In this day and age every penny counts so as sad as it is, if there are two identical items ones a pound made in China and the other one is ten made in Britain, I think the majority of us would go for the pound Take Lu Lu Guinness for example, her bags are supposed to be bespoke yet the £400 plus bags are made in China, Kipling too, on Amazon the people that make Kipling bags in China are selling them under a different name for a fraction of the price, yet people still buy the "Kipling" branded bag, what I mean is it's the name most people go for, rather than the origin.