I had a friend buying certain products from chinese manufacturers for 20 cents a piece, and back here he distributes to retailers at $2 a piece and the retailers may sell the product for $3 to $3.50 each...
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do you know what kind of margin are the retailers making?
for every 10 bucks, how much is really spent on production?
If you're interested in reading an article on this, there's an interesting one by NY Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn, at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/22/fashion/22factory.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
The short answer is, depends on the product category. But if you mean high-end designer wear, it would be marked up at least 300%, if not more. It all makes sense when you think about what it costs to run a nice-looking place like Bergdorf's in NYC.