There are lots of hands in the pot with all imported products!  Cut them out and you have a chance...

Not anymore. The online world has forced businesses to cut out the middle man to stay competitive.  Even our supermarkets have created a number of food brands/labels of their own and then slowly cut out the well known brands of the past. Definitely happening in electrical appliances in a big way.  If it hasn't happened in giftware yet it is sure to happen eventually.

Target in Australia got in trouble not so long ago because it turned out the cosmetics they were selling were fake.  Target honestly thought they were buying direct from the manufacturer in China. Anyway this is just another case of a retailer cutting out the middle guy... the Australian Distributor.