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Consumer Products, Domestic Sourcing, Manufacturing, Reshoring

Reshoring And The Apparel Industry

Reshoring - For decades we have been shedding apparel-manufacturing jobs in addition to the entire ecosystem that goes along with them. However, the offshore wages that were once a fraction of U.S. labor costs are escalating. Shipping costs,…

Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Reshoring

Jobs: Can The Reshoring Initiative Bring Them Back?

Throughout the 2016 election cycle, one of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump's most impassioned – and oft-repeated – promises should he move into the White House next year is the recovery of millions of jobs previously offshored to China,…

Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Production, Reshoring

Do Trade Agreements Kill Jobs?

International trade agreements: It is remarkable that the one thing leading presidential candidates of both parties agree is bad is the one thing mainstream economists agree is good. Donald Trump says he’ll scrap them and impose…

Consumer Products, Domestic Sourcing, Food Products, Made in USA

An Alternative to the Nabisco Oreo Cookie including a Homemade Recipe

Last year, the Nabisco company decided not to make a $130 million upgrade to the Chicago facilities in which America's iconic cookie, the Oreo, is made. The final Chicago-made Oreo cookies rolled off the line last week on Friday. This work…

American Made, Apparel, Domestic Sourcing, Manufacturing, Reshoring, Sustainability

Why Clothing Startups Are Returning To American Factories

Startups are returning to American factories, and it's no longer (just) about patriotism or marketing. These brands want to create the best, most innovative clothes in the world. At the swanky Prudential Center in the heart of Boston's shopping…

Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Exports, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Reshoring

China Is Buying Its Way Into the U.S. Economy

The concept of "Made in America" is slowly giving way to "Made by China … in America," as Chinese investors are increasingly snatching up U.S.-based companies and assets and raising the eyebrows of some regulators and market spectators. Since…

Bill to force Pentagon to shift to US-made sneakers may help New Balance

American Made, Consumer Products, Domestic Sourcing, FOOTWEAR AND ACCESSORIES, Jobs, Made in USA, Military

Pentagon to Shift to Made in USA Sneakers, Helping New Balance

New Balance has been waiting for years for the Department of Defense to buy athletic shoes/sneakers that are made in this country. If US Representatives Niki Tsongas and Bruce Poliquin have their way, the Boston sneaker maker won’t have to…

American Made, Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production

Towels in US Marriott Hotels to Be Made in USA

Travelers staying at any of Marriott's nearly 3,000 U.S. hotels may notice a little something different in their guest rooms in the coming year. The hotel chain announced recently that it would be swapping out its hand towels and bath towels…

Once Booming Textile Mill Towns Given New Hope

Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Reshoring

Once Booming Mill Towns Given New Hope

Not so long ago, this rural town an hour outside Atlanta was a hotbed for textile manufacturing. In the late 1990s, there were six major mills here. Their machines spun children's clothing for Carter's, made tire cords for B.F. Goodrich and…

Apparel, Consumer Products, Domestic Sourcing, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Reshoring, Sustainability

Made in the USA & Apparel Reshoring: Expert Round-Up

Made in the USA & apparel reshoring is a hot topic in the apparel industry these days. Corporate America is definitely interested- we need to look no further than Walmart’s American Manufacturing Commitment to buy an additional $250 billion…