Made in the USA: Bringing Industry Back Home

Outsourcing manufacturing has become a fact of life in the business world. The consensus is that American or European manufacturing cannot provide the scale and low cost of factories and work forces in places like China. A new company based in Brooklyn, New York, however, is betting that - at least in the apparel and accessories space—that reality is coming apart.

Makers Row is a web-based factory sourcing service that helps companies find manufacturing solutions within the United States. Founders Matthew Burnett, Tanya Menendez and CTO Scott Weiner feel that apparel brands that are outsourcing the production of their goods