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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Fast Fashion

in CLOTHING -MEN & WOMEN, Domestic Sourcing, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Slave Labor, Sourcing, Sustainability/by The Made in America Movement Team

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. Read more

"American manufacturing is back!" breathlessly exclaim the ebullient cheerleaders in locales such as Forbes and the Boston Consulting Group. But while U.S. manufacturing may have bounced back slightly from Great Recession-lows, the reality is that America's manufacturing recovery remains tenuous. On this National Manufacturing Day, policymakers can and should be doing much more to stimulate the growth and competitiveness of America's manufacturing economy.

Manufacturing Day Highlights Opportunities to Bolster US Manufacturing

in Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Government, Jobs, Made in USA, MANUFACTURERS, Manufacturing, Manufacturing & Sourcing, Production, Reshoring/by The Made in America Movement Team

“American manufacturing is back!” breathlessly exclaim the ebullient cheerleaders in locales such as Forbes and the Boston Consulting Group. But while U.S. manufacturing may have bounced back slightly from Great Recession-lows, the reality is that America’s manufacturing recovery remains tenuous. On this National Manufacturing Day, policymakers can and should be doing much more to stimulate the growth and competitiveness of America’s manufacturing economy. Read more

Sherrill Manufacturing, America's only remaining flatware maker, emerges from bankruptcy with a new focus

Sherrill Manufacturing, America’s Remaining Flatware Maker, Emerges From Bankruptcy

in American Made, Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing/by The Made in America Movement Team

Sherrill, NY – Bob James wasn’t ready to give it up after nearly 30 years of making countless forks, spoons and knives at the same factory in this small Central New York community known as The Silver City. Read more

California Now Allows Firms to Tell Consumers a Made in USA Lie

in American Made, Consumer Products, Domestic Sourcing, Made in USA, Made in USA Certified, Manufacturing, Public Policy, Sourcing/by The Made in America Movement Team

California long required that any manufacturer wanting to say that a product is made in America must, in fact, have a product that’s made in America. Read more

Sustainable: Why and How Every Fashion Business Can Be One

in Consumer Products, Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Education, Jobs, Manufacturing, Marketing Your Brand, Production, Small Business, Sourcing, Sustainability/by The Made in America Movement Team

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 your work has on this earth is undeniable. Read more

Ford Shifts Truck Production from Mexico to Ohio

in Automotive, Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing/by The Made in America Movement Team

Ford’s heavy duty pickup trucks which used to be built in Mexico started rolling off an assembly line in Ohio this week.

Walmart’s Suppliers Are Finally Fighting Back

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After years of meeting demands for ever cheaper prices, many Wal-Mart Stores Inc. suppliers are saying no to new margin-squeezing storage fees and a payment schedule that could delay for months how quickly some are paid. Read more

Hanover: Just Another Factory Closing

in Economy, Factory Closings, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing/by The Made in America Movement Team

Inside every dishwasher, refrigerator, and washing machine is a little valve that directs the flow of water. For decades, most of these valves have come from a factory in the northwestern corner of Illinois, but not after today.

$15 Minimum Wage Threatens 5.3 Million US Manufacturing Jobs

in Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Public Policy/by The Made in America Movement Team

It’s a standard part of the current public policy discourse that raising the minimum wage won’t have much, if indeed any, effect on the number of jobs available to Americans to do. Read more

Project To Create Jobs. Made in America Store Expanding

in Consumer Products, Domestic Sourcing, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing/by The Made in America Movement Team

“Project to Create Jobs in Construction, Manufacturing, Tourism & Retail in Buffalo Niagara” Read more