Commonly Used Products & Manufacturing Country
- Sheets- Israel
- TV Remote- Mexico
- Wii Remote- China
- iPhone- China
- Northface Backpack- Vietnam
- Coach wallet- China
- Macbook Pro- China
- UGG Boots- China
- Dishes- Italy
- Ariat Dressage Boots- Mexico
- Northface Jacket- Vietnam
- Forever 21 Tanktops- Bangladesh
- J Brand Jacket- USA
- iHome- China
While looking for the manufacturing
place of all the items I used this weekend I picked up my Juicy Couture
bathrobe and found these two tags. “JUICY COUTURE Born in the Glamorous USA”
was written on the first tag then on the second tag sewn onto that is “Made in
China.” The irony was killing me. As Americans we love our American made
companies especially if everything is made in the U.S. Companies obviously know
this, so they make sure to advertise that they are the “all American” company
like Juicy Couture did because they know it will bring them some good business.
Then as soon as we hear that a company is outsourcing all their manufacturing
jobs it gets a major dent in it’s reputation, like Apple did. Outsourcing is
frowned upon because of the jobs and money the company is taking away from our
country, but would it be hurting the consumers if the company didn’t have a
cheaper alternative in manufacturing the product?
As I went down the list of my
commonly used items from this weekend I found that most of the nicest items or
nicest companies the items came from, were manufactured in China. The companies
included Nintendo, Apple, Coach, and UGG. What does this say about China? The
cheapest of items came from places like Bangladesh and Israel, which are both
very corrupt areas, this is probably where you would find the cheapest and
easiest labor. I did a little research to find out that China is the place to
be for manufacturing because it not only has the cheap labor, but there is also
a huge market for goods there as well as China has access to raw materials
there such as metals.
As a democrat, we are always
looking for ways to promote business in America and make it harder for
companies to outsource. The only side affect to keeping business in the U.S. is
that it will make the prices of the products skyrocket because our regulations
on everything. This is why the only item I had that was made in the U.S. was a
J Brand jean jacket and I will admit that I spent way more than I should have,
I believe it was around $200. The consumers would be hurt tremendously if all
our products went up to the equivalent price as that jean jacket.
