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A South Philadelphia restaurateur has removed almost half her dining room tables and more than half the bar stools. The owner of four coffee shops in the city is considering expanding retail hours to make up for a future without free-spending customers camped out at tables. And an executive at a Montgomery County company that provides such automation systems as factory robotics is preparing for a potential surge in business as the coronavirus remains as threatening to human workers as ever.All o …

Forty years ago, US-based clothing industry moved manufacturing overseas to take advantage of cheap labor. Only about 3% of today’s apparel is domestically manufactured, but that is changing with the adoption of automation.With the fashion industry’s trend toward automation solutions that trend toward flexibility, decreased time to market, and carrying smaller inventories, regional sourcing for apparel offers a competitive advantage.Another advantage of reshoring manufacturing in the appar …