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The Decline Of America's Job-Creating Small Businesses

On Friday, we learned that U.S. companies added 195,000 jobs in June, which was much higher than the 165,000 expected by economists. Still, the unemployment rate remains painfully high at 7.6%, even as GDP, corporate profits, and stocks sit near all-time highs. One of the reasons for this is the decline of America’s small businesses, which struggle to compete […]

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Steinway's Sale Is a Sour Note for Made in America

A Model D piano being made at the Steinway factory in Astoria, Queens. Brian Ross “Made in America” took another major hit very quietly yesterday. An American musical institution, the 160-year-old American piano maker Steinway and Sons, was sold to a private equity firm, Kohlberg & Co. What does a leveraged […]

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Gillibrand: Sell Only 'Made in USA' Wares at National Park Sites

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Only “Made in the U.S.A.” merchandise would be on sale at national park and monument gift shops under legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. Ms. Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and bill co-sponsor Rep. Steve Israel (D-L.I.) say many of the patriotic items currently being sold — […]

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The Made in America Movement All American-Made July 4th Giveaway – Day 3

Enter via directions and Rafflecopter below.  For more information on each individual product and the company contributing the product, please click on the individual graphics below.  They will take you directly to their website. This giveaway consists of a whopping 17 fantastic American made products!  All products have been generously donated by our Made in […]

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Buy America Laws Raise Hurdles in European Talks

Ron Young, a veteran Maryland legislator, says it was a “YouTube thing” that inspired him to push for the “buy America bill” enacted this year by his state. The ABC news clip uploaded on to the video platform featured a Montana homebuilder whose secretary spent a year calling all over the […]

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Does China own Independence Day?

Americans are happy to spend as we mark the patriotic day, but it’s not necessarily U.S. companies that should be celebrating. You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House […]

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The Made in America Movement All American-Made July 4th Giveaway Day 2

This giveaway consists of 5 pretty cool American made products! Today’s gift pack is worth over $200.   All products have been generously donated by our Made in America Movement Members and Sponsors.  (MAM Members) Rules for entry: (1) Enter via Rafflecopter widget below.  It may seem overwhelming, but it’s really quite easy.  (2) Comment at the […]

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MTA Outsources $235M Verrazano Bridge Project to China

United Steelworkers’ vice president said the work would cost about $30 an hour per worker in America but just $10 to $15 a day in China. The agency says it could not find an American company capable of making the high-tech steel plates it wants, but critics say the decision came […]

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The Made in America Movement All American Made July 4th Giveaway

This giveaway consists of 4 pretty cool American made products! Today’s gift pack is worth over $200.   All products have been generously donated by our Made in America Movement Members and Sponsors.  (MAM Members) Rules for entry: (1) Enter via Rafflecopter widget below.  It may seem overwhelming, but it’s really quite easy.  (2) Comment at the […]

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Volkswagen Opens News Tennessee Distribution to Keep Up with US Demand

The Volkswagen Group plans to invest more than $5 billion in North America over the next three years in new products, technologies and infrastructure aimed at helping the company reach its long-term goals for the region. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. celebrated on Tuesday  the grand opening of a $40 million Southeast Regional Distribution Center in […]

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American Made Makes a Comeback at Wal-Mart

Jon Springer Three months can be an awfully long wait.Yet that’s typical of the time it takes to move manufactured goods from a factory in China to a store shelf in the United States, according to Hal Sirkin, senior partner with Boston Consulting Group, speaking at Wal-Mart Stores’ annual shareholders meeting events this month […]

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Bangladesh Decries U.S. Cutoff of Duty-Free Access

Bangladesh expressed dismay at a U.S. decision to cut duty-free trade access, insisting Friday that the government has taken concrete steps to improve safety and working conditions since a factory collapse in April killed more than 1,000 garment workers. The U.S. had suspended the trade benefits a day earlier, saying […]

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Ford F-150 Beats Toyota Camry in American Made Ranking

The F-150 snapped a four-year streak for the Camry and earned the No. 1 spot in Cars.com’s 2013 American-Made index. The index ranksSource: Ford Motor Co. Ford Motor Co.’s F-150 pickup, pacing the biggest gain in U.S. market share among automakers this year, topped a consumer website’s list of most-American made […]

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Top US States for New Manufacturing Jobs

A welder builds parts for finished petroleum tanks at Southern Tank and Manufacturing Inc. in Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S. | Photo Credit: Ty Wright, Bloomberg – Getty Images Manufacturing jobs in the U.S. appear to be coming back—if ever so slightly. Several American firms, including Caterpillar, GE and Ford, have announced they’re shifting some manufacturing operations back to the United […]

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Lawmakers Push Government: Buy American Flags From Domestic Companies

Photo Credit: Daniel Goodman / Business Insider Lawmakers in the House of Representatives are renewing a push to stop the federal government from buying and flying American flags made outside the country. A bipartisan group of House legislators led by Iowa Democrat Rep. Bruce Braley introduced the “All-American Flag […]

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Made in USA: Journey Behind the Label

New documentary follows one man’s journey to live off only products “Made in USA.”   After a manufacturing plant closed down in his hometown of Ravenswood, W.Va., resulting in 650 people losing their jobs, Josh Miller began to wonder what was really made in America anymore.He decided to set out on a 30-day road trip […]

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Made in USA Documentary Shows Power Behind Patriotic Production

The slogan “Made in the U.S.A.” is far more than a patriotic platitude. It’s a rallying cry for the rejuvenation of the middle class.So argues filmmaker Josh Miller in Made in the U.S.A.: The 30-Day Journey, a new documentary now available via streaming as well as DVD. Miller, […]

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PuraKai Launches 100% Made in USA ‘Seed to Shirt’

98% of the clothing sold in the USA is manufactured overseas, and nearly all of that clothing is made from fabrics that have a negative effect on the environment. However, if the ambitious father and daughter co-founders of PuraKai Clothing have their way,  not only will there be a […]

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The Made in America Movement All American Made Father’s Day Giveaway

Hello Everyone! We are giving away 13 awesome prizes.  $860 worth of American made products will go to ONE lucky dad this weekend.  Will it be yours? All prizes have been generously donated by our Made in America Movement Members and Sponsors.  (MAM Members) Rules for entry: (1) Enter via Rafflecopter widget below. It may seem […]

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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 CLIFFORD The revolution that has swept the food industry is expanding to retail: origins matter. With fair-trade coffee and organic fruit now standard on […]

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Behind Cry for Help From China Labor Camp

The administrative building of the Masanjia labor camp and other facilities in China. | Photo Credit: The New York Times Written By: ANDREW JACOBS MASANJIA, China — The cry for help, a neatly folded letter stuffed inside a package of Halloween decorations sold at Kmart, traveled 5,000 miles from China into the […]

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Can Young Americans Revive Manufacturing in The U.S.?

Students from Hardin Valley Academy, Halls High School and Oak Ridge High School celebrate winning the 2013 championship title at the FIRST Robotics Smoky Mountains regionals. | Michael Messing/Special to The Oak Ridger Written by:Carolyn Krause / Special to The Oak Ridger The 3-D printer has been in the […]

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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 its K’NEX Building Sets line. These K’NEX Building Sets contain 100% made in the USA bricks, rods and connectors that […]

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Can Young Americans Revive Manufacturing in The U.S.?

Michael Messing/Special to The Oak RidgerStudents from Hardin Valley Academy, Halls High School and Oak Ridge High School celebrate winning the 2013 championship title at the FIRST Robotics Smoky Mountains regionals. Written by: Carolyn Krause / Special to The Oak Ridger The 3-D printer has been in the news recently […]

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Jobs Primary Motivations for ‘Buying American’

Jeffrey M. Jones Six in 10 say they would pay more to buy U.S.-made products PRINCETON, NJ — Forty-five percent of Americans say they recently made a special effort to buy products made in the United States. When asked why, these shoppers mainly cited patriotic or altruistic goals related to the national economy, including creating […]

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Sell More Shoppers on Buying Made in USA Clothing

Photograph by David Paul Morris/Bloomberg   Karen E. Klein Question: How can I successfully promote my made-in-the-USA children’s clothing line both domestically and overseas? Answer: There is plenty of evidence that marketing your company under the Brand U.S.A. banner can boost sales, both domestically and overseas. And with a string of tragedies involving overseas garment workers in the news recently, more customers […]

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Norton's U.S.A. Celebrates 6 Years of Made in USA 

Norton’s U.S.A. celebrates 6 years of made in the U.S.A. with fun events and deals (Posted By Melissa Schwartz, Community Contributor / June 3, 2013)   Melissa Schwartz Norton’s U.S.A., a uniquely American General Store in Barrington, is celebrating its 6th anniversary this month! For the past 6 years, Deborah Leydig has shared her passion […]

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