The Fort Wayne-based company, which had once boasted that its handbags and other products were made in the U.S., only manufactured about 5 percent of its products in New Haven. The bulk of its production is done in China.

Vera Bradley Sales, LLC (d.b.a. Vera Bradley) is an American luggage and handbag design company, founded by Barbara Bradley Baekgaard and Patricia R. Miller in 1982. As of 2024, its home office is in Fort Wayne, Indiana.