A pair of trousers in Marks & Spencers made in China costs £25.
The same trousers could be produced here and sold for the same price, with decent profits all the way round, for manufacturers and retailer.
Trousers made in China can easily be purchased elsewhere for £10 a pair.
Again, they could be made here and sold for that price, with reasonable profit all way round.
The same applies for clothes in general, and for shoes.
My guess is, High Street stores import it all at fractional prices and flog it off with massive profits.
And to be honest, if I want to buy something made in China, it doesn't change a iot if I purchase it in Dover or in Canterbury, because the profits go to the same High Street chains.
And I'm pretty sure that even the products sold at Dover Market on Tuesday come mostly from India and Indonesia, or China.
That is why I prefer to buy in Charity shops, the only places where one can still find manufacture: made in England!
In so doing I also help a charity and know my money is going to British people and not to China!
Or to High Street chains that import from the Tiny Global Village and make huge profits while a quarter of young people here are unemployed.
With defiance!
