I try and evaluate each purchase or at least a range or line, whether it is a purchase from QVC, the supermarket, a high street shop, etc. But with the marketplace being so "global" and little traceable information available as to true orgin of manufacure or production, who the workers are and the conditions they work in, it can be difficult. I don't hold it against a company for being sold to a larger company. And I don't think of it as selling out. It's business. But everyone has their choice and opinion about this. I watch to see what happens afterwords, if the products change for the worse or better, if the place of production changes and what reasons are given.
Probably most products sold on QVC are made in developing or "3rd world" nations. Most manufacting of "American goods" take place in Latin American countries or some Asian, but a lot in China. So being imported from America doesn't mean that products are made there. Same goes for European products, even high-end luxury European items, more than likely they too have been made in China. Only when people choose to purchase made at home items that have quality and when people choose quality over quantity will things change.
I don't begrudge developing nations their chance in the sun for a better life, but hope it doesn't mean bad working conditions or slave labour. Unfortunatley it often does.
