<p>快时尚连锁品牌 Quiz 的所有者正在争取一项救助融资方案，因为圣诞销售业绩 “令人失望”。</p>
<p>这项融资方案是为了应对成本上涨的冲击，并与中国电商巨头 Shein 和 Temu 的强大竞争力抗衡而制定的激进计划的一部分。</p>
<p>Quiz 拥有超过 40 家门店，雇佣约 1000 名员工。公司创始人正在考虑聘请顾问制定一系列选项，包括新的融资和可能的门店关闭，以确保公司的未来。</p>
<p>一位接近公司的消息人士表示，已有多个重组基金接洽，希望为其提供新资本。</p>
<p>这发生在格拉斯哥的 Ramzan 家族几乎一年前关闭了该业务，关闭了 23 家商店后，以预包装交易的形式回购剩余资产。</p>
<p>Quiz 由企业家 Tarak Ramzan 创立，他是巴基斯坦移民的儿子，1993 年以一家单店起家。</p>
<p>这是众多零售商中最新陷入困境的案例，Original Factory Store 和 Claire’s Accessories 相继进入管理程序，导致 2500 个工作岗位的流失。</p>
<p>Russell &amp; Bromley 也即将大规模退出高街，作为与 Next 达成协议的一部分，将关闭其 35 家门店中的 32 家，而 LK Bennett 的未来则悬而未决。</p>
<h2>不断加大的成本压力</h2>
<p>零售商们正因国家保险和最低工资的急剧上涨而感到震惊，同时还在应对能源成本上升和商业税率改革的挑战。</p>
<p>Quiz 的一位发言人表示：“股东正在评估来自内部和外部的可用选项。”</p>
<p>“在过去的十二个月里，业务经历了波动的交易。虽然夏季的销售超出了预期，但在关键的圣诞期间却令人失望。</p>
<p>“消费者习惯的变化、政府预算在黑色星期五高峰期的干扰、商业税率的成本压力以及国家最低工资和国家保险的上涨都给零售行业带来了挑战。”</p>
<p>Quiz 于 2017 年在伦敦证券交易所上市，九名 Ramzan 家族成员分享了 9200 万英镑的收益。当时，该公司被誉为下一个快时尚的热门品牌，与 Boohoo 等品牌竞争。</p>
<p>投资巨头施罗德和贝莱德等公司在 Quiz 的 2 亿英镑上市中抢购了股份。</p>
<p>零售巨头、JD Sports 董事长 Peter Cowgill 的任命增强了其信誉，此外其财务业绩也起到了积极作用。据信，Cowgill 在 Ramzan 家族回购时已辞职，但他仍保留了一小部分股份。</p>
<p>在股票出售前的最后一年，该公司的营业额增长了 30%，达到 9000 万英镑，运营利润增长了 44%，达到 1030 万英镑。</p>
<p>然而，在短短一年多的时间里，Quiz 发布了第一份利润警告，导致其股价大幅下跌。该零售商随后从证券交易所退市，结束了其作为上市公司的八年历程。</p>
<p>在重组和回购后，Quiz 报告称 2025 年 7 月和 8 月的门店销售比去年增长了 14%。</p>
<p>在 12 月，它在苏格兰的阿伯丁和什罗普郡的特尔福德开设了新店，计划在英国开设 10 家新店。</p>

QUIZ

<p>快时尚连锁店 Quiz 在圣诞销售不佳后寻求救助融资，面临着成本上升和来自中国电子商务巨头的竞争挑战。该公司拥有超过 40 家门店和约 1000 名员工，正在探索包括新融资和潜在门店关闭在内的选项。这是在经历了动荡的一年后做出的决定，包括之前的门店关闭和重新回归私有化。零售商们正面临着成本增加和消费者习惯变化的困扰，导致该行业出现了一波困难</p>

<p>The owners of fast fashion chain Quiz are racing to secure a rescue financing package following “disappointing” Christmas sales.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>快时尚连锁品牌 Quiz 的所有者正在争取一项救助融资方案，因为圣诞销售业绩 “令人失望”。</p>
</div><p>It forms part of radical plans being studied to put the retailer on a firmer footing as it battles an onslaught of cost increases and struggles to compete with the might of Chinese e-commerce giants Shein and Temu.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这项融资方案是为了应对成本上涨的冲击，并与中国电商巨头 Shein 和 Temu 的强大竞争力抗衡而制定的激进计划的一部分。</p>
</div><p>Quiz has more than 40 stores and employs an estimated 1,000 staff. The company’s founders are understood to be considering drafting in advisers to draw up a range of options, including new financing and possible store closures, in an effort to secure its future.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Quiz 拥有超过 40 家门店，雇佣约 1000 名员工。公司创始人正在考虑聘请顾问制定一系列选项，包括新的融资和可能的门店关闭，以确保公司的未来。</p>
</div><p>A source close to the company said it had been approached by several turnaround funds seeking to provide it with fresh capital.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>一位接近公司的消息人士表示，已有多个重组基金接洽，希望为其提供新资本。</p>
</div><p>It comes almost a year after the Glasgow-based Ramzan family pulled the plug on the business, closing 23 shops before buying back the remaining assets as part of a pre-pack deal.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这发生在格拉斯哥的 Ramzan 家族几乎一年前关闭了该业务，关闭了 23 家商店后，以预包装交易的形式回购剩余资产。</p>
</div><p>Quiz was started by entrepreneur Tarak Ramzan, the son of Pakistani immigrants, as a single shop in 1993.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Quiz 由企业家 Tarak Ramzan 创立，他是巴基斯坦移民的儿子，1993 年以一家单店起家。</p>
</div><p>It is the latest in a slew of retailers to run into trouble, after Original Factory Store and Claire’s Accessories tumbled into administration, resulting in the loss of 2,500 jobs.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这是众多零售商中最新陷入困境的案例，Original Factory Store 和 Claire’s Accessories 相继进入管理程序，导致 2500 个工作岗位的流失。</p>
</div><p>Russell &amp; Bromley is also on the verge of largely disappearing from the high street as part of a deal with Next that will result in 32 of its 35 shops closing for good, while the future of LK Bennett is hanging in the balance.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Russell &amp; Bromley 也即将大规模退出高街，作为与 Next 达成协议的一部分，将关闭其 35 家门店中的 32 家，而 LK Bennett 的未来则悬而未决。</p>
</div><h2>Mounting cost pressures</h2>
<div class="lb-trans"><h2>不断加大的成本压力</h2>
</div><p>Retailers are reeling from sharp increases in national insurance and the minimum wage, while also grappling with rising energy costs and a business rates overhaul.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>零售商们正因国家保险和最低工资的急剧上涨而感到震惊，同时还在应对能源成本上升和商业税率改革的挑战。</p>
</div><p>A Quiz spokesman said: “The shareholders are assessing options available to the business from both internal and external sources.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Quiz 的一位发言人表示：“股东正在评估来自内部和外部的可用选项。”</p>
</div><p>“The business has experienced volatile trading in the last twelve months. While sales were stronger than anticipated in the summer, they were disappointing during the critical Christmas period.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“在过去的十二个月里，业务经历了波动的交易。虽然夏季的销售超出了预期，但在关键的圣诞期间却令人失望。</p>
</div><p>“Changing consumer habits, government budget disruption around peak Black Friday trade, cost pressures from business rates and increases in national minimum wage and national insurance have proved challenging as widely reported across the retail sector.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“消费者习惯的变化、政府预算在黑色星期五高峰期的干扰、商业税率的成本压力以及国家最低工资和国家保险的上涨都给零售行业带来了挑战。”</p>
</div><p>Quiz joined the London Stock Exchange in 2017, resulting in a £92m payday shared among nine members of the Ramzan family. At the time, the company was touted as the next fast-fashion sensation, competing with the likes of Boohoo.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Quiz 于 2017 年在伦敦证券交易所上市，九名 Ramzan 家族成员分享了 9200 万英镑的收益。当时，该公司被誉为下一个快时尚的热门品牌，与 Boohoo 等品牌竞争。</p>
</div><p>Investment giants Schroders and BlackRock were among those that snapped up shares in Quiz as part of a £200m listing.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>投资巨头施罗德和贝莱德等公司在 Quiz 的 2 亿英镑上市中抢购了股份。</p>
</div><p>The appointment of retail heavyweight and JD Sports chairman Peter Cowgill helped bolster its credentials, as did its financial track record. Mr Cowgill is understood to have stepped down when the Ramzan family bought it back, though he has retained a small shareholding.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>零售巨头、JD Sports 董事长 Peter Cowgill 的任命增强了其信誉，此外其财务业绩也起到了积极作用。据信，Cowgill 在 Ramzan 家族回购时已辞职，但他仍保留了一小部分股份。</p>
</div><p>The business had posted a 30pc jump in turnover to £90m and a 44pc operating increase in profit to £10.3m in the final year prior to the share sale.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在股票出售前的最后一年，该公司的营业额增长了 30%，达到 9000 万英镑，运营利润增长了 44%，达到 1030 万英镑。</p>
</div><p>However, within a little more than a year, Quiz had issued the first in a series of profit warnings that went on to decimate its share price. The retailer has since delisted from the stock exchange, ending its eight-year run as a public company.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>然而，在短短一年多的时间里，Quiz 发布了第一份利润警告，导致其股价大幅下跌。该零售商随后从证券交易所退市，结束了其作为上市公司的八年历程。</p>
</div><p>Following the shake-up and sale back to the Ramzans, Quiz reported a 14pc increase in store sales during July and August 2025 compared to the previous year.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在重组和回购后，Quiz 报告称 2025 年 7 月和 8 月的门店销售比去年增长了 14%。</p>
</div><p>In December, it opened stores in Aberdeen, Scotland, and Telford, Shropshire, as part of plans to open 10 new shops across the UK.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在 12 月，它在苏格兰的阿伯丁和什罗普郡的特尔福德开设了新店，计划在英国开设 10 家新店。</p>
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