Comment by ac29
9 months ago
> Our bestselling model—manufactured in Asia (China and Vietnam)—sells for $129. But this year, as tariffs jumped from 25% to 170%, we wondered: Could we reshore manufacturing to the U.S. while maintaining margins to keep our lights on?
This is disingenuous. According to Amazon price tracking, the price was $129 in 2024 as well, so they are apparently not maintaining margins on the China made product.
The question wasn’t “can we maintain our margin,” the question was “can we manufacture in the US with the same margin we used to enjoy?”
The whole thing is a stunt designed to focus ire against tariffs, but let’s not mischaracterize their point: manufacturing in the US is much more expensive than manufacturing in Asia.