Tom, I try not to myself. Sometimes they are the best fit in the "low end" range of shoes. I hate how they operate! Unfortunatly all the other manufactures do the same thing.


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>I do not buy Nike products. I remember a report not too long ago that stated Nike pays a Chinese worker 1 1/2 cents per shoe (direct labor cost). Imagine the $95 million contract Nike just gave a High School basketball player who has never played pro ball? Gee - I think it is about profits and image.
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>Tom
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>>Do you purchase Nike products? They are the worst at off shore manufacturing. Cost per unit including shipping to the US, 2->10$
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>>__Stephen
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>>>Now if those countries that pick up the work in another country because they can do it cheaper would at a minimum be forced to provide the same work conditions and safety standards it would be easier to swallow...
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>>>>Hi Jos,
>>>>You messege remind me econmic lectures in University.
>>>>Yes you are perfectly right that industry which require low paid labor force are moving to countries, which are able to supply it.
>>>>Transport connections become cheaper and it become easy to supply more productive regions with higher life style with cheaper goods.
>>>>Cheaper is not equal to low quality as some try to state in this tread.
>>>>I suppose that in the feature regiaons, which have low cost living expences will produce clothes and regions with higher cost expences will produce software. Of cource there will be exceptions.
>>>>I belive that globalization will become bigger and bigger. May be some people don't like it, but this is reality.
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>>>>Outsourcing is American management invention, where firm save expences outsourcing some jobs to more productive firm outside company.
>>>>In most of the cases firm from developed countries look for outsourcing opportunities. If there are demand of cource will appeare supply :-).