Agri-Starts was founded in 1984 by owners Randall Strode and Gerri Abner. Agri-Starts produces and wholesales tissue culture liners and micro cuttings. Put more simply, the company clones plants. The cloning process begins with a single growing tip cut from a plant. From this cut thousands of small plants are grown on a gelled nutrient-rich medium with growth regulators in a temperature- and light-controlled environment. Once the plants are large enough to harvest, Agri-Starts sells them as liners in cell packs to nurseries worldwide. The company maintains about 1,300 plant varieties, and its specialties include elephant ears, bananas, blueberries, and coleus plants.

Harrow Stores sells outdoor home furniture, above ground swimming pools and spas, backyard accessories, and seasonal items (it is particularly known for its Christmas decorations) through several stores in New York and a single location in New Jersey. Harrow's, owned by Ken Ehrlich, emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in late 2007.

Collective Brands, Inc. primarily engages in the wholesale and retail of footwear and related accessories worldwide. Its Payless ShoeSource stores offer footwear, including athletic, casual and dress shoes, sandals, work and fashion boots, slippers, and accessories, such as handbags, jewelry, and hosiery for women, children, and men. The company’s Payless ShoeSource stores provide its products under the Airwalk, American Eagletm, Champion, Christian Siriano for Paylesstm, Dexter, and Lela Rose for Paylesstm brand names. It also involves in the wholesale of footwear in various retail formats, including premier department stores, specialty stores, and independent shoe stores primarily in North America. In addition, Collective Brands, Inc. markets its products directly to consumers by selling children’s footwear through its Stride Rite Children’s stores; and a selection of its footwear and apparel through its Stride Rite Outlet stores and e-commerce sites.

PriceSmart is wise in the ways of members-only club retailing. The retailer runs more than 25 membership stores under the PriceSmart name in about a dozen countries and one US territory in Central America and the Caribbean. It sells low-cost food, pharmacy, and basic consumer items. In each store, nearly half of the merchandise comes from the US, and the other half is sourced locally. In-store services include auto/tire centers, banking, and photo developing. PriceSmart stores are typically smaller than wholesale clubs in the US, averaging about 50,000-75,000 sq. ft., and the membership fees average about $25. PriceSmart was founded in 1976 by father-and-son team Sol and Robert Price.

Carrefour Italia sources more than 90% of its agricultural food products locally and sells its own brands of food, including the Terre D'Italia and ScelgoBio labels.Europe's leading retailer Carrefour knows that to live la dolce vita, you've got to buy lots of stuff. Its operations in Italy are carried out by Carrefour Italia, one of the country's biggest sellers of food and general merchandise, along with Conad and Coop Italia. Carrefour owns about 495 stores in Italy, which operate under the names Carrefour (about 65 hypermarkets), GS (about 235 supermarkets), DìperDì (some 175 convenience stores), and DocksMarket and GrossIper (about 15 cash-and-carry stores), and franchises more than a thousand others.

Genesco Inc. engages in the retail of branded footwear, licensed and branded headwear, and licensed sports apparel and accessories; and the wholesale of branded footwear primarily in the United States. Its Journeys Group segment operates the Journeys, Journeys Kidz, and Shi by Journeys retail footwear chains, as well as involves in the catalog and e-commerce operations. As of January 30, 2010, this segment operated 1,025 stores, including 150 Journeys Kidz stores and 56 Shi by Journeys stores in the United States and in Puerto Rico, selling footwear for young men, women, and children. The company’s Underground Station Group segment operates the Underground Station retail footwear chain and Jarman retail footwear stores, as well as engages in e-commerce operations. As of January 30, 2010, this segment operated 170 stores, including 161 Underground Station stores in the United States, selling footwear and accessories primarily for men and women in the 20-35 age groups. Its Hat World Group segment operates the Hat World, Lids, Hat Shack, Hat Zone, Head Quarters, Cap Connection, and Lids Locker Room retail headwear stores; and Sports Fan-Attic retail licensed sports headwear, apparel, and accessory stores. It also involves in the Impact Sports and Great Plains Sports team dealer businesses and e-commerce operations. As of January 30, 2010, this segment operated 921 stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. The company’s Johnston & Murphy Group segment operates Johnston & Murphy retail stores; and involves in catalog and e-commerce operations, and wholesale distribution. As of January 30, 2010, this segment operated 160 retail shops and factory stores in the United States, selling footwear, luggage, and accessories primarily for men, targeting business, and professional customers. Its Licensed Brands segment, through a license from Levi Strauss & Company, sells Dockers footwear. Genesco Inc. was founded in 1924 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Spinx Company has turned itself into a small convenience retailing powerhouse. It operates more than 75 convenience stores under the SPINX banner in North and South Carolina. SPINX locations offer gasoline and alternative fuels (including biodiesel and E85), packaged snacks, foodservice outlets, car washes, and DVD rental kiosks. The company also supplies gasoline to more than 60 area convenience stores. CEO Stewart Spinks founded The Spinx Company, which is still family owned and operated.

Tesco PLC, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a grocery retailer offering various food, non-food, and other retailing services. It operates various store formats that offer food and non-food products, such as fresh produce, wines and spirits, in-store bakery, ready-meals, sandwiches, DVDs, books, electrical equipment, homewares, clothing, health and beauty items, and garden furniture. The company also provides telecom services, including mobile network, home phone, Internet access, Internet phone, and various telecom products and services in store and online. In addition, it offers financial and insurance services ranging from savings accounts and credit cards to car and travel insurance. The company operates in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey, Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia, Japan, the People’s Republic of China, and the United States. As of May 1, 2009, it operated 4,308 stores. The company has a collaboration agreement with Microsoft Corporation to launch home video viewing. Tesco PLC was formerly known as Tesco Stores (Holdings) Limited and changed its name to Tesco PLC in 1983. The company was founded in 1919 and is based in Cheshunt, United Kingdom.

The Jim Pattison Group is headquartered in Vancouver, BC, Canada and is comprised of over 449 locations world wide focusing on the automotive, media, packaging, food sales and distribution, magazine distribution, entertainment, export and financial industries. With sales of over $7.1 Billion in 2009 and more than 33,000 employees, the Jim Pattison Group is the third largest private company in Canada. The mandate of the Jim Pattison Group is total customer satisfaction and that goal continues to enable the individual divisions of the Jim Pattison Group to become leaders in their markets. We hope that this website will provide our customers, employees, financial partners, and suppliers with a better picture of the depth and breadth of The Jim Pattison Group. The site is also designed to provide direct access to our divisions through links to their individual websites.

Dixons Retail plc operates as a specialist electrical and computing retailer. Dixons Retail sells products in the categories of brown goods, white goods, computing products, and mobile phones. The brown goods include vision products, such as televisions and DVD players; audio products comprising stereos, iPods, and MP3 players; imaging products, such as cameras and camcorders; gaming products that include games consoles; and related accessories. The white goods comprise domestic appliances, such as washing machines, dryers, refrigerators, freezers, and gas and electric cookers; and small domestic appliances, which include microwave ovens, vacuum cleaners, kettles, coffee makers, toasters, irons, and bread makers. The computing products consist of desktop computers, laptop computers, iPads, netbooks, printers, and accessories; and mobile phones include pre-paid and contract mobile phones, mobile broadband modems, and related accessories. Dixons Retail also undertakes business to business sales and services, as well as provides product support services to customers. It operates its retail stores under the Currys, PC World, Dixons Travel, TechGuys, Elkjøp, Lefdal, El Giganten, Gigantti, Kotsovolos, UniEuro, Electro World, PC City, PIXmania, and Dixons.co.uk brands. Dixons Retail sells its products through stores, Internet, and by phone. It has operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Italy, Greece, Spain, Turkey, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. Dixons Retail was formerly known as DSG International plc and changed its name to Dixons Retail plc in September 2010. Dixons Retail plc is headquartered in Hemel Hempstead, the United Kingdom.

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