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 Company headquarters building in Bowling Green, Kentucky | |
| Type | Private company [1] |
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| Industry | Textile, sports equipment |
| Founded | 1851 in Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S. (as "B.B and R Knight Corp.)[1] |
| Founder | Robert Knight & Benjamin Knight [2] |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Clothing (casual wear, activewear), sports equipment |
| Brands | Exquisite Form |
Number of employees | 32,400 |
| Parent | Berkshire Hathaway |
| Subsidiaries |
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| Website | fruit.com |
Fruit of the Loom is an American company that manufactures clothing, particularly casual wear and underwear. The company's world headquarters is in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Since 2002 it has been a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.
Products manufactured by Fruit of the Loom itself and through its subsidiaries include clothing (t-shirts, hoodies, jackets, sweatpants, shorts and lingerie), and sports equipment (softballs and basketballs manufactured and commercialised by Spalding.
- ^ a b Company Overview of Fruit of the Loom, Inc. on Bloomberg.com
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