date:Sep 26, 2013
ion back. It will even offer longer-term purchasing guidance to some companies to encourage them.
Hampton Products International did not need Wal-Mart to tell it about the changing cost structure of global commerce. Hampton, which supplies locks and door hardware to retailers including Wal-Mart, began resurrecting manufacturing at its Wisconsin plant back in 2008, said CEO H. Kim Kelley.
Wal-Mart's push this year served mainly to speed its business decision, Kelley said. We moved much more qui