But contracts to make clothes for foreign brands sometimes are subcontracted to factories in such buildings.
One striking observation we recently made was a sharp drop in aspiration for foreign brands versus domestic brands in certain categories.
Nigel Brackenbury, head of Ford's operations in Russia, notes that for most of the past decade foreign brands have mopped up all the growth in the market.
Fiat has put a lot of time and effort into Chrysler, bringing in foreign brands and making a push for compact cars.
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If U.S. buyers who love their foreign cars start patronizing those brands for their SUVs, and SUV demand stays flat, Detroit's overcapacity--and already thin profits--could deteriorate further.
Ford had complained, for instance, that Korea limited the hours that foreign brands could advertise, audited the tax returns of import car owners and manipulated its currency to protect Korean carmakers.
But the index also includes some notable foreign companies providing similar services such as Vipshop Holdings an online discount retailer for various brands in China.
Another local producer, Severstal-Auto, has sensibly decided that rather than taking on foreign car brands, it will instead specialise in small vans and trucks, demand for which will be driven by the fast-growing retail sector.
Local maker NEC still accounts for one of every two computers sold in the country, but according to one estimate, foreign brands such as Compaq, Apple and Packard Bell now have 40% of the market, up from 10% a few years ago.
However, for some the time is right to begin expanding globally in developed, buying foreign distribution networks, technology and even brands.
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