Sell your goods at the busiest market in the district
Book four Saturdays in a row and pay for only three. Electricity is included; tables are not. Traders must keep a receipt book and clear their space by 7 p.m.
New traders: your first day is half price. Ask for the form at the market office before Thursday. Our Buy Local campaign runs until the end of August.
在本區最熱鬧的市集販售你的商品
連續預訂四個週六只需付三天費用。含電費；不含桌子。攤商須備收據簿，並於晚間七點前清空攤位。
新攤商：第一天半價。請於週四前至市集辦公室索取表格。我們的「支持在地」宣傳活動進行到八月底。
Dear Ms. Chen,
I ordered two lamps from your website on 3 May (order 22841). One arrived yesterday, but the box for the second was empty.
I have kept the wrapping and taken photographs. I do not need a refund — I would simply like you to send the missing lamp, as they are a pair and one alone is of little use to me.
Could you also tell me whether I should return the empty box? I do not want to throw away anything you may need.
My receipt number is in the attached file.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Hsu
陳小姐您好：
我於五月三日在貴網站訂購兩盞燈（訂單 22841）。其中一盞昨天送達，但第二個箱子是空的。
我保留了包裝紙並拍了照片。我不需要退款——我只希望你們把缺少的那盞燈補寄給我，因為它們是一對，只有一盞對我用處不大。
也想請教是否應該把空箱子寄回？我不想丟掉任何你們可能需要的東西。
我的收據號碼在附件中。
謹此
徐彼得
For twenty years the story was simple: large chains opened, small shops closed. In several cities that trend has now slowed, and in a few it has turned around.
One reason is delivery. When almost anything can arrive at your door in a day, the advantage of a huge shop full of goods becomes less important. What a street shop can offer instead is advice, repair and a face you recognize. Some now order straight from a small manufacturer rather than a national chain.
Rent still decides much of it. Where landlords have kept rents moderate, small shops survive; where rents have doubled, the shutters stay down whatever the shopkeepers do.
二十年來故事很簡單：大型連鎖開店，小店關門。在數個城市，這個趨勢現已減緩，少數城市甚至逆轉。
原因之一是配送。當幾乎任何東西都能一天內送到你家門口，一間商品滿滿的大賣場的優勢就變小了。街邊小店能提供的，反而是建議、維修，以及一張你認得的臉。有些小店現在直接向小型製造商進貨，而不是透過全國連鎖。
租金仍然決定大半。房東把租金維持在適度水準的地方，小店存活下來；租金翻倍的地方，不論店主怎麼做，鐵門都拉不起來。
A survey asked 1,000 shoppers where they bought their last item of clothing.
| Place | Under 25 | 25–49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | 71% | 58% | 34% |
| Department store | 12% | 24% | 38% |
| Street shop | 9% | 13% | 22% |
| Market stall | 8% | 5% | 6% |
Shoppers could choose only one answer.
The same question was asked in 2021, when 54% of shoppers under 25 said they bought online.
一項調查詢問一千位消費者，最後一件衣服是在哪裡買的。
| 地點 | 25 歲以下 | 25–49 歲 | 50 歲以上 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 網路 | 71% | 58% | 34% |
| 百貨公司 | 12% | 24% | 38% |
| 街邊小店 | 9% | 13% | 22% |
| 市集攤位 | 8% | 5% | 6% |
受訪者僅能選擇一個答案。
二○二一年曾問過相同問題，當時 25 歲以下有 54% 表示在網路購買。