Ryman is owned by chairman Theo Paphitis, who purchased the company in 1995. Ryman thinks that if you really want to inject something inspired and clever into your love letters, you'd better sit down and write them using the proper equipment. Ryman Limited, better known by its retail brand, Ryman the stationer, sells office supplies through about 100 stores throughout the UK. Its products include paper and envelopes, writing instruments and desk accessories, and filing and storage items. Ryman also sells office equipment that will help you with your earlier letter drafts, such as printers, fax machines, shredders, and laminating equipment, as well as calculators, typewriters, and mobile phones.

Complete Office was formed by the merger of two competing San Diego office supply companies: Grove Office Supply and Del Mar Office Products. Looking for supplies and furniture to make your office complete? Complete Office of California can help. Through warehouses in Southern California and Wisconsin, the company distributes workplace necessities and accessories, including paper, writing implements, custom stamps, computer supplies, cleaning agents, and break room items, as well as office furniture. It also provides space planning and furniture installation services. Customers have included AMN Healthcare, the San Diego Padres, and Graham Webb International.

Lei Shing Hong has a wandering eye. The firm manages operations across five diverse business lines: automobile and heavy machinery distribution, financial services, real estate, and trade goods. Lei Shing Hong's automobile division distributes Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and smart brand vehicles in China, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The company also serves as the distributor for Caterpillar in eastern China and Taiwan. Financial services include share trading, foreign exchange investment, stockbrokerage, and insurance services in Hong Kong. The company dabbles in real estate development and management for properties in China, and offers import and export services for a variety of products.

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the distribution and retail of professional beauty supplies. Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. operates in two segments, Sally Beauty Supply and Beauty Systems Group. The Sally Beauty Supply segment operates as an open-line distributor of professional beauty supplies, including hair color and hair care products, skin and nail care products, electrical appliances, ethnic products, and other beauty items to retail consumers and salon professionals. This segment offers approximately 6,000 products through professional lines, such as Clairol, L’Oreal, Wella, and Conair, as well as provides proprietary merchandise. As of September 30, 2009, it operated 2,898 company-operated retail stores and supplied 25 franchised stores. The Beauty Systems Group segment distributes beauty supplies directly to salons and salon professionals through its sales force and professional-only stores. It stores, branded as CosmoProf or Armstrong McCall stores, and its outside sales consultants sell approximately 9,800 professionally branded products, including Paul Mitchell, Wella, Sebastian, Goldwell, and TIGI that are targeted exclusively for professional and salon use, and resale to their customers. This segment operated 829 company-operated stores and supplied 162 franchised stores. Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. serves customers primarily in the United States, Puerto Rico, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Sally Beauty Holdings Inc. was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Denton, Texas.

Clampitt Paper was founded in 1941. While Jed Clampett discovered oil beneath his Arcadian scrub oaks, Clampitt Paper Co Of Fort Worth is making its fortune in the trees. Clampitt Paper Co Of Fort Worth Ltd company acts as a merchant, taking paper products from mills to printers and other end-users such as major corporations, art directors, and graphic designers. It has served such industry big shots as International Paper, Mohawk Paper Mills, and Finch, Pruyn & Co. through half a dozen warehouse facilities in Texas and Oklahoma. Clampitt Paper Co Of Fort Worth Ltd company also operates more than 10 stores in Texas under the FasClampitt banner, marketing paper, greeting cards, and office supplies to the public.

Christy Sports isn't some girly group of ponytailed cheerleaders. It's the largest specialty ski and snowboard retailer in the Rocky Mountains. With more than 40 retail stores in skiing hot spots like Snowmass, Crested Butte, Steamboat Springs, and Vail, the company sells skiing, snowboarding, snow-shoeing, mountain biking, and golf equipment along with shoes, shirts, gloves, and bags to carry it all. Stores also carry patio furniture, grills, hammocks, and other accessories for the outdoor life and rent skiing and snowboarding gear. Christy's staff are all serious skiers and snowboarders who use the equipment they sell. The company was founded in 1958 by avid skiers Ed and Gale Crist.

Stark Carpet Corp. company is owned and operated by brothers John and Steven Stark. Their parents, the late Arthur and Nadia Stark, founded Stark Carpet company. Stark Carpet offers carpets, rugs, furniture, and textiles to design professionals for both commercial and residential use. The company sells its products under the Stark Carpet, Stark Fabric, Stark Fine Furniture, Stark Wallcovering, and Darius Antique & Decorative Rugs brand names from its own showrooms in the US and the UK as well as in design centers operated by others. Through its partnership with manufacturer GG Bailey, it also produces a line of Oriental and animal print car mats.

The Forzani Group in 1974. Forzani has since become Canada's largest sporting goods retailer. The company operates more than 330 company-owned stores under such banners as Athletes World, Coast Mountain Sports, Sport Chek, S3, Sport Mart, and National Sports. The company also franchises about 230 stores under names that include Atmosphere, Econosports, Hockey Experts, Intersport, and Sports Experts. It has about a 20% share of the sporting goods retail market in Canada.

ABS was founded in 1997 by president Craig Knouf. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ricoh Americas. When you think of business, what systems do you associate with it? Associated Business Systems (ABS) thinks of big gadgets. ABS sells and services high-tech office machines (such as printers, copiers, fax machines, and scanners) made by companies such as Ricoh, HP, and Kyocera Mita. Other products include archival and retrieval devices, network imaging systems, and supplies for all the machines on the sales floor. Associated Business Systems operates more than a dozen locations in Oregon and Washington, and it services about 35,000 copiers and printers in both states.

Sotheby’s, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an auctioneer of fine and decorative art, jewelry, and collectibles primarily in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, and France. The company operates in three segments: Auction, Finance, and Dealer. The Auction segment functions as an agent offering authenticated works of art for sale at auction. It also involves in brokering private sales of artwork. The Finance segment provides collectors and dealers with financing, which is secured by works of art that the company has in its possession or permits the borrower to possess. The Dealer segment invests in and resells artworks. It also operates as an art dealer for Dutch and Flemish Old Master paintings, as well as French impressionist and post-impressionist paintings. In addition, this segment sells works of art directly to private collectors and museums, as well as acts as a broker in private purchases and sales of art. Additionally, it operates a retail wine shop in New York City, as well as offers a range of wines online. Sotheby's was founded in 1744 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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