At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm – double the figure five years earlier.
据研究公司Arts Economics的创始人克莱尔·麦克安德鲁估算，2007年该市场达到顶峰时价值约为650亿美元，是五年前数字的两倍。
Since then it may have come down to $50 billion.
但从那以后，其价值可能已降至500亿美元。
Our products succeed when they become part of daily or weekly patterns,” said Carol Berning, a consumer psychologist who recently retired from Procter & Gamble, the company that sold $76 billion of Tide, Crest and other products last year.
消费者心理学家卡罗尔·伯宁（Carol Berning）说，她最近从宝洁公司（Procter & Gamble）退休，该公司去年销售了760亿美元的汰渍（Tide）、高露洁（Crest）等产品，"我们的产品只有在成为日常或每周习惯的一部分时才能取得成功。"
Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20 billion garments a year - about 64 items per person - and no matter how much they give away, this excess leads to waste.
她发现，美国人每年购买大约200亿件服装——每人约64件——无论他们捐赠多少，这种过度消费都会导致浪费。
The largest firms in America and Britain together spend more than $15 billion a year on CSR, according to an estimate by EPG, a consulting firm.
据咨询公司EPG的估计，美国和英国最大的公司每年在CSR上合计支出超过150亿美元。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。