‘made in usa’ a lot of the time means ‘made with prison labor’. also lots of companies will do shit like “printed in the USA” but the shirt was made in bangladesh and they try to sell it at a premium. some boot licker brands will just say “MADE IN USA” on the front of the shirt as the design, where as the shirt will be made in china. and i guess if anyone calls them out they can just say “no, like i myself was made in the usa not the shirt. i didnt pay a premium because the identity cultivated for me by an algorithm was advertised to. i’m not a dumb ass at all”
“Yeah I’m a bit of a math genius”
Tell me the article was written by gpt without saying “the article was written by gpt”
It’s percentage rather percentage points, which is explained in the linked official statement about the study:
“Made in USA” appeal dropped 18%. About half of US consumers in 2025 say knowing a product was made in the US makes them more likely to purchase it again. That’s an 11-point decrease in positive perception compared to three years ago—an 18% decline overall.
What’s weird is that the graph shows exactly 60% and 50% (a 10-point decline), but if we nudge either figure by a point, the math works out:
1 - (50/61) ≈ 1 - 0.8197 = 0.1803 ≈ 0.18 = 18%
1 - (49/60) ≈ 1 - 0.8167 = 0.1833 ≈ 0.18 = 18%
I assume the correct figures are in the actual study, but it looks like it requires a login so I didn’t bother.
Statistics is the devils work.
Lol
shoppers are putting cost over country.
Sorry buddy, can’t spend what I don’t have.
“overpriced dogshit” is a struggling brand
Louis Vuitton had to close its US site because of quality issues lamo.
