<P> The annual sales of the brand increased in 1997 to reach $7.1 billion . </P> <P> In 2002, Levi Strauss began a close business collaboration with Walmart, producing a special line of "Signature" jeans and other clothes for exclusive sale in Walmart stores until 2006 . Levi Strauss leads the apparel industry in trademark infringement cases, filing nearly 100 lawsuits against competitors since 2001 . Most cases center on the alleged imitation of Levi's back pocket double arc stitching pattern (U.S. trademark #1,139,254), which Levi filed for trademark in 1978 . Levi's has successfully sued Guess, Polo Ralph Lauren, Esprit Holdings, Zegna, Zumiez, and Lucky Brand Jeans, among other companies . </P> <P> In 2002, the company closed its Valencia Street plant in San Francisco, which had opened the same year of the city's April 1906 earthquake . By the end of 2003, the closure of Levi's last U.S. factory in San Antonio ended 150 years of jeans made in the USA . Production of a few higher - end, more expensive styles of jeans resumed in the US several years later . </P> <P> By 2007, Levi Strauss was again profitable after declining sales in nine of the previous ten years . Its total annual sales, of just over $4 billion, were $3 billion less than during its peak performance in the mid-1990s . After more than two decades of family ownership, rumors of a possible public stock offering were floated in the media in July 2007 . In 2009, it was noted in the media for selling jeans on interest - free credit, due to the global recession . In 2010, the company partnered with Filson, an outdoor - goods manufacturer in Seattle, to produce a high - end line of jackets and workwear . </P>

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