BearStearns
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Well the new Church's customer, the international shopper from China, neither knows nor cares about whether their shoes are Goodyear welted or made in Northampton. If their customer base does not care anymore, why should Church's waste their time maintaining these qualities. All the new Church's customer cares about is if their shoes are overpriced so they can be conspicuous consumption.Redundancies made by Northampton shoe factory left long-standing employee hurt by decision
“I gave 44 years of my working life to this company, only to be made redundant”www.northamptonchron.co.uk
Doesn’t look good for Church’s, the reduction in staff numbers at such scale bodes badly. I’ve noticed an increasing number of shoes on their website no longer saying “Made in Northampton “ in the blurb. Some still do, lots do not. I wonder if they’re therefore increasingly off shoring ( possibly near shoring)?