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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Fast Fashion

Fast Fashion - a term used to describe cheap and affordable clothes which are the result of catwalk designs moving into stores in the fastest possible way in order to respond to the latest trends. In the 1980s and 1990s, a new production…

Why and How Every Fashion Business Can Be a Sustainable One

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Sustainable: Why and How Every Fashion Business Can Be One

I think every brand out there should be a sustainable brand. If you’re not thinking about the future, especially the future outside of just your fashion brand, you shouldn’t be taking on the responsibility of creating products; the impact…

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Project TEACH – A STEM Workshop For KIDS

A group is seeking your help! Project TEACH will plant the seed of possibilities within disadvantaged and/or underrepresented students, igniting change within the Bronx Community. These changes will create future professional leaders within…

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Pros and Cons of Outsourcing US Manufacturing Jobs

WHY MANUFACTURING SHOULD RETURN TO AMERICA There has been a staggering loss of manufacturing jobs in the U.S. since the early 2000s, leaving many formerly booming industrial cities as near ghost towns. While many companies try to justify…

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Retailers To Home Furnishings Vendors: Focus on Made in USA

For home furnishings manufacturers, the impetus to move a larger proportion of their manufacturing to the United States is about more than patriotism. It’s about that time-tested business fact—that the customer is always right. Customers,…

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Power to Save: ‘Made in Scranton’ Solar Power

MADISON TOWNSHIP — So far, this summer has been a little lacking in sunlight, but still, one man’s new addition to his backyard in Lackawanna County is doing well. When you meet Joe Dickey, two things are clear: he’s proud of his…

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Made in USA, From Sheep to Shelf: Zady’s Feel-Good Sweater

When Maxine Bedat and Soraya Darabi set out to make a wool sweater entirely in the U.S., their first challenge was finding sheep. A Google search turned up the Imperial Stock Ranch, a 143-year-old sheep and cattle operation in northeastern…

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The U.S. Medical Device Industry

The United States remains the largest medical device market in the world with a market size of around $110 billion, and it is expected to reach $133 billion by 2016. The U.S. market value represented about 38 percent of the global medical…

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The Case for ‘Made in America’

It's about pride in what we do, not about protectionism. BY MARK DWIGHT The Case for 'Made in America' I proudly add the "Made in USA" label to every product I manufacture in my San Francisco factory. Making bags in this country is fundamentally…

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“MADE IN USA” CLAIMS TRICKY FOR RECYCLED MATERIALS

Manufacturers of products made with recycled materials can’t claim offerings were “Made In USA” unless they can show that the materials originated domestically, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) making it the "Made in…