Ohio small businesses say a growing interest in American-made products is helping strengthen local manufacturing as the holiday shopping season gets underway. A new national poll shows most consumers prefer goods made in the United States, and several Ohio companies are featured in this year’s Made in America Gift Guide. One of those companies is Kikilu House of Style, a Cincinnati-based apparel brand designing and producing small-batch clothing through Sew Valley, a zero-waste nonprofit garment factory.

Kimberly Anderson, founder and chief style office of Kikilu House of Style, said she launched the brand after years of styling clients and noticing a gap in quality, long-lasting clothing for women, and added that keeping production at home was a conscious choice, even when cheaper over

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