{"id":27725,"date":"2022-07-04T15:09:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T15:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/kornit-blog-org\/?p=27725"},"modified":"2023-10-25T07:53:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T07:53:53","slug":"made-in-america-local-businesses-can-benefit-from-nearshoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kornit.com\/magazine\/made-in-america-local-businesses-can-benefit-from-nearshoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Made-In-America: Local businesses can benefit from nearshoring"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

As we in the United States celebrate Independence Day, we consider what it means to be a patriot. For business owners, patriotism might include founding and growing a prosperous business<\/a>, one that employs American talent to create something that fulfills American demands. For consumers, patriotism might include rewarding American ingenuity with their business, feeding the American worker in service of a robust economy. To \u201cbuy American\u201d is one of the quintessential patriotic ideals\u2014and yet, in the age of globalism and internet-driven commerce, living up to that ideal can be difficult (\u201coverseas labor is so much cheaper, it can\u2019t be avoided\u201d) or even nebulous (\u201cwith so many components coming from so many places, what even constitutes \u2018American\u2019 anymore?\u201d)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For textile printers, however, the digital age has brought ingenuity that makes \u201cbuy American\u201d easier, and more profitable, than it\u2019s been in decades. Furthermore, the rise of conscientious consumerism\u2014a byproduct of a more prosperous, interconnected world\u2014gives producers considerable motivation to take advantage of this ingenuity. Consider:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n