[Alpacasite] Re: LAND'S END

--- In Alpacasite@yahoogroups.com, "Tricia Morton" <mortontricia@h...>
wrote:

>
> I had seen an e-mail not too long ago asking if anyone had noticed
> all the 'cashmere' ads this season and I did notice and hoped one
> year it would be 'alpaca'. I think same person mentioned alpaca
> products being sold at Land's End and Cabelas and if we all bought
> something that would show interest in alpaca to those companies. So
> I did order some products. Maybe this is a 'dumb' question, but is
> this helping our future? I would 'assume' yes!!

Look at the label. Where were the products from Land's End made?

China is the world's biggest buyer of alpaca fiber at present. But,
anyone following the news know that China is quickly taking over the
textile industry. Deb Hill has shared some sobering figures regarding
this.

So, there is not a simple answer to the question. Promoting alpaca, in
a general way, is helping the future of the industry. It is arguable
if buying alpaca (or cashmere, or mohair, or...) made in China is
doing much to lay the necessary foundations for the domestic industry.
Consumer awareness is good. Consumer expectations of low prices and
inconsistant quality is perhaps not as good. The latter seems to be
the strategy of Asian textiles in general, and China in particular.

John Merrell
Gateway Farm Alpacas
http://www.gateway-alpacas.com
Alpaca, a natural elegance...

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