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“A lot of ‘luxury’ items are made in Asia, but the brands use loopholes that make it look like it was made in Europe or in the US to give the illusion it wasn’t mass-produced next door to the Gap sweatshops. There was a big ruckus years ago about some brands getting purses made in India and only getting them finished in Europe, but it was only spoken about in the industry — never made it to the public. Lots of high-end ‘American’ jewelry is made in Hong Kong.”
“Designer brands all have outrageous markups. They could sell at 80% off and still make money, but they rarely have deep discounts because they don’t want ‘the wrong kind of people’ buying, so unsold inventory is usually destroyed.”
—Anonymous, Toronto, Canada
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/lizmrichardson/luxury-retail-employees-secrets-stories