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Bring manufacturing home? Let's start with Ivanka Trump's $100 million made-in-Asia apparel line
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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 14: Ivanka Trump Visits "FOX & Friends" at FOX Studios on September 14, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)
Will you bring your own line home to be made in the U.S.A?
Want to bring manufacturing back home? Let's start with Ivanka Trump's clothing line:
Ivanka Trumps $100 million apparel line is sewn in Asian countries under a licensing agreement with G-III Apparel Group Inc., which has expanded from making coats in New Yorks Garment District to become a manufacturer of global scope. That method of moving $140 sheath dresses and $80 sweaters means political embarrassment for her father, who has threatened a trade war against China, the worlds second-largest economy. But she can make a profit in few other ways.
Why Asia? You know why:The Trump clothes are sourced primarily from China and Vietnam because thats where fabrics are made and the labor is cheap and skilled. The brand generates an estimated $100 million in sales -- a small part of G-IIIs annual take of more than $2 billion, said John Kernan, an analyst for Cowen & Co. Cheap labor, more profit. Isnt that why Carrier was moving their manufacturing to Mexico? Isnt that why Donald Trump has scolded companies like Apple? For manufacturing overseas? Why shouldnt the Trump family put their money where their mouths are and start by finding a way to make their own goods right here in the U.S.A? Because its all about that profit and that bottom line. And as Bloomberg notes, it probably would not end well for Ivanka Trumps clothing line:
Even if Ivanka Trump could persuade G-III to move all or part of its manufacturing to the U.S., it would dramatically increase the cost of her goods, Cohen said. And that could be a death knell.
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Meanwhile, as a Trump transition team member, Ivanka Trump currently sits in on meetings with the very same people who will be negotiating trade deals down the line. Ones that could ultimately benefit her and the Trump family down the road. Swell.
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Bring manufacturing home? Let's start with Ivanka Trump's $100 million made-in-Asia apparel line (Original Post)
niyad
Dec 2016
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LonePirate
(13,408 posts)1. Um, it's a soon to be made in Ethiopia line now.
She's moving from China to Ethiopia. Regardless, it's still not in the US.
WhiteTara
(29,692 posts)2. She's moving to Ethiopia with her manufacturing
she has no interest in the US. THis is about MONEY!