Better Making Clothes In The US

Edwin Keh, a lecturer at the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, told WWD:

“In the last couple of years, chiefly in the relationship of the U.S. dollar to the Chinese renminbi, it became less. Coupled with stubbornly high oil prices, suddenly the question became why take on so much risk to offshore when you are not getting the value you wanted to create in the first place?

“The challenge now is we don’t have a supply chain that can respond to the turbulent times we live in. But I think it is a lot more feasible to think about high-quality products that can be made onshore and that can respond to much faster marketplace turbulence. How fast onshoring happens will depend on the momentum. If one or two big brands decide to make a commitment and bring the whole supply chain ecosystem with them, from zippers, button and thread suppliers, then all of a sudden this becomes much faster in terms of velocity.”…

via Suddenly It Makes Sense For The Fashion Industry To Make Clothes In The US – Business Insider.