[douche]

Seems like a natural consequence of rising standards of living in the countries that this work was previously outsourced to. The garment industry has always exploited low-cost workers - from children, to women, immigrants, China, south-east Asia. When the cost of labor is no longer a significant input to the equation (because there is little to no actual human labor involved), I would expect to see production move back into the markets nearer to customers, to cut the cost of transportation.

And transportation costs are going to go down, as the distribution networks become more automated, so I suppose the next domino is going to be the cost of energy.