clothing manufacturing

The vast majority of clothing Americans purchase is imported. Kai Ryssdal looks at how one Los Angeles company does their manufacturing within the city’s garment ecosystem.

Automation and a focus on quality (not cost) could be the secret sauce for domestic garment makers.

With the Trump administration’s goal of bringing back manufacturing jobs, we look back at why a recent attempt by Nike to move sneaker production to North America didn’t work.

We broke down what a shirt, jacket and pair of jeans should cost if the designers are using quality material and paying their workers fair wages.

Trump insists tariffs will help bring back domestic manufacturing. But for industries like apparel, things aren’t so simple. 

Most of the shoes and clothes purchased in the U.S. come from countries hit hard by tariffs.

Textile manufacturing relies on access to a cheap and plentiful supply of water.