US Manufacturing Coming Back Home!
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- Early morning sun at New England Shirt Factory
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- CEO Bob Kidder
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- 2 NE Shirt Factory employees with over 50 years of service, respectively
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- Elegant 200 year old mill with original freight elevator
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- We began filming as the sun was rising!
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- Batch processing at work
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- Many designs still done by hand!
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- Product samples…
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- Original fabrics…
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- Hand sewn threads…
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- A workforce deep in concentration
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- With impressive attention to detail!
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- Proud to be made in the US
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- Available for sale a local retailers under their own brand.
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- Shirts ready for shipment (under private label)
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- Private label but made in the US!
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- …or made in New England!
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- Shirts proudly made with US labor
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- Thank you to our hosts at New England Shirt Factory
Entrepreneurs often buck trends. But would you have the guts to invest in a 200-year old US manufacturing mill, when all you hear in the news are the merits of low cost overseas labor?
Many thanks to Bob Kidder, the President of New England Shirt Company in Fall River. A smart entrepreneur and even more inspiring management story, as Bob purchased the company at the height of the recession 5 years prior. With a local work force his company is now in growth mode. Learn more about Bob’s story, where his labor originates from, and who he’s selling to, person-to-person, across stye US. Hear Bob’s story, as well as many others, on the next edition of the Language of Business!
Bob Kidder believes in American manufacturing. So when it came time to put his money where his mouth is, in 2009 he bought the shirt factory that he used to run—the famed New England Shirt Factory in Fall River. Originally known as the Shelburne Shirt factory, the 200 year-old mill has been caught in the crossfire of multiple custody battles and its future was anything but certain. Kidder, no stranger to high-end menswear, with stints at Hahthaway and Ike Behar. Bob also owned retail stores in Boston for 25 years called Robert Todd Limited. He has made New England Shirt a success and is proud to put the label “Made in new England” on every shirt. Click here for his LinkedIn profile.
American products and American jobs. Manufacturing is coming back home to the US. Shirts, suits, fashion, and more, made at home with American labor. We’re in our studio with two guests, on location with two others, driving all over New England. Made Local, Bought Local, on the next Language of Business.
