Maker's Row partners with Cotton Incorporated to reach and inform a far larger, more diverse audience on the cotton production process and associated benefits with domestic sourcing. Through the efforts of their partnership aims to further educate and connect textile brands with U.S. cotton suppliers and manufacturers.

Maker's Row, an online platform providing product-based businesses direct access to domestic manufacturers, and Cotton Incorporated, the research and marketing company representing America's cotton producers and importers, will be able "The partnership with Cotton Incorporated was a natural choice.

This partnership provides brands with a deeper understanding of one of the principal materials used in apparel today. With that understanding, brands have a greater opportunity to push the boundaries of their own products with their manufacturers on Maker's Row." said Matthew Burnett, CEO, Maker's Row.

Maker's Row and Cotton Incorporated have created a video titled, American Cotton Part 1, designed to assist businesses in the understanding of cotton production as it moves through the supply chain. By revealing the production process, businesses--from first-time entrepreneurs to big brands--are now able to make more informed decisions which will ultimately curate a better product.

Maker's Row has also launched a page (makersrow.com/cottoninc) which features over twenty domestic cotton mills and suppliers of cotton-based materials that all comply with Cotton Incorporated's stringent quality and responsibly-produced cotton requirements

According to Mark Messura, Senior Vice President, Cotton Incorporated, there are more than 70 cotton producing countries in the world and the United States is the third largest. And in the United States, they are more than 10,000 cotton farmers committed to high standards of cotton production. That starts at the farm and continues all the way through the grading and classing systems that exist for every pound and every bale of US cotton.

This partnership platform will generate a larger community for businesses to discover and communicate with cotton-based suppliers and manufacturers across the United States.