US: Consumers wary of luxury goods made in China – survey
Author: just-style.com | 25 February 2008
Luxury goods firms should be wary of switching their manufacturing operations to countries where production costs are lower after a new survey found consumers prefer luxury goods to be made in the US and Italy.
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