Wal-Mart (WMT), the country's largest retailer, announced earlier this year it will facilitate the procurement of U.S. products, five billion U.S. dollars over the next 10 years. The investment amounted to $ 10 billion for General Electric Company (GE), 2014, in order to revive its household electrical appliance enterprises in the United States, and the creation of more than 1,500 U.S. jobs.
Mother and persistent organic pollutants, the overall business strategy of the project, is committed to locally manufactured products - everything from toys to household items. It is not a simple patriotism and desire that safer products are changing shopping habits.
The recession has created a painful realization for many Americans, but also to recover the unit. All these cheap Chinese-made goods, and other places to the price - Lost U.S. manufacturing jobs. In fact, more and more consumers pockets, even their shopping cart between economic point - filled with foreign-made things - and the future.
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They calculated the trade-off to pay a little more locally made goods. "The Great Recession certainly brought a home, and emphasized the fact that so much work has been lost, said:" James Cerruti, senior partner, strategy and research consulting firm Brandlogic. "People have begun to realize that."
"One thing in American-made, quality, said:" California-based green toys, co-founder Robert von Goeben. Out all of their products the teeth block toys made in China and shipped to 75 countries and regions.
"We have reached a critical point, Americans are re-learning its competitive advantage, said von Goeben." This is not the cheapest product, the highest quality products. "
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Production from the offshore insourcing
For many consumers, affordability has led to a lot of buying decisions. In turn, foreign investment enterprises are looking for cheap labor and production skills, in order to keep the price down.
So what is driving large and small businesses to increase purchases of U.S. products - beyond the obvious good public relations?
In short, an early stage in the global manufacturing transfer. A combination of factors, including rising labor costs eroded the cost advantage of China as an export platform for North America.
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At the same time, Mexico, rebounded as a production base wage will be significantly lower than in China, to a report by the Boston Consulting Group. BCG predicts that by 2015, many of the goods shipped to consumers in North America - in some areas of the United States manufacturing economy in China.
Over the years, the main attraction of China's service outsourcing has been to visit with low labor costs. But pile on operational costs, such as transportation of goods, tariffs and industrial real estate costs, as well as the global manufacturing landscape is no longer dependent on in China.
At the same time, the domestic manufacturing sector is improving. The fastest speed in the pace of U.S. manufacturing growth picked up more than a year and a half month, new orders continue to accelerate.
"The cost competitiveness of the U.S. manufacturing sector is in the rise, says:" Cerruti's Brandlogic.
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Of course, a large number of goods remain abroad. Many Americans bankrupt, unemployed or underemployed in 2008, four years after the economic crisis. A measure of unemployment, factors quit looking for work and part-time work for economic reasons, at 14.4%. For many people, buying "Made in America" ??is a luxury they can not afford.
American love list
Thin wallet, many consumers have a growing appetite of domestic goods.
Sarah Wagner's blog has become her passion to become a successful website, "Made in USA" products. American love table is specialized procurement and show where to buy domestic projects, ranging from lip gloss to the pet food. She regularly scan the large retailers, such as Costco (COST) and Target (TGT), American-made goods aisle.
Site visits have mushroomed since its launch in November 2011 list of the United States love. "Apparently eager to get this information," Wagner said, headquartered in Philadelphia. "The company does not know how many Americans to support U.S. companies. They want to get behind their neighbors and communities, and to stay there in order to ensure that these work caused a lot of people nervous," she said.
Green products manufactured in the United States
In the growing ranks of the products manufactured in the United States, many of which are green recycled materials. Opened it easier to produce green toys in the country, recycling of materials, including the procurement of recycled plastic is particularly rich and transparent, in the United States, the said Jenna seller Miller, president of Architecture household items, a 9 - Staff household goods business, headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida.
Of some architecture EcoSmart products domestic procurement. The product is available at Target, Macy's and Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY). "We just want to take a look at our U.S. product manufacturers and retailers are dating," Miller said.
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Domestic procurement of recycled materials and the shape of the environment green toy business strategy, as well as a broader commitment. In their factories and warehouses in northern California, 10 miles away, they also reduce transport costs and associated emissions.
The 12 employees of the company also created a ripple effect, including support for local drivers, transport and packaging companies and testing laboratories. "We can not, this company has already begun in other places," said von Goeben. "This is a unique American company."
Later this year, the green toys will launch its first batch of toys from northern California to China. Von Goeben said, "This is the all Ironically irony."
 



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