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Local or Not? A Brief Guide to Whether 'Detroit' Brands Are Really from Detroit

By Curt Guyette
Metro Times | August 25, 2009
It's not always easy knowing for certain what's local and what's not. Part of it depends on how you want to define the term. In reality, there's a spectrum of what qualifies as local, with the purest light coming from those companies that are locally owned with local manufacturing facilities.
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Tags: branding, Carhartt, Stroh's, Detroit, local business

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