TOY brand Melissa & Doug had a situation. For decades, it had leaned heavily on factories in China to make its products – wooden puzzles, stuffed animals, play mats. Suddenly, that course looked risky.
It was February 2021, and the world was besieged by a pandemic. Lockdowns disrupted Chinese factories. Trade hostilities between Washington and Beijing were undermining the benefits of depending on plants in China.
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