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Think there are some fairly ingrained beliefs/stereotypes about ‘made in china’ which you could understand would cause that kind of practice.
It is likely pretty challenging to convince the lay person that items made in china are of the same ‘quality’ as those made elsewhere. So from a brand/marketing perspective I can understand this
Tenderloin-
Yep, for sure, but even just a little one pager that is similar to this, I think, would be great. Again, be proud of expert craftsmanship, no matter where it takes place:
https://www.grantstoneshoes.com/pages/story
The shoe community adores GS and most people don't care that they're made in China. The product speaks for itself.
JB
I really wish companies like this were more up front about country of origin. I couldn’t find anything that stated where they were made, which for a lot of boot people is important. Whereas Grant Stone embraces the fact that their shoes are expertly made in China, these guys seem to be hiding it? The only way I found out that they’re - I assume - made in China - is by doing a domain lookup and finding that they’re based in China.
This is not a dig - some of those boots look great - but just embrace being Chinese instead of hiding it ya know?