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The Little California Shop That Will Stitch One Shirt - or One Thousand
Most decorators want volume. 5 Star Apparel built its pitch around the awkward orders - one cap, a school fundraiser, a firehouse patch, then the thousand-piece run.
Flores Designs and the art of leaving a little room
A family-owned California furniture maker turns sofas into a series of choices. The most useful lesson sits in the small print: even custom furniture needs room to breathe.
Ronbow Corp
Ronbow Corp is a California-based cabinetry company that turns custom kitchen, bath, and closet cabinets from a months-long luxury project into a made-to-order product delivered in weeks. Founded in 2002 by Jason Chen and reinvented as a direct-to-consumer, tech-driven manufacturer, Ronbow pairs proprietary design software with an automated Livermore factory to cut delivery time by up to 90% and cost by up to 40% versus traditional custom shops. Backed by a $10.5M Series A led by Celtic House Asia Partners, it sells through a growing network of Bay Area showrooms and an online design platform.