Outsourcing Lemmings

Who would have thunk it.  For years we've been deriding the simple-minded companies that chase low labor costs around the globe under the mistaken…

Sometimes the US – China relationship seems more like a Monet than a Rembrandt. The impression (no pun intended) that is most commonly portrayed is th…

Flight Global has become one of my favorite online reads, not just because I spend an inordinate amount of time in the air, but also because it has so…

Just last weekend we told you how Michigan was doing everything in its power to drive the few remaining manufacturers out of the state.  Would the las…

Let's start right off with a quote from a recent news story. Jim Issler, president and CEO of H.H. Brown, said the footwear industry is entering…

When we talk about outsourcing problems we're generally referring to U.S. companies having problems with product outsourced to China.  When we tal…

It's been eighteen months since we predicted that companies chasing low labor costs to China would eventually have to strap on the sneakers and gl…

Nike has deservedly received a lot of flack for sweatshop factories, but it appears they are making major efforts to improve. In China alone they have…