Some Retailers Say More About Their Clothing’s Origins
Michael Preysman, chief of the online boutique Everlane, at a plant in Vernon, Calif., where its T-shirts and sweatshirts are made. | Photo Credit: The New York Times
Written By: STEPHANIE…
American Made K’NEX Announces New Additions to Building Sets Line
New building sets offer fans exciting building options.
Hatfield, PA (PRWEB) June 10, 2013
K’NEX Brands, the US construction toy company focused on Building Worlds Kids Love®, is pleased to introduce four new additions to…
New Gillette Store Fights To Sell Only Made in USA Goods
Small American flags are displayed April 11 at the My Made in America Store in Gillette. All of the products sold from the store are 100 percent made in America. The store opened in November 2012 after owners Rod and Susan Mathis…
Small U.S. Manufacturers Give Up on 'Made in China'
David Rocks and Nick Leiber When Sonja Zozula and Jerry Anderson founded LightSaver Technologies in 2009, everyone told them they should make their emergency lights for homeowners in China. After two years of outsourcing…
Promoting Made in U.S.A., But Very Carefully
ELIZABETH OLSON
December 2012
BRANDS reviving the “Made in the U.S.A.” slogan to attract buyers for American-produced goods are relying less on patriotism and more on data that shows consumers are willing to pay…
Manufacturing “Insourcing” to Gather Steam in 2013
by Morris BeschlossDecember 25, 2 With the traumatic impact of “outsourcing” jobs and production, especially by America’s manufacturing giants, it may come as a surprise to many that the U.S.A. is still the…
Bodacious Cases 100% Made in America iPhone case to be on ABC World News
Written By: Arianna RussellOwner/Inventor at Bodacious Cases A lot of you may already know that I’m very passionate about having my products 100% Made in America. Well, last Friday I received a phone call from the ABC World…
76 Percent of Americans Say Buying American Made Apparel is Important
Alyssa Alimurung
More than three in four Americans consider the U.S. origin of a garment an “extremely” or “somewhat” important factor in their purchase decision, according to a survey conducted by the NPD Group for Women’s…
Bangladesh Factory in Fire: WalMart & Disney Among Clients
Firefighters hose down a blaze at a 10-story clothing factory on Nov. 26 in the Dhaka suburb of Uttara, Bangladesh. The fire broke out as people mourned more than 110 factory workers killed in a fire two days earlier at the Tazreen…
Manufacturing Matters – 1st National Manufacturing Day
Richard Lord
October 4, 2012
Today is the first national Manufacturing Day, reminding us that the United States still leads the world in production of manufactured goods, and that the manufacturing sector is at the…
