For those of us old enough to remember when the US produced a full range of textile products, the frustration with your perspective is that you identify deficiencies in the supply chain that did not formerly exist. At this point, there is undoubtedly some chicken and egg. Having eliminated many of the services that the US once provided, those services may need to be re-created or re-established in order for companies such as yours to onshore its production. And that is likely a good change in that it only creates MORE jobs, an increased need for skilled labor. Please embrace the challenge.
Not sure if you read the full post, but we do now produce our apparel and headwear in the US. You're correct that we have a "chicken and egg" scenario, in order to scale US made we have to bring back some of these lost skills and raw materials availability. Please read the article we shared in the post from Business of Fashion, this goes far deeper than our post.
For those of us old enough to remember when the US produced a full range of textile products, the frustration with your perspective is that you identify deficiencies in the supply chain that did not formerly exist. At this point, there is undoubtedly some chicken and egg. Having eliminated many of the services that the US once provided, those services may need to be re-created or re-established in order for companies such as yours to onshore its production. And that is likely a good change in that it only creates MORE jobs, an increased need for skilled labor. Please embrace the challenge.
Not sure if you read the full post, but we do now produce our apparel and headwear in the US. You're correct that we have a "chicken and egg" scenario, in order to scale US made we have to bring back some of these lost skills and raw materials availability. Please read the article we shared in the post from Business of Fashion, this goes far deeper than our post.