<p>快時尚連鎖品牌 Quiz 的所有者正在爭取一項救助融資方案，因為聖誕銷售業績 “令人失望”。</p>
<p>這項融資方案是為了應對成本上漲的衝擊，並與中國電商巨頭 Shein 和 Temu 的強大競爭力抗衡而制定的激進計劃的一部分。</p>
<p>Quiz 擁有超過 40 家門店，僱傭約 1000 名員工。公司創始人正在考慮聘請顧問制定一系列選項，包括新的融資和可能的門店關閉，以確保公司的未來。</p>
<p>一位接近公司的消息人士表示，已有多個重組基金接洽，希望為其提供新資本。</p>
<p>這發生在格拉斯哥的 Ramzan 家族幾乎一年前關閉了該業務，關閉了 23 家商店後，以預包裝交易的形式回購剩餘資產。</p>
<p>Quiz 由企業家 Tarak Ramzan 創立，他是巴基斯坦移民的兒子，1993 年以一家單店起家。</p>
<p>這是眾多零售商中最新陷入困境的案例，Original Factory Store 和 Claire’s Accessories 相繼進入管理程序，導致 2500 個工作崗位的流失。</p>
<p>Russell &amp; Bromley 也即將大規模退出高街，作為與 Next 達成協議的一部分，將關閉其 35 家門店中的 32 家，而 LK Bennett 的未來則懸而未決。</p>
<h2>不斷加大的成本壓力</h2>
<p>零售商們正因國家保險和最低工資的急劇上漲而感到震驚，同時還在應對能源成本上升和商業税率改革的挑戰。</p>
<p>Quiz 的一位發言人表示：“股東正在評估來自內部和外部的可用選項。”</p>
<p>“在過去的十二個月裏，業務經歷了波動的交易。雖然夏季的銷售超出了預期，但在關鍵的聖誕期間卻令人失望。</p>
<p>“消費者習慣的變化、政府預算在黑色星期五高峰期的干擾、商業税率的成本壓力以及國家最低工資和國家保險的上漲都給零售行業帶來了挑戰。”</p>
<p>Quiz 於 2017 年在倫敦證券交易所上市，九名 Ramzan 家族成員分享了 9200 萬英鎊的收益。當時，該公司被譽為下一個快時尚的熱門品牌，與 Boohoo 等品牌競爭。</p>
<p>投資巨頭施羅德和貝萊德等公司在 Quiz 的 2 億英鎊上市中搶購了股份。</p>
<p>零售巨頭、JD Sports 董事長 Peter Cowgill 的任命增強了其信譽，此外其財務業績也起到了積極作用。據信，Cowgill 在 Ramzan 家族回購時已辭職，但他仍保留了一小部分股份。</p>
<p>在股票出售前的最後一年，該公司的營業額增長了 30%，達到 9000 萬英鎊，運營利潤增長了 44%，達到 1030 萬英鎊。</p>
<p>然而，在短短一年多的時間裏，Quiz 發佈了第一份利潤警告，導致其股價大幅下跌。該零售商隨後從證券交易所退市，結束了其作為上市公司的八年曆程。</p>
<p>在重組和回購後，Quiz 報告稱 2025 年 7 月和 8 月的門店銷售比去年增長了 14%。</p>
<p>在 12 月，它在蘇格蘭的阿伯丁和什羅普郡的特爾福德開設了新店，計劃在英國開設 10 家新店。</p>

QUIZ

<p>快時尚連鎖店 Quiz 在聖誕銷售不佳後尋求救助融資，面臨着成本上升和來自中國電子商務巨頭的競爭挑戰。該公司擁有超過 40 家門店和約 1000 名員工，正在探索包括新融資和潛在門店關閉在內的選項。這是在經歷了動盪的一年後做出的決定，包括之前的門店關閉和重新迴歸私有化。零售商們正面臨着成本增加和消費者習慣變化的困擾，導致該行業出現了一波困難</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>快時尚連鎖品牌 Quiz 的所有者正在爭取一項救助融資方案，因為聖誕銷售業績 “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>這項融資方案是為了應對成本上漲的衝擊，並與中國電商巨頭 Shein 和 Temu 的強大競爭力抗衡而制定的激進計劃的一部分。</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 擁有超過 40 家門店，僱傭約 1000 名員工。公司創始人正在考慮聘請顧問制定一系列選項，包括新的融資和可能的門店關閉，以確保公司的未來。</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，已有多個重組基金接洽，希望為其提供新資本。</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>這發生在格拉斯哥的 Ramzan 家族幾乎一年前關閉了該業務，關閉了 23 家商店後，以預包裝交易的形式回購剩餘資產。</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 由企業家 Tarak Ramzan 創立，他是巴基斯坦移民的兒子，1993 年以一家單店起家。</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>這是眾多零售商中最新陷入困境的案例，Original Factory Store 和 Claire’s Accessories 相繼進入管理程序，導致 2500 個工作崗位的流失。</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 也即將大規模退出高街，作為與 Next 達成協議的一部分，將關閉其 35 家門店中的 32 家，而 LK Bennett 的未來則懸而未決。</p>
</div><h2>Mounting cost pressures</h2>
<div class="lb-trans"><h2>不斷加大的成本壓力</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>零售商們正因國家保險和最低工資的急劇上漲而感到震驚，同時還在應對能源成本上升和商業税率改革的挑戰。</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 的一位發言人表示：“股東正在評估來自內部和外部的可用選項。”</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>“在過去的十二個月裏，業務經歷了波動的交易。雖然夏季的銷售超出了預期，但在關鍵的聖誕期間卻令人失望。</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>“消費者習慣的變化、政府預算在黑色星期五高峰期的干擾、商業税率的成本壓力以及國家最低工資和國家保險的上漲都給零售行業帶來了挑戰。”</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 於 2017 年在倫敦證券交易所上市，九名 Ramzan 家族成員分享了 9200 萬英鎊的收益。當時，該公司被譽為下一個快時尚的熱門品牌，與 Boohoo 等品牌競爭。</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>投資巨頭施羅德和貝萊德等公司在 Quiz 的 2 億英鎊上市中搶購了股份。</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>零售巨頭、JD Sports 董事長 Peter Cowgill 的任命增強了其信譽，此外其財務業績也起到了積極作用。據信，Cowgill 在 Ramzan 家族回購時已辭職，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>在股票出售前的最後一年，該公司的營業額增長了 30%，達到 9000 萬英鎊，運營利潤增長了 44%，達到 1030 萬英鎊。</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，在短短一年多的時間裏，Quiz 發佈了第一份利潤警告，導致其股價大幅下跌。該零售商隨後從證券交易所退市，結束了其作為上市公司的八年曆程。</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>在重組和回購後，Quiz 報告稱 2025 年 7 月和 8 月的門店銷售比去年增長了 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，它在蘇格蘭的阿伯丁和什羅普郡的特爾福德開設了新店，計劃在英國開設 10 家新店。</p>
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