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September 20, 2004
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Nike's New Game Plan for Sweatshops Unlike giants such as Wal-Mart, it now has a system to inspect -- and try to improve -- working conditions at supplier factories. But will it be too little, too late? |
BusinessWeek
May 23, 2005
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A Major Swipe At Sweatshops Nike, Patagonia, Gap, and five other companies have joined forces with six leading anti-sweatshop groups to devise a single set of labor standards with a common factory-inspection system. If a pilot project in Turkey succeeds, long-sought global labor standards could emerge. |
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October 25, 2004
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Is China Running Out Of Workers? As farmers stay home, factories in China scramble for employees. It's all putting pressure on wages. |
TIME Asia
June 28, 2010
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Striking Observations Labor unrest is part of life in China's factory towns, and yet there is something different about this summer's strife that will have broad implications for the global economy. We are witnessing nothing less than the beginning of the end of China's role as the sweatshop of the world. |
BusinessWeek
May 13, 2010
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Why Factories Are Leaving China A labor shortage is trimming margins for exporters, who are moving to Vietnam, India, and elsewhere. |
BusinessWeek
November 27, 2006
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How To Make Factories Play Fair It is difficult to reform labor practices in countries where the rule of law is weak. |
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August 1, 2005
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The Price of a Cheap Suit Retail and apparel companies spend millions to assess overseas suppliers. So why are they still missing so many problems? |
BusinessWeek
September 29, 2003
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U.S.: A Temporary Reprieve for Manufacturing Fatter order books are postponing the pain of long-term structural change. |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2002
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Factory Monitoring -- Just Do It Amanda Tucker, director of business compliance project at Nike Inc., explains that it is no longer considered acceptable just to have a code of conduct. There has to be monitoring behind it. |
BusinessWeek
December 13, 2004
Peter Coy |
Just How Cheap is Chinese Labor? Reliable data don't exist, but the U.S. government is doing some sleuthing and so far estimates Chinese factory costs at $0.64 an hour. |
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August 27, 2010
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Picture of the Day: 1.6% GDP Growth? Disaster! Take another look. It's not all bad news. |
Wired
November 2002
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The Hot Zone An untamed technology boom is sweeping through China's Pearl River Delta, where cheap labor, mass production, police thugs, and get-rich-quick dreams rule. It's a terrible, horrible, lawless frontier. And it works. |
BusinessWeek
November 27, 2006 |
Table: Global Comparisons How China's labor conditions stack up against those of other low-cost nations. |
BusinessWeek
May 5, 2011
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The Case for Making It in the USA Rising wages in China and high productivity in the U.S. may prompt more companies to keep manufacturing in America. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2011
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Apple's Environmental Problem: What Investors Need to Know A Chinese factory in Apple's manufacturing and supply chain is emitting chemical fumes strong enough to make people in a nearby village sick. |
BusinessWeek
January 19, 2004
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U.S.: Manufacturing Looks A Lot Healthier This Year Production is up -- but industry's long-term problems haven't gone away. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2008
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Just In Time -- The China Misconnection For some manufacturers, it's getting too expensive to offshore their production to China. |
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2007
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A Growing Appetite For U.S. Goods More capital and consumer spending abroad should translate into increased demand for U.S. goods and services. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2007
Rich Smith |
Disassembling Furniture Brands For the second time in one week, the furniture maker announces that it will shutter one of its factories. |
The Motley Fool
January 19, 2010
Tom Winner |
Will Google Walk the Walk in China? Whether Google stays or goes, its actions will mold the business culture in China for years to come. |
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August 9, 2004
Carol Matlack |
Europe's Workers Bite The Bullet Western European workers have made wage and benefits concessions -- but that may not keep jobs from moving abroad. |
BusinessWeek
June 10, 2010
Dexter Roberts |
The Rise of a Chinese Worker's Movement Spurred by the Foxconn suicides, and aided by an exploding Internet, China's labor ranks are organizing for higher wages and more rights. |
BusinessWeek
November 12, 2007
Louise Lee |
How the Widget Was Won Asian rivals have U.S. manufacturers scrambling for niches. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2009
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Tailored to Fit MFG.com has launched an online marketplace dedicated to buyers, purchasing professionals, and factory manufacturers of apparel, footwear, home and commercial textiles. |
