Re:Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong
by themaninthedark on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @09:32AM
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It's not just
>Business owners are greedy and chase profits, and customers are cheap and don't care beyond their own needs and wants.
You have the judicial system of Italy that is complicit in this behavior in this instance and others in different cases.
Although, it seems to be Dior's subcontractors: >found two of its Chinese-owned subcontractors based outside Milan had exploited their workers.
And Dior was not doing audits.
No comment in the article on the fate of the subcontractors who violated the law.... very encouraging.
Yes, "frowned upon" is the perfectly realistic way to describe it.
Dior was just caught using effectively slave labor including illegal immigrants in Italy (so they can say "Made in Italy" on the label), all locked in, working and sleeping in the makeshift factory, working round the clock shifts, operating machines with safeties disabled so they're more productive, making 2700E handbags for 53E [0]. The court just called it "Unethical Supply Chain" but no criminal charges. Luxury brands are put "on notice".
> thousands of small foreign-owned manufacturers supply luxury brands with goods that can claim the prized “Made in Italy” label but are produced at “Made in China” prices.
If you thought now you can sleep well but still buy cheap (or even a 2700E handbag) because your product isn't made in China, think again. And this isn't just Italy, it's everywhere. And it isn't just iPhones or Dior handbags, it's almost every cheap thing you buy. Business owners are greedy and chase profits, and customers are cheap and most just don't care beyond their own needs and wants.
[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2024/06/24/italian-...