Zara (or more generally Inditex) does quality control in Spain, but a small part of the products are manufactured in Spain. Their Bangladesh suppliers have ~30

Zara (or more generally Inditex) does quality control in Spain, but a small part of the products are manufactured in Spain. Their Bangladesh suppliers have ~300,000 workers vs. ~6,000 in Spain [0]. To counter your point, it seems that a piece of clothing manufactured in China will be shipped to Spain, quality controlled, tagged, fitted with RF-ID and then sent back to China for selling [1]. So it doesn't seem to follow the model you suggest where proximity matters. [0] http://www.elespanol.com/economia/20160222/104239851_0.html http://www.elespanol.com/economia/20160222/104239851_0.html [1] http://economia.elpais.com/economia/2015/03/17/actualidad/1426615669_374276.html http://economia.elpais.com/economia/2015/03/17/actualidad/14...