As global costs soar, Japan's ‘shrinkflation gets harder to swallowFrom the headline of this article at Nippon.com.
上記の文で、shrinkflationの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does “shrinkflation” mean?
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解答
意味:Weblioによると、
シュリンクフレーション、ステルス値上げ、シュリンクフレーション(英語: shrinkflation)とは、小売りされる商品の価格は変わらないままその内容量がシュリンク(収縮)していく経済現象である。
Answer
According to the Cambridge Dictionary:the situation when the price of a product stays the same but its size gets smaller
Examples
- Shrinkflation is a cunning way of raising prices without actually raising the price of the product you are buying.
- Shrinkflation mainly affects food, drink, and some household products.
- Makers have used the trick called shrinkflation on 2,500 grocery products in five years. - The Sun (2017)
- Others have relied on an old favourite, shrinkflation - cutting the size of a product. - Times, Sunday Times (2018)
- Shrinkflation is legal, as long as products are clearly labeled, and the business is not engaging in unfair or deceptive practices.
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