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Re: The End of Lego (was: Massive Layoffs At Lego (in Enfield, CT))
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lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general
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Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:46:02 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Jim Hughes wrote:
> It, then, comes as no suprise, that in order to compete with other toy
> manufacturers they have sought out less expensive labor markets. First it was
> the Kladno plant in the Czech Republic, but also China. Look closely at where
> your Lego sets are manufactured. Primo, Clickits, Galidor, and some Duplo have
> always been made in China.
that will work until the chinese start asking for the same sort of pay and
benefits we have been having for a while.
see for instance apple's 2 months in india.
day 0 : apple announces that they open a huge development center in bangalore un
a big media splash
day 0+2months : apple quietly retracts, arguing that india's growth in the last
2 years has been too large, and that it became too expensive.
at some point in the future, the whole system will crash. that's a given.
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