由于网站崩溃,好市多损失了数百万美元的销售额
Costco is seeing red after a Thanksgiving Day computer foul-up tanked an estimated $11 million in sales for the warehouse retailer.
美国仓储式零售商好市多(Costco)因感恩节电脑故障导致销售额减少约1100万美元,目前该公司正面临亏损。
The site was down for at least 16 hours on Thursday, Business Insider reported, citing the outage-tracking website Downdetector.
据《商业内幕》报道,该网站周四关闭了至少16个小时。
Shoppers griped on Twitter that they were unable to spend money.
购物者在Twitter上抱怨说,他们无法花钱。
“#Costco I am literally trying to give you thousands of dollars (since 10am), but your website won’t allow,” user @MurraryMagic82 tweeted.
用户@MurraryMagic82在推特上写道:“我真的想给你几千美元(从上午10点开始),但是你的网站不允许。”
Another user joked “Hey #Costco, maybe try turning it off and on again?! Just a thought…”
另一位用户开玩笑说:“嘿,好市多,可以试着把它关掉再打开吗?只是一个建议……”
The retailer did add an alert to its site about “slow response times” and said it would extend Thanksgiving Day promotions into Black Friday “while supplies last.”
沃尔玛确实在其网站上发布了“响应时间过长”的警告,并表示将把感恩节促销活动延长到“黑色星期五”,“直到供应结束”。
A Costco representative did not respond to a request for comment.
Costco的一位代表没有回复记者的置评请求。