Rocklanders’ Web site sells U.S.-made goods
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In response to recalls of foreign-made products and the decline of U.S. manufacturing, a trio of Rocklanders have established a Web site called America’s Business to Consumers (www.usab2c.com) that features only U.S.-made goods.
Offerings run the gamut from apparel to Zippo lighters  “from A to Z,� according to one of the site’s founders, George Hanos, who retired from drug-maker Pfizer Inc. in 2004.
Hanos, 54, along with two sisters-in-law, Denetra Anayannis of Pomona and Nanuet-resident Sophia Anayannis, who edits a community blog and chat room on the site, wanted to make a difference.
“We asked ourselves, ‘What could one person really do … to stop the flow of knowledgeable jobs overseas?’â€? Hanos said.
Many of the manufacturers featured on the site are mom-and-pop operations, he said.
USAB2C.com acts as a portal Web site, having products shipped directly to consumers from the manufacturers.
Items include wooden toys from Maple Landmark Inc., based in Middlebury, Vt., and Holgate Toys of Bradford, Pa., which have none of lead-paint concerns of toys made in China, Hanos said.
The site has been up-and-running since the beginning of November in anticipation of the Christmas selling season, he said.
How’d sales do?
“For a start-up,� Hanos said. “it worked out pretty good.�
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