But by 27 December, Apparel Manufacturing's stock was down to just 10 cents on volume of 65, 350 shares.
Some migration of apparel manufacturing from China is expected, and even encouraged by the government, as the country's economy matures.
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Shares of Apparel Manufacturing Associates were trading at 6 cents, with volume of 3, 500 shares, in early December when a spam campaign was launched.
This is a surmountable obstacle: Cutting and sewing are the last steps in the apparel-manufacturing process.
And critics worry that factory safety and worker protections won't improve as long as apparel companies chase the lowest manufacturing costs.
The analysis predicts lower-tech manufacturing like textiles and apparel will stay overseas, while more complex products, like electronics and automobiles, might be more likely to be made in the United States.
Tung Hai began manufacturing Inditex's apparel in 2011, but Inditex ended the relationship in June 2012 after the factory failed to adequately respond to the retailer's demands to improve factory working conditions, Inditex said.
Tung Hai began manufacturing Inditex's apparel in 2011, but Inditex ended the relationship in June 2012 after the factory failed to adequately respond to the retailer's demands to improve factory working conditions, Inditex said in a statement.
Regarding the reaction in Washington, one observer suggested that if these same lawmakers were to look into the manufacturing source of the performance apparel and footwear the athletes wear during competition, they would find that most of the gear is made in China.
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Asia's biggest clothing retailer and owner of the Uniqlo casual clothing brand, which has been building a network of production sites in Bangladesh since 2008 to lower its dependence on manufacturing in China, where about 90% of all Uniqlo apparel is made.
Vietnam is Columbia Sportswear's largest manufacturing base, while about 5% of the company's apparel is made in Bangladesh.
In the typical production supply chain for consumer products, of which apparel production is a good example, the higher-value, pre-manufacturing activities like designing, engineering, and branding, and post-manufacturing activities like marketing, warehousing, transporting, and retailing happen in the United States, while the mostly lower-end manufacturing and assembly activities take place abroad.
The gains are possible because Esquel owns a vertically integrated supply chain and manufacturing process which extends from cotton farming, spinning, knitting, weaving, and apparel production, and then all the way to retailing.
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