標題:What would get China’s consumers spending?

Clues from a grocer in a fourth tier city

正文：On a regular Tuesday morning, a large crowd has gathered outside a grocery store in Xuchang, a city of 4m people. Visit Pangdonglai at the weekend and things are even busier. Thousands, some having travelled hundreds of kilometres, arrive before dawn to take their place in a queue that snakes back and forth in front of the store’s entrance. At a time when China’s ritziest shopping centres are often desolate, and the country’s economy is struggling, the success of Pangdonglai’s 13 outlets is captivating executives who want to understand consumer sentiment.

知識點：grocer= grocery store n.

1. a person who owns, manages or works in a shop/store selling food and other things used in the home食物雜貨商

2. a shop/store that sells these things 食物雜貨店

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