A cell phone costs 1000 EUR, for example.
What if that were in DE
Marketing costs
You usually don't pay for the materials but for the fact that your cell phone has the mark
Despite marketing, you earn extra, also because of the production costs in Asia.
Material costs, manufacturing costs (factory workers), transport costs, employees, advertising & marketing, taxes
Have a look at the prices at Gigaset, then you can imagine how much you would pay if they were manufactured in Germany