評：A Fake Egyptian Cotton Scandal Has Arrived

W. Edwards Deming【轉危為安】(台北：經濟新潮，2015)  第6章

品質與消費者

早期放映有聲電影的問題，大多因為操作說明書不當所造成的。這些從德文譯成英文的說明書文章不通，譯者兩德、英文都不精。──《華盛頓電影人學會公報》，1967年11月。

工業不斷地發展，消費者的偏好也是。雙方都要求更多、品質要更好。──埃及棉花輸出公司發言人，摘錄自1971年1月15日《紐約時報》。

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Bloomberg

Your sheets aren't what you think they are.

A Fake Egyptian Cotton Scandal Has Arrived

Turns out that stores like Target and Wal-Mart have been selling premium-priced sheets purportedly made of Egyptian cotton, but that may in reality be woven with lower-quality cotton blends.

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