Has anyone here worked in the retail industry and could give me an idea how of much profit the shops are doing on every item we buy??
E.g: On a pair of Diesel jeans sold at £130 how much will the shop have bought it for from the supplier??
Just very curious!!!

Originally posted by Sony
Has anyone here worked in the retail industry and could give me an idea how of much profit the shops are doing on every item we buy??
E.g: On a pair of Diesel jeans sold at £130 how much will the shop have bought it for from the supplier??
Just very curious!!!

I would have thought about 50% of the price would go to the retailer. For more info on where your cash goes, click here. (http://www.sweatshopwatch.org/swatch/questions.html#list)

Originally posted by Greenback
I would have thought about 50% of the price would go to the retailer. For more info on where your cash goes, click here. (http://www.sweatshopwatch.org/swatch/questions.html#list)

And 49.5% goes to the manufacturer, leaving peanuts for the slaves, sorry workers, in the Chinese factories.

You can buy a pair of jeans in Primark for £8 and they're selling them at a profit. They'll probably not cost much less to manufacture, in some Chinese or Phillipino sweatshop, than your fancy label pair.

Office equipment and stationery has a mark-up of around 26%.

I think PC World look at the prices of www.scan.co.uk and double the price.

an f**k t-shirt costs £3.50 to make. fact.

Originally posted by annaO
an f**k t-shirt costs £3.50 to make. fact.
Would that be a "fine knit" T shirt you are talking about ?

Originally posted by annaO
an f**k t-shirt costs £3.50 to make. fact.

Probably more like 35p. Other costs will include advertising, shipping etc

Originally posted by Cols
And 49.5% goes to the manufacturer, leaving peanuts for the slaves, sorry workers, in the Chinese factories.

Diesel jeans are made in Italy.