Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Guy Bennett wrote: > > it would be interesting to study the profit margins of such costume (or other) > companies and compare them to actual consumer savings, and from the findings > attempt to determine who was profitting most from this situation. > > i realize most consumers want 'the most for the least,' but it seems to me that > this clichÈ is equally - if not more - true of those who cater to them. it seems > that the companies are getting more most than the consumers. Those companies which did not bend to consumer demand to move to cheap-labor areas, have gone belly-up anytime during the past half century. Belly up = negative profit margin. Moving abroad keeps the companies alive. Bernard