We started Lion Footwear when I (Bill) was working at Rockport and right after 911. The original idea was to cater to airline workers and business travelers needing airport security friendly footwear.
Soon after it became driven to employees needing good workwear that was quality and a value when I flew out to Navado CA to meet with Margo Fraser of Birkenstock USA as she and her team wanted to launch a Business to Business marketing of their Birkenstock Brands there marketing arm for this became Lion Footwear Direct.
We quickly grew with partners like Lowes, American Airlines, Frontier, Southwest Airlines, Mayo Clinic, Trinity and HCA hospital corporations. We provide a key employee benefit to their employees as happy feet equal more employee productivity.
We now bring you more brands and new products as we care not about quantity but the quality of the offerings we have. We do look for the APMA seal and validations from medical professionals on everything we offer.
We opened a retail location and branched into scubs and medical apperal. We have since sold that portion of the business as timing is everything.
In the mean time we began dealing with Ultimate Protien as Dave and I are avid weight and exercise junkies. The side result of this was many gastric by-pass surgery patients needed the protien value it offered in their recovery and diet. So now we seek health products that make a changes possible too.
We hope you find we care about the shoes on your feet and the quality of your life.
By the way when you go to San Francisco area take an extra suit case for sour dough bread! Everyone needs one bad habit.
