Stay Positive: Reshoring

Even though the economy seems to be getting better, most reports could be labeled by the euphemism of "cautiously optimistic."

To my delight, on the front page of my local Sunday paper today is an AP article by Sharon Cohen titled "Taking a Chance on America." 

Cohen profiles Bruce Cochrane and his fledgling Lincolntown Furniture Company in North Carolina. Well, fledging is probably not the most accurate adjective for what the article reports. Cochrane is fifth-generation furniture maker. 

Here's a description from the article to bask in: "With rising labor and shipping costs in China, companies producing appliances, cookware, audio earphones, water heaters and other goods have decided it makes economic sense to move some or all of their operations back to U.S. soil."