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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…

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…

Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Reshoring

Reshoring Effort Returning, Keeping Jobs in USA

The stream of millions of U.S. jobs going overseas has stopped, according to a report from the Chicago-based Reshoring Initiative. The net gain on reshoring and foreign investment in the United States was measured at 67,000 jobs nationwide…

Economy, Innovation, Manufacturing, Production, Reshoring, Technology

Look Out China, US Manufacturing is Headed for No. 1

Advanced manufacturing technologies are helping to push the United States back toward being the most competitive manufacturing nation in the world, according to a new survey of global CEOs and other senior executives. While China is the world’s…

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…

American Made, Consumer Products, Economy, Jobs, Production, Reshoring

Whirlpool to Expand Dishwasher Assembly Plant in Ohio

Whirlpool Corp. confirmed on Thursday said it would invest $40.6 million in its Findlay, Ohio, plant, and anticipates adding 50 new jobs at the dishwasher-manufacturing facility. The company said the 86,400-square-foot expansion will boost…