MANAGEMENT Année 2006 èreConcours d’entrée en 1 année Epreuve d’Anglais Durée : 4 heures Coefficient : 6 Traitez les trois exercices suivants : I - VERSION : 5 points II - THEME : III - QUESTIONS : III - A : 5 points III - B : N.B.: Ce document comporte 6 pages. I – VERSION (5 points) Traduire le texte suivant en français. A new prescription. A retailing icon merges. They were the bastions of the British high street: Marks & Spencer, WH Smith and Boots. But now everything they sell can be found in supermarkets, sometimes more cheaply and often more conveniently – especially if it can be picked up with the weekly food shopping. This week Boots became the first of the trio to seek salvation in a merger. Takeover speculation has swirled around all three. Marks and Spencer, a store chain once renowned for quality clothes and delicious food, fought off a hostile bid last year. Like WH Smith, a newsagent that also sells books, stationery and DVDs, Boots has been trying to restore its fortunes under new management, and concentrating harder on its core health and beauty businesses, instead of a range of products that have, at times, stretched from sandwiches to baby clothes. Richard Baker, its chief executive, was brought in two years ago from Asda, a British supermarket chain owned by America’s Wal-Mart. Provided the deal goes ahead, Boots ...
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