Is it time for a Made in (insert your country) campaign, page 1

reply to post by Freedom ERP

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A Buy New Zealand Made Campaign was started last year or the year before in order to try and get people to support local business and products . I can recall a similar campaign in Australia when I was a kid perhaps an Australian or someone living across the Tasman can shed more light on that matter . So far I can only recall seeing the Made in NZ logo once on the back of a chip packet in a supermarket .

I am interested in reading what other peoples experiences have been concerning this topic .

reply to post by Obliterated

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Precisely.

If you are weak, then you consider China and India threats to your job, your economy etc.

If you are strong, then you consider them to be massive new markets of 2.5 billion people.

Getting 56million people to buy British is a waste of time. How about we improve our standards, image and generally up our game in order to tap into that massive new market (hint: every year 60 million new Chinese and Indians join the ranks of the middle class... thats the entire population of the UK in a single year)

reply to post by 44soulslayer

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And how do you propose we find the money to strengthen and expand our industrial base?

More new laws?

Government intervention? Which is what lead to the decline in the first place?

And what makes you think that China and India will want our goods because of their supposed excellence?

Do you not think that India and China are already catering for or have plans to cater for their expanding middle class?

Bottom line is that we now have an economic base that is service driven rather than driven by manufacturing, and to turn that around will be next to impossible given the current situation, and the situation that will be prevalent for many years to come.

Also, what makes you so sure that the markets you mention think about "quality" in the same way that you do?

reply to post by budski

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I never said anything about forcibly creating an industrial base. Britain is still strong in certain sectors- notably high tech science and defence; lucury goods; food and drinks etc.

The government could do a lot worse than support these industries via tax breaks or incentives. The government could also support these industries by creating an education system that befits a modern world. Instead of training hoardes of media studies, religious studies and other "soft option" graduates, the government should double the tuition fees on soft options and eliminate fees for hard options like engineering, science etc.

China and India follow a unique consumer pattern. They prefer Western goods over their own goods, when given the choice. I know that in India particularly (first hand observation), the "Made in England" tag is still seriously respected. Then take into account the Indian demand for Scotch whisky in preference to local brands, etc. There are many examples of the emerging markets buying high quality, high priced items from the West.

I agree that we have a post-industrial economy. So let's try and create further competency within the sectors which we have a dominant position.

And as for the quality issue, the debate is entirely moot. Either I am correct, or this country is going to die. We cannot compete with India and China on a manufacturing cost basis. Hence quality is the only other resort.

Have you any other solution?

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