Why the price difference

Today I was able to finish my work early. I took out my cross stitch bag and found that there are several unfinished ones. While stitching one of the projects – a cushion cover covered with strawberries, I was wondering why the DMC 6 strand embroidery thread costs more than the Anchor one. DMC costs 3 times more than Anchor. Is it only in Sri Lanka or is it the same everywhere? Hope someone will enlighten me on this. The cushion cover looks lovely, the pattern was in one of the Indian books I bought at a store. Very soon I will put some pictures of my work on this blog for your comments.

Happy cross stitching!!