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From June 25 to July 4, we'll be examining — and at times, celebrating — all things American made, from the state of U.S. apparel manufacturing to American-born models on the rise. You can follow all of our coverage  here . When it comes to sales, Europe’s leading fast fashion brands have the American competition almost wholly beat — Oregon-based  Nike  excepted. With nearly $31 billion in annual sales, driven by the unprecedented growth of the activewear market, and Nike's own strong branding and global product offering, not even H&M, which brought in around $22 billion last year, is close to topping it. Nor are America's other apparel brands, the largest of which,  Ralph Lauren , generated $7.6 billion in 2014. Because it’s almost America’s birthday, we decided to compile a list of the biggest U.S. apparel brands according to sales, which you can see below. As we mentioned, Nike came out on top by a large margin, followed by leading lifestyle brand Ralph Lauren. Fo

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