Chinese private-sector wages rose 14 percent in 2012. this trend in rapidly rising wage rates might hurt its manufacturing dominance. source: wall street journal, may 17, 2013 explain the effect of the rising wage rates on the supply of manufactured goods. rising wage rates .

Internal secondary data is information that the business itself has collected during normal operations, such as Profit & Loss Statement, inventory and sales numbers, previously obtained customer insights, etc. Lululemon would have access to all these and more to gain insights about its current or future customer base.