Would you 3D print your shoes one day?

  • reddig33@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    They will probably be overpriced compared to manufacturing costs, just like Crocs.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      That has always been the case. Nike is notorious for using overseas sweat shops where children work their fingers to the bone for $0.50 an hour. It probably costs Nike a couple bucks to make a $200 shoe, if that. But they spend billions on advertising, celebrity endorsements, political bribes contributions, and yachts, so it’s not all profit.

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      3 days ago

      mfg cost is nothing compared to marketing and shipping and retail channel and design and lawyers and engineering and accounting etc