When I use a tape measure, I can't say I think too deeply about which side(s) the numbers are printed on.
But that's apparently the reason Stanley Black & Decker is shutting down the last of its hometown factory, taking 300 jobs with it:
www.wsj.com/business/sta...
Stanley Black & Decker says fewer buyers want the Connecticut plant’s single-sided tape measures, preferring double-sided ones made abroad.
