The regional home improvement center chain was founded in 1962. A management group led by chairman and former CEO Charles Bender acquired the company in 1988 and now owns about one-quarter of Busy Beaver, which is facing heavyweight competition from big-box chains, such as Home Depot and Lowe's. They're busy as, well, you know what kind of animals at Busy Beaver Building Centers. The company has 15 stores in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia selling ceilings, flooring, lumber, plumbing fixtures, and other building materials, along with garden supplies, hardware, power equipment, and tools. Busy Beaver serves the professional contractor as well as the do-it-yourselfer.

EmbroidMe is on the fast track. As a franchise operation, EmbroidMe.com Inc. offers custom embroidery, screen printing, and promotional products through about 350 shops in nearly 10 countries (including Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US). Stores specialize in emblazoning custom designs on items such as golf shirts, ball caps, towels, uniforms, jackets, and bags, as well as promotional fare (pens, mouse pads, and mugs). EmbroidMe outlets feature brand-name apparel (such as adidas, Liz Claiborne, and Nike Golf) and its own private-label products. EmbroidMe.com Inc. is part of United Franchise Group. It was founded in 2000 by Ray Titus, the group's CEO.

Since its founding in 1953, Best Denki has expanded its international network to include about 45 locations across Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan. The Japanese electronics retailer is looking to partner with another firm to expand outside Asia as it retrenches at home. In recent years, Best Denki's sales have suffered from competition from rival electronics retailers and online shopping sites. Shopping for electronics in Japan? Best Denki might just have what you are looking for. The company operates more than 200 mass discount stores that sell consumer electronics throughout the country, primarily targeting customers in the Kyushu and Chugoku regions.

Commercial Tire was founded in 1968. Commercial Tire is trying to roll out of Les Schwab's shadow. Commercial Tire offers tires and automotive services at about 40 locations in Idaho, Oregon, Utah, and Washington, where Les Schwab holds rein as the largest privately owned tire dealer. Its menu of under-car services includes oil changes, alignment, battery installation, and brake repair. Commercial Tire shops also offer custom wheels for cars, trucks, and SUVs. Serving fleets as well as individual consumers, Commercial Tire Inc. operates four Bandag tire retreading plants.

American Furniture Warehouse sells furniture and electronics at discounted prices through about a dozen retail locations in Colorado and via its website, which also features bridal and gift registries. The company has built a reputation as a home-spun, local furniture retailer. Jabs bought the company in 1975.

Iberia Tiles carries on the Spanish tile-making traditions of Barcelona's artisans. Iberia Tiles Corporation distributes ceramic tile, marble, granite, and other natural stone and wood products primarily in the southeastern US. It operates four showrooms in Florida (in Miami, Coral Gables, and Pompano Beach) and another in Norcross, Georgia. Iberia Tiles also has an export division and a wholesale distribution unit that serves retailers such as Sears and Lowe's. Chairman Rosa Sugranes brought Iberia Tiles Corporation to the US in 1979 as an extension of Ceramica Sugranes, her father's tile and marble business in Spain.

Through its eponymous print catalog and e-commerce site, Dr. Leonard's Healthcare Corp. offers a variety of health products aimed at seniors, along with clothing, collectibles, exercise equipment, home furnishings, housewares, and shoes. It also runs Carol Wright Gifts, an affiliated catalog and online retailer that sells similar merchandise as well as kitchen gadgets, travel items, gardening supplies, and holiday gifts. The company was established in 1979 by Dr. Leonard Feldman, and it operates as a subsidiary of direct marketing giant AmeriMark Holdings.

BurnsCascade has been a leading industrial supplier of valves, controls, and instrumentation products for over 60 years. We have achieved great success by putting the needs of customers first and delivering on our promises. The company's focus on complete customer satisfaction and on providing the best long-term solutions to customer's challenges has contributed to its current position as one of the most successful industrial product suppliers in the Northeast. BurnsCascade is not just a valued supplier of industrial and commercial products – we serve as trusted business advisors and partners to our customers. We make product mastery, industry knowledge and exceptional customer service a priority for all of our employees. As a result our customers always know the answers to their questions are just a phone call away.

Bardon Supplies Limited is a division of Groupe Deschenes Inc. , a privately held, family managed corporation. Groupe Deschenes acquired Bardon Supplies Limited in June of 2005, bringing the total number of branch locations in the Deschene network to sixty-nine in Ontario and Quebec. Bardon Supplies was established in Belleville [which remains our head office] in 1969. The original company, with eight branches, was expanded to include twelve wholesale locations with the acquisitions of Peninsula Plumbing and Heating Supplies Limited, Doris Metals Inc. and Bayside Supply. Our commitment to new technologies has been a significant factor in our successful expansion. Bardon Supplies has invested heavily in the most modern computer software systems available to wholesale distributors and has the capability of remote order entry for all customers through our WebOE program. We have now made it easier for customers to do business with us by using our secure WebOE Internet connection to place orders, check stock, get prices or review their Bardon account status. Click WebOE to find out more about this great program. We also can communicate through EDI with our major industrial, institutional and commercial customers and suppliers to make data transfer seamless. Our famous Partners in Progress Customer Loyalty Program is another great benefit of being a Bardon customer. ENROLL now to get the rewards you deserve in this exciting program. Find out how you can Login to Partners in Progress to track your rewards. So whether you call our order desk, talk to your Bardon sales representative, or deal with us on the net, all will lead you to the rewards you choose. Our retail presence in Ontario continues to grow under the Bathworks banner, with five, stand-alone showroom locations. With these locations, Bardon Supplies, within our Bathworks Select Program, continues to offer our trade accounts the facilities to help them show and sell fixtures to their customers.

Sur La Table, Inc sells appliances, bakeware, cookbooks, housewares, specialty foods, and other goodies for professional and home chefs from about 80 stores in some 30 states, a website, and catalogs that make foodies drool. For customers who aren't sure how to best use the Le Creuset casserole dish, Cuisinart food processor, or Chef's Choice waffle maker, the company offers cooking classes and cookbook signing events in many of its stores. Founded in 1972 at Seattle's famous Pike's Place Market, Sur La Table is owned jointly by the Behnke family, including its chairman Carl Behnke, and private investor Freeman Spogli.

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