Five major obstacles to the return of the sex toys industry to the United States
Although the White House claims that high tariffs will revive the US manufacturing industry, sex toy practitioners have listed insurmountable gaps: 1. Supply chain fault "The United States does not even have micro-motor and battery factories for vibrators," said Michael Topolovac, co-founder of the light luxury sex toy brand Crave. "There are no factories for such accessories in the United States. Can battery and motor factories be built in the United States? Of course, but it will take at least five years to solve it." Ti Chang, Creative Director of Crave, said, "As far as electromechanical products are concerned, given our current scale, it is not possible to produce them in the United States at present." Crave's design, R&D, partial assembly, and quality control are all carried out in San Francisco, but its components are manufactured in China. Another problem is cost. The cost of labor, construction, real estate and basic living in the United S...