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This is an issue I considered carefully when choosing garments and contract printers for Rever Clothing.

In the end, we chose shirts proudly made in downtown Los Angeles...and we pay through the nose for them, but they are soft, fabulous shirts.

Our printer is in LA as well, and says all the big jobs he used to do for Red Bull, etc. have all gone to China. Now he just gets the rush jobs that would take too long to get from oversees.

I could shave 30-50% by going to China for product, but I am hoping "made in America" still means something. Unfortunately it means "more expensive" but I have my fingers crossed that I can always keep production local, even when I expand into different products.

I know it is dangerous to let personal causes dictate how I do business, but this issue was important to me. And I can tell it is important to many of you. Is it important to enough people to make it the right decision? We will see.

R.

10/24/0811:32 AM

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