Carhartt Has Gone Woke - Is It Time To Sell Your TSCO Stock?

[JohnyMac]

Ninety-percent of my work clothes are Carhartt. Eighty-percent of the clothes sold in my Tractor Supply store are Carhartt. I do not believe in organized boycotts of privately held companies. My money is privately held too so, I am going to take my dollars and spend it on another brands work clothing. 

Carhartt may be one of the rare brands that appeals to both rural workers and urban hipsters with its rugged outdoor gear, but it now finds itself at the center of a controversy that is dividing its customer base: Workforce vaccine mandates.

Some customers are vowing to boycott Carhartt products after a January 14 internal memo from CEO Mark Valade surfaced on social media. The memo focuses on the Dearborn, Michigan-based company's response to the Supreme Court ruling on the Biden administration's vaccine rules for large workforces ? which the high court struck down. Despite the ruling, Valade wrote, Carhartt would maintain its corporate policy of requiring its 5,500 workers to be vaccinated.

"Many of you have asked how the recent Supreme Court decision on the OSHA mandate for large employers will impact our associates so we want to provide some clarity," he wrote in the memo, which was confirmed by Carhartt to be authentic. "The ruling does not change Carhartt's mandatory vaccination program, which went into effect on January 4th." - CBS NEWS

[FeedingFreedom]

Check out Round House, made in Shawnee, OK for over 100 years. Great bibs, duck jackets (although there is currently a 5-10 month wait on certain styles), jeans, etc. Pretty reasonable prices too. I'm a big fan of bibs, and theirs are really comfortable.

https://www.round-house.com/

[grizz]

My go-to clothing is Duluth.

[Nemo]

I like and have alot of Carhartt.  I will email them advising them I shall purchase no more as long as they choose to have this requirement.

A fair pile of those will affect them.  And if not it will make me feel better.

Nemo

[Felix]

I too have my share of Carhartt but began paying attention to "USA Made" vs. "Imported" for a couple of years now.
Took advantage of the wonderful chance to go to Iceland just before this pandemic BS splattered over everything.   And I wore _mostly_ all American-made clothes.   Even my shoes were the (expensive) New Balances made in America.
Here is one of the sources I've been pleased with:
https://www.allamericanclothing.com/?msclkid=41d2b181d8131df7e0eed06a8e971ebd&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Brand&utm_term=american%20clothing%20company&utm_content=All%20American%20Clothing%20Company

[Nemo]

Or to delete all the tracking info in that link just use

https://www.allamericanclothing.com

delete, don't copy or click anything from the first ? and beyond.

Nemo

[Felix]

Thank you, Nemo.
I'm obviously in need of a keeper once I've sat down to this gizmo I type on like a monkey trying to compose a copy of the Bible.

[RB in GA]

 I buy a lot of Duluth also. It's just too bad the vast majority oftheir stuff is imported.

[Jarine88]

Duluth is not all "Made in the USA" if that is the goal.

[url=https://www.usalovelist.com/duluth-trading-co/]https://www.usalovelist.com/duluth-trading-co/[/URL]

[JohnyMac]

Fixed Brother. Just go and click on modify then make the corrections and then hit post. I have no why formatting changes. Sorry.

[grizz]

Duluth is not all "Made in the USA" if that is the goal.

[url=https://www.usalovelist.com/duluth-trading-co/]https://www.usalovelist.com/duluth-trading-co/[/URL]

Edit Note: For some reason, my quotation marks keep changing to question marks.

Unfortumitly not made in USA but is high quality and durable

[FeedingFreedom]

If you want truly "Made in the USA", check out OriginUSA.com, everything from cotton to buttons to thread is grown, made, and assembled in the US. Very spendy, but their stuff should last for many, many years, and prices will come down as they scale up production. I'm on the list for a pair of their shorts, and really thinking about buying a pair of jeans. Company is partially owned by Jocko Willink, USN ret. who was Chris Kyle's Task Unit commander in Iraq, and an all-around badass and super guy.

[Nemo]

If you want truly "Made in the USA", check out OriginUSA.com,

It redirects to originmaine.com .  Seems alot of oriental combat clothing and its all rather expensive.

No matter how great a pair of jeans are, they are not in my price range at  $198 each with a 15-18 week lead time on delivery.

Nemo

https://originmaine.com/durable-goods/the-built-field-pant/

[Felix]

$198 just _might_ reflect the true cost of good, American-made jeans.  (Not to confuse pricing with cost)

True, one can get serviceable jeans for a fraction of the "198" price.    But what of the cost?

When American's lost their manufacturing to lower _cost & price_ producers, the price savings were immediate while it becomes more obvious every day that costs were simply deferred.

I would _like_ to support American-made whenever possible (both at the availability _and_ the affordability levels)... but both points are often problematic.   
Can we, will we, restore "Made in America" to affordable long term _costs_?    Or will pricing continue driving us down the chute towards effective serfdom at the mercy of globalists who have little incentive to treat anyone better than livestock?

I can afford to indulge in buying mostly "American Made".   But this is consumer activism in the moment more than it is any kind of immediate thrift.
Many Americans appear to have lost the interest and/or ability to indulge as I do.

[Nemo]

I agree and do all I can to not buy Made in China stuff.  But at $198 a pair will get new pants once every 3-4 years. 

But you would be strongly surprised what you can find at Good Will stores.  I know I was.  I first went in to get a couple pair of crud pants for painting a flip house.  Shocked I was I say. 

Nemo