[extropy-chat] ECON: US products still globally dominant

[Paul Grant]

Funny; I just talked to some of my relatives in Egypt,
and my cousin (who just came back from there), and according
to them, the boycott against american products and restaurants
is still going strong.  McDonalds (and other food chains perceived
as American) are empty.  'course thats just one arabic country,
*BUT* egypt is well-known for it being the most liberal/moderate
of muslim countries.

omard-out



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A new Harvard Business School study states that backlash against
American products in the wake of US involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan
just hasn't materialized to any significant degree. While a rump group
of 12% of global consumers refuse to buy products of US corporations
because of US foreign policy and globalization, 88% say they continue to
buy US products.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1106&ncid=1106&e=2&u=/ft
/20040121/bs_ft/1073281203197

Oddly enough, despite the complaints of elitists like France, US made
goods are seen as quality products around the world:

"He said global brands including Nike were favoured by consumers in
developing countries because they represented a guarantee of quality in
markets where basic standards were not always guaranteed. Coca-Cola, for
example, was seen as being a brand that used clean water in preparing
its soft drinks." 

Take THAT, Pierre....

Even in the Muslim world, Coke continues to dominate, and "Mecca Cola"
just doesn't get that many muslim consumers bowing down to it very
frequently.



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