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North St. HQ is MOVING!

North St. HQ is MOVING!

North St. Bags is moving! We're getting our fabric packed and our machines wrapped and heading to a recently renovated building in inner North Portland. The new location has been...
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Retirement Announcement: Venture, Scout, and more...

Retirement Announcement: Venture, Scout, and more...

One of the comments that we hear from folks who learn about North St. online and come into our store is "I thought you were a much bigger company!"  We...
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Behind the Scenes: Project Workshop

Behind the Scenes: Project Workshop

Take a peek at one of our internal improvement processes! We held a shop project workshop, running through a guided format, asking each other questions, mapping out our priorities, and...
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Belmont Backpack named TechRadar's Best Backpack 2021

Belmont Backpack named TechRadar's Best Backpack 2021

  The Belmont would like to thank everyone who made this possible, from the bottom of its heart.  But, seriously, we love TechRadar, and it's so cool to get a...
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Well On Our Way! - Community Sourced Capital Update

Dear Friends, Squareholders, & Supporters, Thank you for sharing our campaign, telling a friend and all your social and financial support! Thus far North St. Bags has reached over $6K of our...
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Grow With Us - Community Sourced Capital

  In 2009, Curtis Williams started North St. Bags on one sewing machine in the basement of his home. Since then, his convertible lifestyle solutions have made commuting extra easy...
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Join Our Growing Production Team!

Do you love working with machines? Are you detail-oriented? Pumped on kaizen practice? Were you a line cook, Starbucks partner or bike mechanic? Portland-born North St. Bags is currently seeking...
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Made with pride in the USA

Our bags are cut and sewn by us in our Portland studio, but our “Made in USA” label means more than that.  Manufacturers are required to specify country of origin...
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For the year's resolution, focus on Kaizen

Are your New Years Resolutions already forgotten?  This year, simply focus on Kaizen.  A Japanese term meaning “good change”, kaizen is one key concepts of Lean Manufacturing.  The basic premise...
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From Custom to Small-Batch - North St. Bags, then & now.

It’s been nearly 5 years since I made the move to Portland to start my business, and we just wrapped up our best year ever.   North St. Bags started...
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