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That's not what I said. We're talking about why Brooks' logistics might be handled in Italy. Which they are. Why do you think it might be cheaper to have the
by busterarm 6y ago
That's not what I said.
We're talking about why Brooks' logistics might be handled in Italy. Which they are.
Why do you think it might be cheaper to have their full inventory sent to a company in Italy and then have logistics handled there?
- walshemj 6y agoItaly is a center for leather working
- busterarm 6y agoExcept the "working" part of it was already done in the UK here. It's literally stated in the first part of the article. And again, Italy has mass-imported Chinese immigrants to perform its textiles (and other industries') labor. Just because Italy is the "center for X" doesn't mean Italians are the ones doing X.
- Hamuko 6y agoI imagine it's cheaper if you do most of your sales in continental Europe and just sell some units in the UK. Would make more sense to just have one logistics center even if it results in some items being shipped back and forth.
- busterarm 6y agoThere's no why in what you said, just stating the same premise that I did. Selle Italia happens to be located in northern Italy, where most of this immigration is concentrated. Granted it's in Veneto and the highest concentration is in Lombardia/Lombardy...but that region has half as many and they're right next to each other.
- rjsw 6y agoIf you want something shipped anywhere you don't start from Italy.
- busterarm 6y agoThere's a lot of mental gymnastics people will do to not admit the only reason why anyone ever outsources anything: the labor is cheaper. Postage & Logistics are already robust industries in the UK.