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To: 12Gauge687

A potential business plan is an All-American store.


4 posted on 11/20/2009 8:00:33 AM PST by tbw2 (Freeper sci-fi - "Humanity's Edge" - on amazon.com)
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That might be tough because of the whims of business. C.C. Filson used to make all of their products in the USA. However, now more than half are made in Asia. Not only have labor rates gone up but so have rents (factory space is at a premium in Seattle, their hometown); business and workmen’s comp insurance; and fabric (now mostly made in Asia) costs. In addition, processing fabrics and leathers is impacted by local and federal EPA standards.

One manufacturer informed me it’s actually cheaper to train and pay (sometimes sharing the cost with other firms) a quality-control person overseas then manufacture product there and ship to the the US than it is to continue manufacturing in the States. And, too many of us are price sensitive and most companies know it.


5 posted on 11/20/2009 8:25:59 AM PST by 12Gauge687 (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
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