East Germany: Of Meissen Men
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China-loving West Germany, where few well-heeled families would think of omitting Meissen from a daughter's dowry, accounts for perhaps $2,000,000 in annual retail purchases. Now Meissen hopes to expand its outlets in the U.S., where exports have been severely limited by restrictions on East German travel and trade. Having pried into the U.S. market with a trade visit last spring, Meissen Director Rudi Richter hopes to get permission to send another delegation next year. "After all," says he, sounding almost like a capitalist, "you can't really properly develop a market in a country you can't visit."
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