Emerson USA Inc., California's Flag and Banner Company is a California based flag manufacturer. Founded in 2003, the company is one of San Francisco's only textile manufacturers.[1]

Markets

San Francisco's economy, although largely based on technology and tourism, was also once a major textile manufacturing city.[2] Over the years however, textile manufacturers, such as Esprit de Corp. Designs, better known as Esprit, and Levi Strauss & Co., better known as Levi's, have largely left San Francisco due to the city's high cost of doing business with the few remaining textile manufacturers.[3][4]

One that has remained however, is Emerson USA, as the company is able to sustain itself within a community of business customers that advocate “buying local” and US flags that are “made in America.”[5] This gives the company a relatively rare niche market as the typical consumer continues to purchase increasingly larger amounts of textiles that are manufactured in Asia.[6]

In May 2010, Emerson USA was recognized by readers of San Francisco Weekly as the Best Flag Resource in San Francisco.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Our company (Emerson USA)". Company info about Emerson USA. 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Home". sfced.org.
  3. ↑ "Esprit sheds land, gets $3.8 million break for development deal". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  4. ↑ Colliver, Victoria (2008-06-21). "Levi's may leave S.F. when lease expires". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  5. ↑ Richmond Times Dispatch, December 8, 2008.
  6. ↑ The New York Times, The Balance Sheet on Outsourcing, October 4, 2004.
  7. ↑ "Best Flag Resource". SF Weekly. 2010-05-18. Retrieved 2021-01-22.


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