Buchanan Automotive Group used car inventory includes BMW, Chevrolet, Hyundai, Lexus, and Mazda, among other brands. Founded in 1994, Buchanan Automotive Group is owned by founder and chairman U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan.Two words you won't hear from Buchanan Automotive Group are "snow tires." The company consists of about 10 new-and-used-vehicle dealerships, including flagship location Sarasota Ford, throughout Florida and the southeastern US. It carries new vehicles from such makers as Dodge, Ford, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, and Toyota.

Leif Johnson Ford sells, you guessed it, Ford vehicles. The company's inventory includes new Ford cars, trucks, and SUVs, as well as used vehicles of all makes. Leif Johnson Ford lets customers shop for, customize, and order vehicles as well as apply for financing online. Customers can schedule service appointments or order parts on its site, too. Leif Johnson Ford's AJ Rent-A-Car allow temporary use of a variety of vehicles from a Ford Focus to a 15-passenger van. The company, with a pair of locations in Austin, Texas, was founded in 1957 by Texas Land Commissioner Bob Armstrong. Leif Johnson, father of CEO Robert Johnson, purchased it in 1967 after being the manager for many years.

Global Imaging Systems (GIS) is a leading provider of business technology solutions. GIS companies sell and service Document Management Systems including printers, multifunction devices and copiers; Network Integration Services; Software Solutions; and Audio Visual & Video Conferencing Systems. Our solutions incorporate products from Xerox, Konica Minolta, Kyocera Mita, Sharp, Panasonic, Muratec, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, InFocus, Equitrac, eCopy, Sony, and other leading companies. We also offer a variety of service contracts, including maintenance, supply, network management, technical support, and training. We currently operate in 34 states and the District of Columbia. Since our founding in 1994, we have acquired more than 95 businesses within the United States. Our operating companies are organized into core companies in key markets across the U.S. The remaining businesses operate as satellites of the core companies. Under the Company philosophy of “Think Globally, Act Locally” and a decentralized structure, core companies operate under their pre-acquisition names and management, preserving and building upon existing customer relationships.

Cole's was founded in 1986. Cole Office Products challenges the idea that big-box stores have the lowest prices. The independent retailer distributes about 3,000 workplace essentials, including business cards, forms, filler paper, writing implements, computer peripherals, office furniture, and maintenance and break room supplies. It features products from such makers as Avery, Safco, and Xerox. Orders can be placed by phone, fax, or through Cole's e-commerce site. As a veteran-owned small business, Cole Office Products, Inc. is an authorized supplier for the government.

Lazy Days' R.V. Center, Inc. was founded in 1976 by Don Wallace and his late father, H. K. Wallace, and brother, Ron Wallace. It's controlled by Minnesota-based Wayzata Investment Partners. After a stint in Chapter 11, Lazy Days' completed its reorganization in late 2009. Plenty of hard work has turned Lazy Days' R.V. Center into one of the largest dealers of recreational vehicles in the US. At its 126-acre site, Lazy Days' sells more than a dozen brands of new and used RVs. The dealership also has some 230 service bays for repair and maintenance. Besides the RV dealership, the Lazy Days' site includes RallyPark, a 300-lot RV campground that includes a Cracker Barrel restaurant, Camping World retail store, and RV gas station.

Founded in 1993 with about 60 stores, Calendar Club now operates more than 800 locations in the US and 250-plus outlets in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK. The company also sells merchandise year round on its Web sites, including Calendars.com and DogBreedStore.com. Bookseller Barnes & Noble sold its majority stake in Calendar Club to CEO Marc Winkelman and the firm's management in 2009 for $7 million. During the holiday season, Calendar Club transforms empty retail space in Canada and the US into shops under the banners Calendar Club, San Francisco Music Box Company, and Go! Games, and Go! Toys. The company's temporary stores range in size from kiosks to some 6,000 square feet.

Signature Brands International (SBI) is a fashion jewelry and watch wholesaler that sells to retail and duty-free stores, domestically and internationally. SBI's vast products portfolio includes Carlo Orsini (sterling silver and cubic zirconium), Colibri of London (men's accessories), Daring Diamonds (affordable diamond jewelry), Krementz (14k gold religious and inspirational jewelry), and Skagen Watches, among other items. Owner and President Carolyn Morgan founded SBI in 2001 after spending 18 years in the duty-free buying business.

Woodcraft Supply, LLC is one of the nation's oldest and largest suppliers of quality woodworking tools and supplies. You'll find Woodcraft stores in more than 70 major metropolitan areas across the U.S.; and Woodcraft annually distributes two million catalogs featuring more than 8,000 items to all 50 states and 117 foreign countries. The Woodcraft catalog is a standard among woodworkers as the most complete offering of first rate products for woodworking available anywhere. Woodcraft also publishes six issues of Woodcraft Magazine annually.Woodcraft first offered its catalog online in 1995. Since then, Woodcraft.com has grown into a trusted resource for woodworkers by offering a wealth of information, services and products. With the addition of the Endless Toolbox®, Woodcraft's special order program, online shoppers have thousands more hard to find products to choose from. Visitors to the Web site can also order a catalog, download free project plans, see the current sales flyer, sign up for a free woodworking eNewsletter, request sharpening services, apply for a Woodcraft credit card, create a Wish List, preview woodworking books, see product demo videos, and get local store hours, events and contact information.

Beauty Brands, Inc. was founded in 1995 by Bob Bernstein, who remains CEO of the Beauty Brands organization. Beauty Brands has built a business that offers its customers one-stop shopping and nonstop primping. The company combines its retail superstores (which measure between 5,000 and 9,000 sq. ft.) with full-service salons and spas. Beauty Brands operates more than 50 locations in about a dozen US states. In addition to selling more than 10,000 top salon products, Beauty Brands offers some 30 services including facials, haircuts and highlights, hair removal, manicures and pedicures, special occasion makeup and hair styling, children's hair cuts, and massage therapy.

The chain was acquired by Tiffany in 2002, but Tiffany sold Little Switzerland to NXP Corporation for $32.9 million in 2007. There's nothing neutral about Little Switzerland's definitively upscale stores. The company operates about 25 mostly duty-free stores that sell jewelry, watches, crystal, china, and other gift items priced from $20 to more than $10,000. Its stores, located on 11 Caribbean islands and in Key West, Florida, appeal to tourists (mostly from the US) looking to avoid the import taxes they would pay at home -- especially passengers on the cruise ship lines that ply the waters in those areas.

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