Modern retail summerised in 3 bullet points

[PlecPicker]

*Source cost effectively from China
*Present/Brand your products to appear less Chinese
*Spend as little money as possible in the process

Discuss/flame.

 

[mhall]

That's manufacturing as much as it is Retail


In fact, thinking about it, swap "chinese" for a generic "Asia" and you also have most service companies and call centres

 

[PlecPicker]

Musical instrument companies are terrible for this. I could quite easily tell you the factory where brands such as Jim Dunlop source most of their products. I would tell you but I'm buying from the same exact place.

I really can't blame them but it makes my blood boil when they add USA (omitting the 'made in' part) or throw up a union jack somewhere to make their products appear "western".

Rant over