Retail Matters Podcast: Made In America: A Fantasy or Reality?

Brands across the industry have been talking about bringing manufacturing back to the country for years, motivated by a combination of mounting trade tensions, concerns over worker’s rights and sustainability, and appetite for faster, more agile supply chains. It hasn’t happened.

To be sure, some retailers are making small batches of clothing domestically, but the US can’t support high volumes of apparel manufacturing at competitive prices without major infrastructure investment and incentives from regulators.