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Aussie business icon Dick Smith has slammed Kmart‘s “sad” decision to manufacture many of its products overseas.
The discount department store has come under increased pressure from customers in recent weeks with complaints of low stock and empty shelves because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Mr Smith, who has long been a proponent of buying Australian-made products, told A Current Affair Kmart‘s decision to make many of its products in China wasn’t a surprise but “sad”.
“When I was young, something like the bed lamp – we made all our lamps, the toaster – we made all our toasters in Australia,” he said.
“But the problem is our labour rates are high, we share the wealth here a lot better, so we have high minimum wages and high wages for factory workers and that means it‘s hard to compete with China where some of them are getting just a few dollars an hour.”
National Secretary of the Australian Workers Union Daniel Walton told ACA that he hoped Kmart and other retailers would make changes as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
“Maybe we should take a different approach, maybe we should use this crisis as an opportunity to say let‘s give some support back to our Australian manufacturers, let’s get them out here making some of the things that we need, and let’s get our aisles filled right across the country with decent Australian products,” he said.
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/dick-smith-slams-kmart-for-making-products-in-china/news-story/3bf12c6464e75ec0cee0f6981c0ac78e
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