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 Fashion plant. | Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Amid the […]
Tim Martin11/18/2012 On a recent Fox News show, Bill O’Reilly, the rabble-rousing host of the “O’Reilly Factor” stated that President Obama’s reelection was due to “entitlement” voters. He went on to call Obama the poster boy for “progressive secularism,” a movement bent on destroying traditional America and replacing it with dependency and poverty. Bill’s comments […]
TJ McCue11/19/2012 It is no surprise that 80 percent of U.S. consumers vote for American-made. But over 60 percent of Chinese consumers also say that they are willing to pay more for products labeled “Made in USA” than for those labeled “Made in China,” according to new research released by The Boston […]
Nov. 15, 2012Chris Mayer You know those little throwaway plastic red cups that you see at parties? You can buy a case of 288 of these Solo red plastic cups for about $36. I’ll do the math for you: That’s about 12.5 cents per cup. It’s a cheap, low-end […]
China consumers are willing to pay more for certain products Made in USA. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Nick ZieminskiNovember 14, 2012 A new study found China consumers are willing to pay more for a product labeled “Made in USA” because they find those products to be higher quality. Consumers in China are willing to […]
AMERICAN MOUNTAIN CO.: U.S.-MADE ALPINE GEAR WITH STYLE | Photo Credit: Outside Magazine Gear ShedNovember 14, 2012 Mountains test your resilience. Cliffs and cold and striving for the summit push your physical and mental limits. Gravity and fear pull you down, while passion and determination push you higher. It is for these moments, these experiences, […]
Photo of Fessler USA CEO Walter Meck standing in front of idle sewing equipment at the Orwigsburg, Pa., plant. | AP Images Kelly HoltNovember 13, 2012 The graveyard of American businesses is receiving another occupant. Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania-based apparel manufacturer FesslerUSA, over 100 years old, is closing its doors. The company, founded in 1900, began by producing […]
Foxconn employees working on Apple products. | Photo Credit: Apple Charles Cooper November 9, 2012 The contract manufacturer for many of tech’s biggest companies — including Apple — tells CNET it is not expanding its North American presence. With unemployment close to 8 percent, you can understand why this headline […]
SHAILA DEWANNovember 8, 2012 Last Christmas, Sears had a brisk seller in the Bionic Wrench, an award-winning, patented tool with spiffy lime green accents. This holiday season, though, Sears has a special display for its own wrench, in the red and black colors of its house brand, Craftsman. One customer who recently spotted the new Craftsman tool, […]
Gary Osborne Founder & Creative Director, Oliver & Adelaide 11/07/2012 The Presidential election is over, but the campaign’s number one issue, jobs, lingers on. In today’s economy, as we heard time and again in the debates and countless ads, a huge part of that issue has been the question of how we can return manufacturing […]
