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Kitsbow employees buy McDowell County company

By CNN Newsource

Published January 10, 2022 7:05 PM

By WLOS Staff

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OLD FORT, North Carolina (WLOS) — A McDowell County cycling company is now employee-owned.

Kitsbow was purchased by its employees, with help from a group of private investors.

The business has also stopped selling any clothing made offshore.

Officials with Kitsbow said they want to help bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States.

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