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Will 'sew-bots' stitch up a future for American Apparel?

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imageGarment workers sew t-shirts at the American Apparel factory in downtown Los Angeles.Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Earlier this month, clothing manufacturer and retailer American Apparel, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

American Apparel is a vertically integrated company, which means that it designs, manufactures, sells to other retailers and sells...

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