Perhaps it's a loss leader, or selling below cost price, but at any price that's a lot of stitches, whatever the quality. The mind boggles to think how many identical cushions were supplied to Ikea (worldwide, perhaps) and how many people were involved in the stitching.09 July 2009
Two a penny
These needlepoint cushions are selling for £2.50 (reduced from £9-something). The centre panel is needlepoint - done by hand, in China. 
Perhaps it's a loss leader, or selling below cost price, but at any price that's a lot of stitches, whatever the quality. The mind boggles to think how many identical cushions were supplied to Ikea (worldwide, perhaps) and how many people were involved in the stitching.
Perhaps it's a loss leader, or selling below cost price, but at any price that's a lot of stitches, whatever the quality. The mind boggles to think how many identical cushions were supplied to Ikea (worldwide, perhaps) and how many people were involved in the stitching.
what worries me is how little they will have been paid.
ReplyDeleteChineses work for nothing... until next... revolution.
ReplyDeleteI did'nt see those cushions in Ikea, here in canton de Vaud.
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