜合體育場(chǎng)
· leisure complex: 休閑中心

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