When my children were younger, I wanted to open a Childrens clothing/toy store where every piece of every product was made with American materials, by Americans on American soil, sold to Americans who had a desire to see our country succeed. I am so happy to see that this has now been done. I hope it catches on and that there are hundreds of franchises sold and that they all prosper. Its time that we put the money back into American pockets where it belongs!

I am an American citizen ‘transplanted’ to Canada due to difficult circumstances, as a child. The daughter of an American Father, a Canadian Mother, myself born in The United States of America.

I have always felt a longing to return to The United States, but having married a Swiss-Canadian, whose work was here in Canada, that didn’t look like it was possible.

Our children are now grown, and things seem to be shaping up so that we may very well be going to live in The United States in a few months.

I STRONGLY believe in the idea of MADE IN AMERICA and supporting the U.S. economy one person at a time. I don’t know about others, but here in Canada, on my way to work, I am, sometimes, stopped and having to wait for a very long train, and I note that most of the containers that train is pulling have a Chinese logo on them, with products Canadians are purchasing every day. As well, here in British Columbia, one of our primary industries, which was logging, is literally dying. Partly due to infestations by the PINE BEETLE, but long before that, due to government deals to sell whole logs to China. We, then, as consumers, are purchasing finished products of those very same logs, that are done in China, whether it be 2 x 4′s; 2 x 6′s, plywood, or finished wood products. There is something drastically WRONG with that picture, when there are people in this nation with the skills to do all that preparation work, but are having to use their skills in other ways or are out of work, or retrained to do other jobs, because such jobs are unavailable to them, but they still have families to provide for. In Canada, we are fast becoming a nation that relies on tourism, or having a job in a fast-food business, with a few having more ‘elitist’ jobs in the medical or law professions. I am not sure if the same holds true for many of the good people in The United States, but I know that I am old enough to have noticed VAST changes in the economy surrounding me…and feel that it is more than HIGH time that the citizenry woke up and TOOK BACK THEIR COUNTRY. Good on you for promoting that in The U.S.A., through your business.

I hope that you might also consider the practice of LICENSING your business, and not only the practice of selling Franchises. It would allow more people to own your business model, and to promote it more quickly, as licensing is usually less expensive. If you WANT people who are DEVOTED to America to open your stores, then the price point to do so also has to be within a manageable range, or you will only attract those who already have money in their pockets. Most of them probably have that money in their pockets through investments that did NOT, earlier on, encourage keeping the money IN AMERICA, and promoting the American economy to begin with. There is a difference between the two, as a Licensee has a bit more freedom to add other items for sale within their store, whereas a Franchisee would have to adhere to their store being a complete ‘carbon copy’ of your original store, so you need to be aware of that, but you can stipulate in contractual obligations for a licensee that if they add other product lines or partner with another business, that all product sold through their outlet be 100% American product.

If you would like me to expand on that please contact me via my email address, and I will write you personally and give you some thoughts and ideas on compatible partnerstyle business that would work with a LICENSE arrangement of your store.

i congratulate you on your fine store and accomplishment.

I would like to open an American Made Store in Colorado Springs, Co.
Do you have any ideas?
How might contact you?
brmaestas@myway.com

We all have to do our part to bring industry back to this country, government included. Just think if every person in the United States spent all there Christmas money on products that were made in the USA only and wholy! It would be a huge boost to our failing economy. This is the year I shall try just that. slickandme.blogspot.com