Brands

Stanley Black & Decker is a staple in the American tools industry. It is the public parent company of several tool brands that you’ll find at your local hardware store, including the likes of Stanley (obviously), Black & Decker (again), DeWalt, Craftsman, Proto, Irwin, Bostitch,…the list goes on. Stanley Black & Decker got started all the way back in 1843 when they were called The Stanley Works, founded by Frederick Stanley. Acquisition of other tool …

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U.S. General tool boxes are sold pretty much exclusively at Harbor Freight Tools, a discount tools retailer that operates over 1,000 stores and employs over 20,000 people across the United States. The U.S. General brand is just one of their several exclusive brands that they sell. Harbor Freight’s U.S. General tool boxes are incredibly popular with options for everything from mechanic’s carts to roller cabinets, service carts, single bank tool chests, and more. The question …

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RTIC Outdoors is a well known brand in the coolers industry that has blown up with the popularity of rotomolded coolers over the past 10 years or so. They were founded by twin brothers, John and Jim Jacobsen, in 2015 and are headquartered in Houston, Texas. Today, they make everything from hard-side coolers to soft coolers, cooler bags, drinkware, accessories, and more – but is any of it made in the USA? We dug in …

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Crockpot (previously spelled “Crock-Pot”) is a staple in American kitchens. The company was started over 80 years ago by Irving Nachumsohn, a New Jersey native and descendant of Russian immigrants (whom he learned the slow cooking tradition from). He patented the original slow cooker in 1940, then went to market during the 1950s under the “Naxon Beanery” name. It never really took off and he sold the company to Rival Manufacturing in 1970 and they …

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Use the code allamericanreviews to get $15 off your first order with Opie Way! We’ve done a bunch of research on shoes made in the USA. A bunch of major manufacturers like Nike and others have shipped out all their manufacturing overseas, so we get particularly excited when we find new brands making amazing shoes locally and supporting American jobs. When we were researching casual wear shoes and sneakers made in the USA a couple …

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Nike is one of the most recognizable brands in the world and one of the top global producers of athletic shoes and apparel. They were founded in Oregon in 1964 by University of Oregon track star Phil Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman. Nike still has their roots in Oregon today, but it’s pretty obvious and well documented that they outsource a ton of their manufacturing to Southeast Asia, Central America, and other regions of …

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The furniture industry has a storied history in American manufacturing and we do a lot of research on all types of furniture. We first found Simplicity Sofas a couple of years ago when we were doing our research on the best American made sofas. As you’ll read below, Simplicity Sofas focuses on making furniture pieces for small apartments that can fit through narrow doorways. Immediately, we knew that we had found a furniture company that …

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Cuisinart is a home appliance brand headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut that is often synonymous with their most famous appliance and the one that started it all – the food processor. Cuisinart got started in 1971 by Carl Sontheimer out of his love for French cooking. They started with the food processor and quickly expanded to other small kitchen appliances like coffee makers, microwaves, toasters, and a variety of cookware. The company also played an important …

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Skechers is a popular American footwear company that got their start in 1992 when Robert Greenberg started the company in Manhattan Beach, California where they are headquartered today. When they first started producing shoes, Skechers mainly focused on skate shoes and utility boots. However, they quickly expanded to cover the entire casual and athletic footwear market, which is the styles you’re probably familiar with from their commercials with Tony Romo and others. Skechers is now …

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Pure Fishing is a huge multi-brand conglomerate of several popular fishing tackle brands like Berkley, Fenwick, Pflueger, Penn, Shakespeare, Ugly Stik, Stren, and several others (full list below). They have roots all the way back to 1874 and are now headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. They’ve grown organically with their own brands and through acquisition over their long history, most recently buying Van Staal and Fin-Nor in 2020. Pure Fishing has also been through their …

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