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Old 27-09-2005   #5
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"What do you care where I make my shoes?" says Prada Group NV Chief Executive Patrizio Bertelli. Where local laws permit, Mr. Bertelli says he'd prefer to insert a "Made by Prada" tag in his products. In addition to sewing the upper part of some shoes in Slovenia, Prada makes pieces for some of its handbags in Turkey.
I care, because you are not lowering your prices, but increasing your profit margins - you filthy greedy bastard.

WSJ, being a capitalist agent, of course barely brushes on the question of decreasing the profit margins and passing the savings to a consumer, and tactfully avoids sweatship labor issue altogether.

It was an entertaining read, nonetheless. Thanks Caffeine