Emerson USA
Emerson USA Inc., California's Flag and Banner Company is a California based flag manufacturer. The company is one of San Francisco's only textile manufacturers.[1] Emerson Flag is the oldest flag company in the city of San Francisco and the second oldest in the nation.[2]
Markets
Although San Francisco's economy is largely based on technology and tourism, it was also once a major textile manufacturing city.[3] 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. This is due to the city's high cost of doing business with the few remaining textile manufacturers.[4][5]
One that has remained, however, is Emerson USA. 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.”[6] 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.[7]
In May 2010, Emerson USA was recognized by readers of San Francisco Weekly as the Best Flag Resource in San Francisco.[8]
External links
References
- ↑ "Our company (Emerson USA)". Company info about Emerson USA. 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
- ↑ "Article 11 Initiation Case Report" (PDF). sfplanning.s3.amazonaws.com. May 2, 2012. Retrieved 17 Nov 2025.
- ↑ "Home". sfced.org.
- ↑ "Esprit sheds land, gets $3.8 million break for development deal". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ↑ Colliver, Victoria (2008-06-21). "Levi's may leave S.F. when lease expires". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ↑ Richmond Times Dispatch, December 8, 2008.
- ↑ The New York Times, The Balance Sheet on Outsourcing, October 4, 2004.
- ↑ "Best Flag Resource". SF Weekly. 2010-05-18. Archived from the original on 2021-09-17. Retrieved 2021-01-22.