The failure of the US garment industry

The failure of the US garment industry – Part III – Reshoring Y/N

A 65-year strategy to force US consumers to buy made-in-US garments has been an all-time disaster, asserts David Birnbaum, with the…

The failure of the US garment industry – Part II – Captive Customer Syndrome

In the second article in a three-part series examining the failure of the US garment industry, David Birnbaum shows how US…

The failure of the US garment industry – Part I

For the past 20 years, imports have accounted for between 97%-98% of all garments sold in the United States. But…