> H&M, Zara, and Uniqlo are luxury? None of them are building infra to a level that rivals US behemoths. They are well known foreigns brands, but nether comman

> H&M, Zara, and Uniqlo are luxury? None of them are building infra to a level that rivals US behemoths. They are well known foreigns brands, but nether commands a high market share nor represent an existential threat to US brands. Top 2 on the market should be Amazon and Wallmart, in whichever order: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/17/amazon-unseats-walmart-to-become-the-no-1-apparel-retailer-in-the-us.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/17/amazon-unseats-walmart-to-be... To note even Gap is bigger than any of those 3 mentionned. I was pointing at the luxury market because there’s probably more competion from the outside. > Shell You’re not answering on how it operates in the US. Toyota US is in the same situation: it’s a subsidiary of the Japanese entity, but still “builds” cars in the US. Customer perceive them as Japanese cars perhaps, but if they‘re not marked at imported cars, that perception is just misplaced. Shell US refining its own oil in the US falls in the same bucket to me. The discussion was wether there was examples of foreign companies building infra to directly import foreign goods into the US market. It seems to be diverging into “are there well know and successful foreign brands in the US”