双语新闻：阿里巴巴在B2B电子商务领域的优势

2014-09-15 15:28:47来源：可可英语

　　In 2000, analysts predicted a massive chunk of theworld’s business-to-business commerce marketwould come online, resulting in trillions of dollars inB2B e-commerce. Gartner, the market researchfirm, predicted $7.3 trillion by 2004. Goldman Sachspredicted $4.5 trillion by 2005.

　　早在2000年，分析师们就大胆预测全球企业对企业(B2B)商务市场将大规模上线，从而带来数万亿美元价值的B2B电子商务交易。市场研究公司Gartner曾预测，到2004年，全球B2B电子商务交易会达到7.3万亿美元。高盛也曾预测到2005年会达到4.5万亿美元。

　　That promise has remained largely unfulfilled.

　　但是这些预测在很大程度上仍未实现。

　　B2B e-commerce startup Chemdex flamed out spectacularly in the fallout of the dot-combubble, and was blamed for taking the entire sector down with it. In 2013, B2B ecommerce hit$559 billion,according to Oracle estimates, a far cry from the trillions once predicted.

　　B2B电子商务初创公司Chemdex在上世纪90年代的互联网泡沫破灭之后破产，人们指责其是导致当时整个行业崩盘的罪魁祸首。据甲骨文公司预估，2013年B2B电子商务市场交易额达到5590亿美元，远不及以前的预测。

　　Incredibly, many businesses today still buy and sell supplies and materials with paper invoices,faxes, and checks. It’s a huge opportunity on which the two largest e-commerce companiesin the U.S., eBay and Amazon, have not focused. Both companies run marketplaces, but theyspecialize in consumer-facing goods, not wholesale items and business supplies. Amazon hasbeen running AmazonSupply, a wholesale site, in beta for two years, as CEO Jeff Bezospromotes increasingly flashier schemes around drone delivery, TV shows, mobile phones, andpublishing.

　　令人难以置信的是，如今许多企业仍在使用纸质发票、传真和支票来买卖用品和材料。但美国两家最大的电子商务公司eBay和亚马逊(Amazon)都没有专注于这个巨大的机遇。这两家公司都运营电子交易市场，但它们专注于面向消费者的产品，而不是批发产品和商务用品。亚马逊运营的批发网站AmazonSupply的测试已进行两年。该公司首席执行官杰夫o贝佐斯不断推出各种吸引眼球的商业计划，领域涵盖无人机送货、电视节目、手机和出版等。

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