date:Sep 26, 2013
The Bentonville, Arkansas-based company says it is leading an American renewal in manufacturing and bringing jobs back to the U.S. with its pledge made in January to buy an additional $50 billion in U.S.-made goods over the next 10 years.
But an examination of the company's Made in America campaign suggests Wal-Mart's caught on to a reshoring phenomenon that was already underway.
In many cases, Wal-Mart's suppliers had already decided to produce in the United States, as rising wages in China a