Being different from traditional brick-and-mortar business, e-commerce spends more to acquire customers, and the time period needed to become profitable is much longer.

与传统行业不同，电子商务获得一个客户所要花费的成本更高，回收成本、获取盈利的周期也更长。

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Statistics indicate that brick and mortar sales still made up the lion's share of the retail business.

统计数据表明，实体店的销售仍占零售业务的最大份额。

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Brick and mortar startups (retailers, for example) set up in the state where the owners live and do business.

销售砖和灰泥类业主(如零售商)应把公司建立在业主居住地和做生意的州。

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It is trying to develop technological capabilities and diversify beyond its legacy brick-and-mortar business model.

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From here on, the factors important to success in the traditional brick-and- mortar retail business -- pricing power based on brand strength and economies of scale -- also will be required on the Internet.

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With e-books eroding its brick and mortar business, pressure from shareholder activists was said to have prompted the move.

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