Great article and absolutely true.
I’m as guilty as anyone for “sending” manufacturing to China. When I was younger and purchased a lot of clothing, why would I spend $50 on a Creighton shirt manufactured in Reidsville NC when I could get two shirts, made in China, for the same $$?
Now I see why I should’ve spent the $50 on one NC-made shirt.
Note...Creighton DID have a great outlet store in Reidsville that sold discounted seconds. I made that trip from Charlotte a few times! There was also a “real” manufacturer’s outlet store on South Boulevard, here in town, that sold alpaca sweater “seconds” CHEAP. Don’t remember the American manufacturer name. Funny thing is...that place was eventually torn down...and a titty bar was built in approximately the same spot.
Well, you cannot get good tittie bars from China. /lol.
I use to buy work boots from Mason shoe company because they made comfortable boots that held up well. I didn’t mind paying more for them and they were guaranteed to last longer the the soles. Finally they went and moved the manufacturing to China and the quality fell off, but the pricing did not. Why would I buy a Chinese made boot from them for $120 when I can by a Chinese made boot for $50 and cut out the middleman? MAMA