Retailers shift supply chain tasks to China

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By Robert Wright in Shanghai
Published: March 26 2007 22:03 | Last updated: March 27 2007 05:39
Retailers and consumer goods companies in the developed world are increasingly shifting logistics operations from their home countries to China. Goods are sorted,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], labelled and even placed in displays for direct shipment to individual stores before leaving Chinese ports.
Shipping lines,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], logistics companies and warehouse operators say costs spur customers to move the sorting process away from consuming countries,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], continuing the outsourcing trend to lower-wage economies that began with manufacturing going to China.