E-machitown is happy to lend its bank of servers and Web-hosting expertise to those who are willing to shell out a little Yen. The company, owned by Japan's largest reseller of mobile phones and formerly named Crayfish, provides Web-hosting services in Japan. As part of its business, e-machitown offers an e-mail service called DESKWIN, resells Internet advertising space, and develops custom software products. Since early 2009, e-machitown has been a 15% owner in a Tokyo joint venture named Alibaba Japan that sells products online. Telecommunications services provider Hikari Tsushin, which specializes in cell phone and Internet services and distribution among other things, owns 82% of e-machitown.

Furniture Village Limited operates through about three dozen locations throughout the UK that sell mid-market to high-end upholstered, wooden, and custom furniture for the living room, bedroom, and dining room, as well as occasionals and accessories to complement each suite of furniture. In mid-2009 the firm bought the World of Leather brand name to strenghten its position in high-end leather furniture. Furniture Village's Motion furniture line offers sofas, chairs and beds with massage features. The company was co-founded by managing director Peter Harrison in the early 1990s.

Walter E. Smithe Furniture, more commonly referred to as Smithe Furniture, sells mid-priced to high-end home furnishings through about a dozen locations in Illinois and Indiana. The company also offers leather and fabric upholstery customization options, as well as furniture reupholstering. Brothers Walt (president and general manager), Tim (VP of sales), and Mark (general counsel) Smithe took the reins of the family-run company from their father, and today (thanks to their TV ad campaigns), the three are the faces of the furniture retailer. Smithe Furniture traces its founding back to 1945.

Meijer (pronounced "Meyer") is a giant of retailing in the Midwest. The company's huge grocery and general merchandise stores average 200,000 to 250,000 sq. ft. each (or about the size of four regular grocery stores) and stock about 120,000 items, including Meijer private-label products. Meijer operates about 195 locations; about half are in Michigan, while the rest are in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. Customers can choose from 40-plus departments, including apparel, electronics, hardware, and toys. Most stores also sell gasoline, offer banking services, and have multiple in-store restaurants. Founder Hendrik Meijer opened his first store in 1934; the business is still family owned and run.

Founded in 1958 in Somerset County, NJ, Somerset Tire Service (also known as STS Tire & Auto Centers) has taken pride in providing exceptional service and superior value to its customers for over fifty years. STS is the largest independent tire and automotive service company in the Northeast, with retail locations throughout New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.Unique to the retail tire and automotive repair industry, STS is an employee-owned company dedicated to providing customers with convenient locations where long-term relationships are established based on TRUST. To continue to uphold our reputation for honest and ethical business practices, STS still follows the STS promise, which was established by our company’s founder.

Cascade Forest Corporation, formed in 1983 by the Johnson family, is a wholesale lumber brokerage that designs, produces, trades, and supplies wood products primarily in the western US. Its red cedar, douglas fir, and Chinese cedar are used to make fencing, porch and mailbox posts, construction framing, flooring, doors, and specialty outdoor structures, such as gazebos, arbors, and playground equipment. Cascade Forest also makes agricultural and industrial products, including fruit drying trays and bins used by farmers to dehydrate, sun dry, and transport crops. If you're in the wholesale lumber business you might be trying to keep up with the Johnsons.

Colorado Springs-based MSPS was incorporated as Mountain States Pipe & Supply in 1955. MSPS is committed in it's mission to provide superior services and solutions, and quality products in the utilities industry. MSPS is known for longevity, stability, and the knowledge and experience, to provide you with a complete solution for a wide range of utility applications. In 2002 MSPS established a meters division, US Metering & Technology, or USM&T, to position ourselves as a trusted leader in Automated Meter Reading and technology. AMR is an interesting and growing industry as more goverments, municipalities, and utilities services managers look for ways to cut down on costs and improve customer service for their utilities customers. USMT&T has built long-term relationships with Acalara Hexagram, Elster, Itron and Tropos - all leaders in Automated Meter Reading and Advanced Metering Infrastructure technology solutions.

Independent Pipe and Supply Corp. (IP&S) has risen over the last four generations to become one of the largest family owned industrial pvf houses in New England. As the premier distributor of industrial pipe, we represent the top suppliers in providing a comprehensive product range: pipe, strainers, backflow preventers, steam traps, commercial equipment, valves, instrumentation, fittings & flanges, fire protection and specialties such as gaskets, pipe tools and machines, expansion joints and more. For your convenience, we offer state-of-the-art computerized inventory and search technology directly from the home page of our web site. Our continued growth and success stems from long-term relationships with customers, vendors and employees alike. During nearly six decades in the piping industry, IP&S, which is headquartered in Canton, MA, has expanded into five states. Today, we serve the contractor and distributor markets in the New England area and beyond.IP&S may be an acronym for Independent Pipe & Supply, but it also stands for the three pillars of our business success: Inventory, Price and Service. Our financial leverage allows us to negotiate, purchase and warehouse extensive merchandise - a strategy that has enabled us to supply our customers' needs on time, anytime and at highly competitive prices since the early seventies. In the name of superior service we've nurtured relationships for decades with both vendors and customers, without whom we would not be what we are today: an evolving and expanding family business with a major distribution facility in Canton and branches in five states serviced by over 100 employees. Although IP&S has grown and changed with the times, we believe wholeheartedly in the human method of doing business - in personal attention that provides the best customer service in the industry. No account is too small or too large - we have the trucking capacity, inventory, staff and knowledge to service any account for a lifetime.

Founded in 1932 by Nicola and Pasquale D'Agostino Dahl's Foods regional supermarket chain in still owned and operated by the D'Agostino family.D'Agostino Supermarkets sells food for the body and soul to New York City residents. The company operates nearly 20 grocery stores, mostly in Manhattan but also in Westchester County, New York that feature deli and floral departments, seafood and meat counters, and an ample supply of fresh and organic produce. In addition to name-brand items, the grocer sells everything from ice cream to chips and chickens under its D'Agostino label; it also has developed the Earth Goods product line for environment- and health-conscious shoppers.

Passion Parties, Inc. gives new meaning to the concept of an intimate party. Passion Parties, founded in 1994, sells sensual products to women through home demonstrations, or "passion parties," throughout the US and Canada. Parties are led by more than 28,000 independent sales reps called Passion Consultants and are designed to be confidential, fun, and educational, as organizers peddle some 300 bath products, lingerie, edibles, books, and sex toys. Its primary product line, RomantaTherapy, boasts body lotions, fragrances, and gels. The company, a member of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, is careful to point out that its products are for enhancing intimacy among couples.

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