[lbo-talk] supply chain

[Nathan S.]

On 10/18/2011 11:34 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Just got notified that Apple has shipped my iPhone 4S, so I checked the tracking info. FedEx picked it up in Shenzhen this morning, and it's now in HK. For some reason, I'd thought that they'd ship them from a distribution center in the U.S. But direct from China!
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It's not going to make it to the States in one stop, but has there been 
a concerted effort by other nations to reduce shipping costs? Or is this 
an effort by shipping cos.? I've noticed the same thing with three of 
the last orders my wife has placed for things from overseas, but two of 
those were from the socialist paradise (except for that high murder & 
suicide rate) of Sweden and one was from the UK, neither of which seems 
analogous to China. And the necessary caveat that I have exactly four 
pieces of discrete data there from which I'm generalizing.

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Nathan