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अर्थव्यवस्थाकैसे दो शोमेकर ऑफशोरिंग ट्रेंड को आगे बढ़ा रहे हैं07 / 01 / 2022बिटकॉइन एथेरियम समाचारMost shoemakers left the United States for cheaper factories abroad decades ago. Heres how two small, family-owned firms with strong consumer followings—Sabah and Okabashi—are bucking the trend. Sabah founder and CEO Mickey Ashmore recently opened a new shoe factory in El Paso, Texas. Courtesy of Sabahn Mickey Ashmore started Sabah, which makes shoes inspired by Turkish slippers, after being gifted a pair of traditional ones and searching out the best factory in Turkey that could make a more modern version. But these days, the companys charismatic founder and CEO is excited about something closer to home: This spring, he quietly opened a new shoe factory in El Paso, Texas, to test new materials and styles of his shoes, which he calls sabahs and babahs, near his American consumers. The move bucks a decades-long trend of footwear manufacturers moving overseas to save on costs. “El Paso has a long history of leather crafts with cowboy boots and saddles,” says Ashmore, 35, who is a native Texan. “The way you make a cowboy boot is very similar to the way you make a sabah.” To be fair, Sabah, whose main shoe retails for