Originally Posted by
Cybrarian
Having been in Thailand twice I suggest you get out of Chang Mai and into the villages where the cotton workers live. Then you will have a better understanding concerning the difference between cotton material locally grown and manufactured there and what is grown and manufactured in Australia, the US and Europe.
I think that the point is that
NONE of the fabric we are buying currently in our stores is "grown and manufactured in Australia, the US and Europe". It's all coming from the Far East. So, why the huge difference in prices?
My opinion...because they can. Profit.
I see that Connecting Threads is having their wide backs for roughly $8.something a yard. I calculated that to be $3.56/yard of 43" fabric. That is really more like what the prices should be. People do reach their price point and then they won't pay it anymore, or they will cut way down on their purchases or search and find the product elsewhere.