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Flächenüberhang

English translation: oversupply of surface area

17:04 Jun 21, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Retail
German term or phrase: Flächenüberhang
Die Branche litt unter ruinösen Rabattschlachten und einem weiter wachsenden Flächenüberhang.
ClaireReu
Local time: 06:53
English translation:oversupply of surface area
Explanation:
Basically supply exceeding demand in the sector

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Note added at 57 mins (2009-06-21 18:01:45 GMT)
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Yes, that's probably better, a bit more detail would help as I am not sure if it means retail space or production area.
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Penny Hewson (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:53
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2oversupply of surface area
Penny Hewson (X)
3overcapacity in the sector
Nicola Wood
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Info
Kim Metzger

  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
oversupply of surface area


Explanation:
Basically supply exceeding demand in the sector

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Note added at 57 mins (2009-06-21 18:01:45 GMT)
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Yes, that's probably better, a bit more detail would help as I am not sure if it means retail space or production area.

Penny Hewson (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:53
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: of floorspace? or oversupply of retail space http://business.theage.com.au/business/retail-space-oversupp...
14 mins
agree  Steffen Walter: oversupply of floor space/retail space
15 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
overcapacity in the sector


Explanation:
The problem is obviously down to ever increasing levels of competition. Penny's explanation of supply exceeding demand is spot on, and it literally means that too much floor space is being devoted to the same items in the various retail outlets.

A forum discussion on www.leo.org also yieldeed surplus acreage, and while the acreage is clearly not right in this context, there might be some mileage in surplus

Nicola Wood
Austria
Local time: 06:53
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35 mins peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: Info

Reference information:
EHI: Center-Flächenüberhang im „Osten“ – „Westen“ holt auf
Die Shopping-Center befinden sich weiterhin im Aufwind. Anfang 2006 zählte das EHI Retail Institute insgesamt 372 Shopping-Center mit Mietflächen von mehr als 10.000 qm und in den nächsten Jahren werden jährliche Zuwachsraten von durchschnittlich 4 Prozent erwartet. Auch wenn nicht alle bekannten Planungen umgesetzt werden können, ist davon auszugehen, dass in den nächsten vier Jahren mehr als 60 neue Shopping-Center entstehen werden und mit der Anzahl der Center wächst natürlich auch die Miet-/Verkaufsfläche, die für die Versorgung der Bevölkerung zur Verfügung steht.
http://www.ehi.org/en/press-lounge/pressemitteilungen/detail...

Überhang {m} [fig.] superfluity
http://www.dict.cc/deutsch-englisch/u24.php


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Note added at 56 mins (2009-06-21 18:00:44 GMT)
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http://business.theage.com.au/business/retail-space-oversupp...

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Bernd Runge: oversupply of retail space is the most common variant
2 hrs
agree  Emily Lemon
15 hrs
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