House of Fraser is a department store group with 62 enviable locations across the UK and Ireland. As one of the best known names on the high street, House of Fraser has presented customers with an unrivalled nationwide department store for more than 150 years. The company was acquired by the Highland consortium in November 2006 marking the beginning of an exciting new chapter in its history.

Zappos.com, Inc. was founded by its former chairman, Nick Swinmurn, following a botched mall-based shoe quest in 1999. A decade later, Zappos.com was acquired by online giant Amazon.com. If the shoe fits, wear it. If not, Zappos.com will gladly take it back at no cost to you. Zappos.com has become the #1 seller of shoes online (ahead of J.C. Penney) by stressing customer service. It stocks 3 million pairs of shoes, handbags, and apparel and accessories, specializing in some 1,000 brands that are difficult to find in mainstream shopping malls. Through its website (and 7,000 affiliate partners), Zappos.com distributes stylish and moderately priced footwear to frustrated and shop-worn customers nationwide.

Brice keeps men looking sharp in and out of the office without going over budget. The company operates about 220 stores, which are mostly located in shopping malls across France, and has clothing outlets in Belgium and Poland. The stores market contemporary business and casual wear to men between the ages of 25 and 45. Brice International, a subsidiary of French supermarket operator Auchan, acquired the company from the founding Marcade family. The company began as a trouser shop, opening its first store in 1985, and eventually expanded into the design and sale of full lines of menswear.

Groupe Lapeyre is one of France's largest manufacturers and distributors of joinery (doors, windows, and cabinetry). Its business-to-consumer unit includes Lapeyre, which distributes kitchen and bathroom products, as well as exterior and interior doors, windows, staircases, and flooring, through about 130 sales outlets. The division also includes some 180 K par K stores that sell and install windows and verandas, and Gimm, which produces PVC and wooden windows and doors. Its business-to-business unit includes Oxxo and Les Zelles, which produce and sell PVC windows and shutters. Groupe Lapeyre is a part of Saint-Gobain's building distribution division. In France, the doors and windows are always open for Lapeyre.

Charles Hyde and David Vredenburg founded the employee-owned firm in 1930. It takes its name from a combination of its founders' names.Give Hy-Vee a high five for being one of the largest privately owned US supermarket chains, despite serving some modestly sized towns in the Midwest. The company runs more than 200 Hy-Vee supermarkets in eight Midwestern states: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. About half of its stores are in Iowa, as are most of its two dozen Hy-Vee drugstores. It distributes products to its stores through several subsidiaries, including Lomar Distributing (specialty foods) and Perishable Distributors of Iowa (fresh foods).

What's next in style is what concerns NEXT. NEXT plc sells moderately priced clothing for men, women, and children; housewares; and furniture through about 515 stores (including some 25 stand-alone NEXT Home stores) in the UK and Ireland. It also franchises 180-plus stores elsewhere in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Russia, and Turkey. NEXT targets customers in their 20s and 30s who are looking for stylish but affordable clothes to take them through the next fashion cycle. Sales comes from its retail stores, its NEXT Directory catalog and website, and Ventura, a division which provides call center and customer support services

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates department stores in the mid-size and metropolitan markets of the United States. Its stores offer brand-name apparel and accessories for women, men, and children, as well as provide cosmetics, home furnishings, footwear, intimate apparel, and juniors' apparel. As of January 30, 2010, the company operated 278 stores under various nameplates, including the Bon-Ton, Bergner's, Boston Store, Carson Pirie Scott, Elder-Beerman, Herberger's, and Younkers in 23 northeastern, midwestern, and upper Great Plains states; and under the Parisian nameplate in Detroit, Michigan.

Raymond Building Supply Corporation was founded in 1957. Raymond Building Supply operates several commercial lumber and building materials stores in southwest Florida. Products include pressure-treated lumber, millwork, plywood, and trusses. Raymond Building Supply Corporation also has Andersen windows, doors, hardware, cabinetry, and appliances in stock and on request for residential, commercial, and institutional needs. Raymond Building Supply sells to home builders and contractors throughout southwest Florida.

Big Y Foods began as a 900-sq.-ft. grocery at a Y intersection in Chicopee,Massachusetts.It now operates some 60 supermarkets throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut. Most of its stores are Big Y World Class Markets,offering specialty areas such as bakeries and floral shops, as well as banking.The rest consist of Big Y Supermarkets and a single gourmet food and liquor store called Table & Vine in Springfield,Massachusetts.Some Big Y stores provide child care, dry cleaning, photo processing, and even propane sales,and their delis and food courts offer to-go foods.Big Y is owned and run by the D'Amour family and is one of New England's largest independent supermarket chains.

Located in northeast Ohio, Petitti Garden Centers produces 95 percent of its own perennials, annuals, trees and shrubs with its own local growing facilities. Immigrating to the United States over 44 years ago, Angelo Petitti took a small landscaping business and turned it into seven retail locations, one of the Cleveland/Akron area's largest garden centers. Angelo Petitti believes, “It’s the community and the employees that have made this company a success and helped it grow.” Through gardening seminars, special events and donations, Petitti’s has committed themselves in helping your community through gardening. “If we help you grow, we will continue to grow.” That belief is apparent in all seven Petitti Garden Centers. Employing only the most knowledgeable and friendliest staff has allowed Petitti’s to offer their customers expert advice with every visit to their stores. A visit to Petitti Garden Center is not another shopping trip, but an experience. Stroll the flowers for ideas or explore the garden center for the perfect item to complement your home. At Petitti’s we regularly seek horticulture enthusiasts. If you are interested in joining our team, pleas submit your application below.

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