Produtividade (parte VIII)

Na sequência de: Produtividade (parte I); parte II; parte III, parte IV, parte V, parte VI e parte VII.
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Este trecho retirado do livro de Thomassen e Lincoln "How to Succeed at Retail: Winning Case Studies and Strategies for Retailers and Brands" ilustra bem o que contámos sobre o poder da originação de valor na parte VI.
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"Steve Feniger, a manufacturing expert in Hong Kong who has spent 27 years obtaining goods from China, says the threefold mark-up by the US retailer that buys all the Tianjin factory’s work boots is rather low, compared with that for products that carry well-known brand names.
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‘If you took Calvin Klein jeans it would be more like four or five times’, said Feniger, who is managing director of SSPartners, a trading company, and who previously ran factories making products for Warnaco Group, which owns such brands as Calvin Klein, Nautica and Chaps. A Ralph Lauren polo shirt, Feniger said, is made in China for about $3.50 and then sold in the United States for $30. ‘The power is very much with the buyer rather than the seller’, he said.
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‘It’s a hard and lonely job being at the manufacturing end of the industry.’
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A decade ago the typical profit margin for Chinese shoe and garment factories was about 10 per cent. Now they are very lucky to get 5 per cent, factory owners and economists say.