This is my new facial cream. It’s expensive as hell, but it works as advertised, at least for me. I bragged about it to a friend and they asked, “where is it from?” My brain works in mysterious ways and I couldn’t simply give them the name of the brand. Maybe I should get tested for autism? 🩵 Anyway…

The cream appears to be made in Poland by a Polish manufacturer: https://retixc.com/en/about-us/

This Polish manufacturer is a subsidiary of a French company called Urgo*: https://urgo-group.fr/en/brands/retix-c/

I had never really given any thought to production chains before looking up this facial cream. I guess this left me with mixed feelings, because why can’t simply company A make product B? This feeling may be childishly simplistic, but then again, I know ZERO about economics and such… Please do enlighten me. 😅 What are the implications of Retix.C in Poland being owned by Urgo in France? What would be different for customers, employees and the environment if this weren’t a subsidiary relationship?

*any Stargate fans here?

  • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
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    26 days ago

    What you’re talking about is something I’ve learned a lot more in the last couple years. It came about because I’m trying to consume fewer things that are Made in the USA, as a Canadian.

    But there are many instances of a product Made in Canada by companies that are headquartered in the USA, sometimes with a Canadian subsidiary. I try to look for local alternatives first, then domestic, then international, then American brand but made in Canada, only then if there are no other options and I can’t do without I buy the American option.

    One funny one is that the American Playing Card Company bought out a whole bunch of other card brands over the decades, they make cards in the USA, in Brazil and other places. But then Cartamundi, a Belgian company, bought them out and now are the largest playing card supplier. So I’m now confused how American the American Playing Card Company is to determine how strongly I should boycot it.

    • printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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      26 days ago

      I’m kind of the same, but trying to stay within the EU, since I’m based here. The easiest products to procure that are made locally are groceries. The absolute hardest are technical hardware, such as computer components.