Full Moon Rising, Inc. has worked hard over the years to earn a reputation for delivering customized quality products and apparel at affordable prices. But in order for us to do this, we need to have access to the manufacturers which produce the highest quality products and apparel at affordable prices.
One of FMR's favorite USA Made apparel manufacturers is King Louie America! King Louie is widely known for its superb quality and attention to detail. King Louie is also proud to be a 100% Union shop, knowing that in order to produce the highest quality apparel, they need the highest quality workforce.
King Louie America is truly an American success story. Founded in 1937 by a pair of Polish immigrant brothers, Morris and Victor Lerner began their business humbly as a cap manufacturing company. Business thrived, despite the turmoil of the Great Depression and World War II (in which Morris proudly served our country in the Pacific Theater). As the war wound down, the Lerner brothers revved up, opening new manufacturing plants and expanding into a full-blown apparel company they named King Louie.
In the mid 1970's, King Louie was bought by a group of investors who continued to expand the size and scope of the company, but the flood of cheap, foreign-made apparel (often produced at the expense of extremely poor and poorly treated workers, not to mention the environment) into America over the next 20-some years proved to be overwhelming, and in 2006, it was announced that King Louie would be closing their doors.
Morris Lerner's son, Michael, couldn't stand to see his father and uncle's legacy go down without a fight, so he orchestrated the purchase of the domestic division of the company, now known as King Louie America. "I believed King Louie’s reputation for quality products and services still justified the investment in a UNION MADE IN THE USA apparel manufacturing company," Michael explains. "Our customers have proven me right."
We at Full Moon Rising, Inc. couldn't have been more pleased by Michael's unwillingness to yield his family's honor. To us, Customer Service is King, and nobody helps us serve our customers better than King Louie America. We love their helpful staff (a big 'shout out' goes to Rosalee & Rachel), their outstanding quality, and their consistent reliability in ensuring that we get just what we need, right when we need it. And to know that King Louie values its employees, well, that's something that we just can't put a price on.
L to R: John McMillan, King Louie V.P. Sales & Marketing, Brian Fallon, FMR Inc., and Brett Hackworth, King Louie CEO, at the PPAI Show in Las Vegas last week.
We're in the process of updating our USA Made Clothing and Union Shop webstores to showcase the 45 new styles and colors King Louie America has added to its already large selection of Union Made shirts, outer wear, active wear, and ladies wear.
Thank you, Michael, for doing the right thing, for your family, your workers, and America.
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