Tag Archive for: Domestic Sourcing

Americans Willing to Pay More For Products With a Made In USA Label

The First National Reshoring Award Scheduled For This Year
The Reshoring Initiative (Kildeer, IL) and the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA; Independence, OH) invite companies that have successfully reshored parts or tooling made primarily by metal forming, fabricating or machining to apply for…

Made in USA: The 2017 Most American-Made Vehicles Are…
In the United States, American-made products are highly regarded, with good reason, as they obviously boost the local economy as opposed to foreign-made products. However, are all the domestic-brand vehicles really assembled with components…

Walmart Open Call for Made in USA Products
What: Walmart Open Call for US Products
Where: Bentonville, AR
When: June 28, 2017
Who: Companies that want to sell U.S. products to Walmart
Why:
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Stanley Black & Decker To Open U.S. Plant
One of the nation's best-known toolmakers, Stanley Black & Decker, said Thursday that it will move more manufacturing back to the U.S. from overseas, including construction of a new $35 million factory after acquiring the Craftsman brand…

American Made Cell Phone: Is Apple Considering A Made in USA iPhone?
The world’s largest contract assembler of consumer electronics, including the Apple iPhone, says it’s in talks to invest in a US assembly, responding to Trump’s tweets to bring jobs home.
Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest…

How American-Made Brands Are Dealing With Domestic Dead Ends
Brands and retailers who proudly declare they’re “made in the USA” have serious challenges brimming beneath their patriotic polish.
The fashion industry has become far removed from America: 97 percent of the world’s clothing manufacturing…

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…

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…

The North Face Rolling Out Made in America Line
Donald Trump has a lame excuse for outsourcing the production of his clothing brand. The North Face, meanwhile, is proving that it's possible to keep business local.
The Republican presidential front-runner has been criticized for using…