> And that cost quadruples after wholesale and retail markups, he said, ballooning into a $50 price difference between a pair made in the U.S. versus in China.
This is the part that the child part of my brain always has trouble dealing with. This always seems ridiculous in my brain. I can intellectually understand why businesses want to scale their margins with costs, but it just seems so self-destructive (from a systemic standpoint) for something like shoes.
I don't know how this could really be different, but I hate it.
This is the part that the child part of my brain always has trouble dealing with. This always seems ridiculous in my brain. I can intellectually understand why businesses want to scale their margins with costs, but it just seems so self-destructive (from a systemic standpoint) for something like shoes.
I don't know how this could really be different, but I hate it.