Here's one very important view I hadn't really thought of at all:
And that's the next phase of problem for large retailers like Wal-Mart. Large numbers of Chinese factories are setting up warehouses inside U.S., ship their products to the mainland USA, and sell direct to small retailers at low profit margins. Believe me when I say this: When it comes to entrepreneurship, the Chinese entrepreneurs are second to none. With thousands upon thousands of factories in China making products for export, some smarter ones have figured out that it is to their advantage to set up warehouses in the USA so that they can sell in ever-smaller quantities to their U.S. customers. Believe it or not, the Chinese factories are now selling their products directly on eBay from within U.S. borders. We are an importer of products from China and I now see Chinese suppliers in the U.S. who are selling the same products I am importing, at or slightly above my direct container quantity cost with no minimums. How can the likes of Wal-Mart compete with that?
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Posted by Kevin on May, 16 2005 at 02:59 PM
Steve Lee wrote:When you go into any store and pick a blister-pac of batteries off of a wire rack display near the check-out counter, that rack (and most of the wall-hanging displays) was made in...China. The manufacture of most store merchandising equipment in China has been happening for two decades.
Workers at the Chinese Honda Accord factory are paid $280 dollars...a month, so it's only a matter of time when they will have enough capacity to satisfy their mainland market and start shipping the surplus production to Ohio. Steve Lee allpoliticsislocal-- May 16, 2005 04:23 PM ∞
Roy W. Wright wrote:Ooh, I look forward to it.
-- May 16, 2005 08:53 PM ∞
The Eclectic Econoclast wrote:The thought of additional competition, in a different way, really tickles me. I can't wait to see how all the anti-Wal-Mart folks are gonna scream when Chinese entrepreneurs invest in U.S. distribution centres that help drive some of the marginal Wal-Marts out of business. Watch for a different form of interventionist xenophobia.
-- May 17, 2005 09:41 PM ∞
Bob wrote:I remember google a year or so back plasma T.V.s and was surprised that one could buy direct from the manufacturer in China at a substantial discount to what American retailers charge. You had to buy two and ship them from China. I even found out how much a container cost to ship across the Pacific. It was still relatively cheap.
-- May 19, 2005 08:46 PM ∞
meech wrote:Hi everyone, i'm trying to find a manufacturer to make car air freseheners. So far any inquires i've made, i have not received a response. Can anyone refer me to a company?
-- June 9, 2005 08:52 AM ∞
Geoff wrote:Hi,
I am based in Beijing and also working for a shipping company. I run my own concern dealing with editing and translation also.
I can help you access suppliers for car air-freshener products.
Anyone interested in decorative ceramics?
What about those matchbox-sized scanning FM radios - what do they retail for in the States?
Novelty cigarette lighters, anyone?
Let me know your need and I'll see what I can do.
Me email is: cathaytrader(at)yahoo.com.au
- you know how to read that.
Cheers.-- July 19, 2005 11:54 PM ∞
Kyle wrote:could someone send me a link to sites of a direct manufacuters in china or other similar links to help me start a trading business form china
thank you
-- November 19, 2005 11:14 PM ∞
Kyle wrote:could someone send me a link to sites of a direct manufacuters in china or other similar links to help me start a trading business form china
ka204351@yahoo.com
thank you
-- November 19, 2005 11:15 PM ∞
