Jockey International has nothing to do with horses and everything to do with the classic men's brief (its invention). The more than 130-year-old company makes men's, women's, and children's underwear and loungewear. Its products are sold through thousands of department and specialty stores the likes of Bloomingdale's and JCPenney. Jockey International licenses and distributes its apparel in more than 120 countries and holds numerous licensing agreements. Chairman and CEO Debra Waller and her family own the company. Jockey International was founded by Samuel Cooper in 1876 as a hosiery company intended to relieve lumberjacks of blisters and infections resulting from shoddy wool socks.

Hill's Pet Nutrition Company's Science Diet pet food is available through pet supply stores and veterinary professionals while its Prescription Diet products are sold only through veterinarians. The firm's cat and dog foods are produced in varieties geared to a pet's dietary requirements, medical condition, and age. Hill's also makes animal treats. Its products are sold in the US, Japan, and more than 90 other countries worldwide. This subsidiary of Colgate-Palmolive was founded in 1948, after a veterinarian cooked up a special food to treat a guide dog's kidney problems.

Director Gordon Merchant founded Billabong in 1973. Billabong International makes Billabong brand surf and extreme sports (skateboarding and snowboarding) apparel and accessories. Products sporting its wave logo include board shorts, swimwear, T-shirts, jackets, backpacks, watches, and footwear. Board riders and wannabes can buy the firm's gear at specialty sport stores and a few Billabong stores in more than 100 countries. The company sponsors surfers, skaters, and pro surfing tournaments in Australia, South Africa, and Spain.

Customers who want one-stop shopping for their home and body turn to Amway Global. Formerly Quixtar, the unit of Amway's Alticor is an online retailer and direct seller of personal care products, health supplements, laundry care products, and household cleaners. It also supplies car care items, cosmetics, hair care and skin care products, fragrances, and infant care items. Amway Global's brands include eSpring, clear.now, Glister, Trim Body System, Nutrilite, Momentum, and others. Its online Store For More offers apparel, appliances, electronics, and furniture. Through its affiliated Partner Stores, Amway Global members can purchase products and services.

Oakley, Inc. company, founded in 1975, also makes and markets a line of footwear, as well as watches, apparel, and accessories. Eyewear behemoth Luxottica acquired Oakley in 2007. Oakley makes high-performance sunglasses and goggles for sports and fashion enthusiasts in more than 110 countries. Its vast products portfolio spans the mid-level to upscale range and features high-tech designs, including interchangeable, high-optical clarity lenses and damage resistance. Oakley runs a handful of its own stores (O Stores and Oakley Vault) and others -- totaling more than 220 global locations. It also sells its wares at Dillard's, Sunglass Hut, and specialty retail outlets.

ELF was founded in 1990 by company president Ernesto Alvarez. ELF Corporation supplies retailers through its three warehouses in Florida. Though it doesn't serve the elfen world, ELF Corporation caters to those who serve the world of little creatures. The company is a wholesale distributor of pet food and supplies to independent pet retailers.

Canderm Pharma company develops and sells cosmeceuticals, over-the-counter skin care products, and dermatological items. Canderm Pharma's products portfolio includes ArteSense, Betacaine, Cliniderm, Lipsorex, NeoStrata, Rosacure, and Ultraquin, as well as Condyline Topical Solution, Dermagran II, Epi-Derm, and UltraMOP. The firm also sells Alyria, a skin care line sold exclusively through dermatologists. Canderm Pharma distributes Radiesse, produced by BioForm Medical, a trendy injectible filler alternative to face lifts.

I.C. Isaacs & Company is putting all of its jeans in one laundry basket. A leading US licensee for French designer Girbaud, the company designs and makes jeans and sportswear targeting a young, fashionable urban market. It has otherwise cleaned out its closet to focus entirely on its Girbaud brand. (In 2001 I.C. Isaacs terminated its licenses with BOSS and Beverly Hills Polo Club and discontinued its own Urban Expedition and Isaacs lines.) The company's clothes are sold in about 1,500 specialty and department stores. The family of designers Marithe Bachellerie and Franois Girbaud has increased its stake in I.C. Isaacs to about 70%, making it the company's biggest shareholder.

Grupo Continental SA is a holding company of bottling companies, whose main activity is to manufacture, purchase and sell soft drinks, purified water and other non-carbonated drinks, all under the brands owned by The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC). These entities operate the franchise granted by TCCC, distributed in seven states of Mexico. The Company produces, distributes and sells soft drinks under the brands owned by TCCC, such as Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Light Caffeine Free, Coca-Cola Zero, Fanta, Fanta Zero, Sprite, Sprite Zero, Fresca, Fresca Zero, Lift, Lift Zero, Senzao, Delaware Punch, Nestea, Nestea Light, Powerade, Minute Maid Revita, Minute Maid Forte, Ciel, Ciel Saborizada Plus, Ciel Saborizada Fine Bubbles, Aquarius, Ciel Mineralizada, Burn, TaB, Gladiator and Seagram’s.

Von Zipper makes sunglasses and goggles for sports-driven entertainment and for wearers who care about their flair. The company distributes its products through its own Web site, as well as through select eyewear and surf/skate/snow/hipster specialty stores. Von Zipper also peddles its eyewear and goggles through Web sites in the US and in several countries worldwide. Founded in 1999 by Orange County, California, surf and sunglass veterans, Von Zipper was bought by Aussie surfwear company Billabong in 2001.

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