is about the gift retailing company . for the portland oregon landmark sign that once had this wording see white stag sign . made in oregon type private industry retail founded 1975 headquarters portland oregon u.s. parent naito corporation 1 website www.madeinoregon.com made in oregon is a private company founded in portland oregon united states in 1975 by portland businessman sam naito . 2 the company is a gift retailer that specializes in oregon made products . it was originally owned by norcrest china company an import business co owned by sam naito and his brother bill naito 2 until norcrest was reorganized as h. naito corporation in 1992 . the first made in oregon store opened in 1975 in an 812 square foot 75.4 m2 space at portland international airport 2 and was one of the first retailers in what became the oregon market inside the airport . 3 the idea of offering products from one state was then a novelty ; now the concept has been often copied . 2 the chain had expanded to 11 stores by 1989 4 and had stores in 12 locations in 1998 . 5 as of 2010 made in oregon has 9 retail locations including three locations in portland international airport four elsewhere in the portland metro area and one each in salem and newport . 6 the company also has a mail order catalog and an e commerce website where it sells goods from more than 2 000 oregon manufacturers and artisans . products sold include food clothing jewelry and arts and crafts . 2 contents 1 made in oregon sign 2 see also 3 references 4 external links made in oregon sign edit main article white stag sign the former made in oregon sign in portland from 1997 until 2010 a lighted neon and bulb sign located atop the white stag building at 70 nw couch street in downtown portland facing the burnside bridge advertised the company . in place since the 1940s the sign is one of the identifying landmarks of portland 7 and was designated a city of portland historic landmark in 1977 . 8 during the christmas season the nose of the deer glows red in imitation of rudolph the red nosed reindeer . 9 10 the sign was leased from ramsay signs by made in oregon owner h. naito corp. formerly norcrest china co. . in 1996 bob naito then vice president of h. naito corp. said the company had offered to buy the sign but that ramsay signs was unwilling to sell it . 11 in september 2010 ownership of the sign passed from ramsay to the city of portland 12 and in november the wording was changed from made in oregon to portland oregon . 13 see also edit list of companies based in oregon references edit about us . naito properties . retrieved 2009 10 12 . a b c d e colby richard february 28 1988 . made in oregon shops offer unique marketing style . the oregonian p. d1 . hamburg ken august 27 1989 . sales take off at redesigned airport shopping area . the oregonian p. b1 . key janet july 3 1989 . marketers find riches in our reborn regionalism . chicago tribune . retrieved november 24 2010 . jaquiss nigel july 29 1998 empire of the sons sidebar to a longer article naito divided . willamette week . retrieved november 27 2010 . store locations . made in oregon . 2010 . retrieved november 24 2010 . kptv staff march 9 2009 . made in oregon sign change sparks debate . kptv . retrieved 2009 10 12 . commission designates white stag sign portland landmark . the oregonian october 13 1977 p. a17 . bella rick september 26 1989 . naito vows to light stag rudolph s nose will glow again to delight a zillion metro area kids . the oregonian . p. b3 . rollins michael december 30 1986 . public fawns over old white stag sign . the oregonian p b8 . rubenstein sura december 4 1996 . white stag leaves men seeing red . the oregonian p. 1 . hallman jr. tom september 16 2010 . city owns made in oregon sign and hopes to have it ready for holiday season . the oregonian . retrieved september 16 2010 . change under way for made in oregon sign . kptv.com . november 16 2010 . retrieved november 24 2010 . external links edit made in oregon official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title made in oregon company & oldid 734308119 categories companies based in portland oregoncompanies established in 1975privately held companies based in oregon1975 establishments in oregon navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 august 2016 at 12 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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