Bicycle Corporation of America (BCA), part of Kent International Inc., revealed its bicycles, which are assembled in the U.S., are now available for sales at various Walmart locations nationwide and on Walmart.com.
BCA’s Manning, SC facility opened in October 2014, becoming the first mass production of bikes in the U.S. in over 15 years. In 2013, Walmart pledged to boost sourcing of U.S. products by $250 billion over the next ten years in a move to support U.S. jobs.
BCA noted that a recent survey by the Consumer Reports National Research Center found 78 percent of Americans would rather buy the American product when given a choice. Sixty percent indicated they’d buy American-made products even if those cost 10 percent more than imported versions. BCA bikes retail for an average of $120.
