Laboratoires Druide was founded in 1979 by its president, Alain Renaud. Laboratories Druide comes from an old, old school of skin care. The Quebec-based Druide makes and markets natural body care, hair care, baby care, and skin care products, as well as soaps, massage creams, lipstick, sunscreen, and anti-mosquito citronella products. The company claims to have invented the "first" (perhaps since the Druids) ecological (i.e., without any chemical) skin care products. Ingredients include materials such as plant extractions, goat's milk and shea butter, and can be purchased through specialty skin care retailers the world over, as well as through the company's Web site.

James Lock & Co. London's leading hatter, which was established in 1676, specializes in custom-fit headwear and holds files of impressions of clients' heads taken using a conformateur. From tweed caps to riding headwear, ladies summer hats to couture hats, and fedoras to top hats, James Lock hats can be found in leading shops throughout the world.

Manolo Blahnik's name was already well known amongst the rich and the famous, but appearances on HBO's "Sex and the City" brought it into mainstream America's vernacular. Manolo Blahnik USA makes the highest-end footwear (up to $1,600 per pair) that is sold by Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Barneys New York, Saks Fifth Avenue, and a select number of specialty boutiques. All of its designs are created by Manolo Blahnik himself. The company has bowed a small number of handbag styles. Manolo Blahnik USA is owned and run by president George Malkemus.

Executive Moshe Tsabag, a 'tween apparel veteran, founded Hot Kiss in 1996. In early 2008 Bluestar Alliance, which owns the Liz Lange business, bought a majority stake in Hot Kiss. Straddling the fidgety ground between 'tweens and millennials is ultra-trendy Hot Kiss. The young women's casual apparel maker distributes its garb through department and specialty stores (mostly located in shopping malls) across the US, including Nordstrom, Wet Seal, and Dillard's, as well as through two of its own showrooms (Los Angeles, New York City) and a Web site. The company distributes its apparel internationally, primarily in the Middle East and Asia.

Founded in 1860, Cookson And Clegg operates manufacturing facilities in the UK and Romania. It is a subsidiary of Pincroft Dyeing and Printing Company. Cookson And Clegg (also known as Cookson & Clegg) wants its customers to be appropriately clad in combat duty and civic duty, and everything in between. Cookson & Clegg makes combat clothing for several armed forces, including the British Ministry of Defence, as well as uniform shirts for police officers and firefighters and workwear, including flame-retardant garments. The company also provides contract manufacturing for other apparel companies, such as Ted Baker, KooGa, and Cotton Traders.

Mountain Shades Distributing Company, Inc. company manufactures and distributes performance eyewear specifically for fans and pros of the extreme sports sect, under its Marine Polarized, Motor, Mighty Mite Kids, Optic Nerve, and Mountain Sport brands. Mountain Shades also was one of the first companies to price its products at a seemingly extreme discount, sometimes at one-tenth of the price of its competitors' wares, making the glasses represent performance as much as they do the style of that niche in the fashion and sports market.

Bulova is working to keep perfect time in the watch industry. It sells watches, clocks, and timepiece parts under brands such as Accutron and Wittnauer (luxury), Bulova (mid-priced), and Caravelle (lower-priced), as well as licensed Harley-Davidson and Frank Lloyd Wright styles. The firm also sells miniature collectible clocks, mostly under the Bulova name, and has expanded its licensing efforts to include items such as eyewear. Bulova peddles its products primarily through department and jewelry stores, mostly in the US. It has offices in Canada, Mexico, Switzerland, and the Far East. The Tisch brothers' holding company, Loews, bought Bulova in 1979 and sold it in 2008 to rival Citizen.

Avery Dennison was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California with additional offices in Brea and Westlake Village, California; Framingham, Massachusetts; Mentor, Ohio; Hong Kong and Kunshan, China; Leiden, the Netherlands; and Zug, Switzerland. Avery Dennison Corporation produces pressure-sensitive materials, office products, tickets, tags, labels, and other converted products. It has three segments: Pressure-Sensitive Materials, Retail Information Services, and Office and Consumer Products. Pressure-Sensitive Materials segment offers pressure-sensitive materials, including papers, plastic films, metal foils, and fabrics to label printers and converters; graphic products to the architectural, commercial sign, and digital printing markets; durable cast and reflective films to the construction, automotive, fleet transportation markets; scrim-reinforced vinyl material for banner sign applications; reflective films for traffic and safety applications; and acrylic polymer adhesives and protective coatings.Retail Information Services segment provides price marking and brand identification products, including woven and printed labels, graphic and barcode tags, price tickets, carton labels, RFID tags, barcode printers, molded plastic fastening and application devices, and security management products for retailers, apparel manufacturers, distributors, and industrial customers. Office and Consumer Products segment provides printable media and other products, such as copiers, ink-jet and laser printer labels and cards, related computer software, and index products; and organization, filing, and presentation products, such as binders, dividers, and sheet protectors. It also offers writing instruments, markers, adhesives, and specialty products. Avery Dennison also offers specialty tapes, engineered films, RFID inlays, and postage stamps. The company was formerly known as Avery International Corporation changed its name to Avery Dennison Corporation in 1990.

Symphony Holdings provides contract manufacturing services in athletic and athletic leisure footwear and apparel. Footwear includes sports shoes, casual footwear, snow boots, sandals, infant shoes, work-safety shoes, and riding-boots. Symphony produces more than one million shoes per month. The company operates about 35 production lines in factories located in Panyu, Dongguan, and Zhongshan, China as well as in Vietnam. Symphony Holdings has diversified to establish a presence in apparel and shoe retail brands, including Pony, Haggar, and Speedo China. Yue Yuen Industrial is a majority shareholder in the company -- it controls more than 50% of Symphony.

CCA Industries Inc. company was founded in 1983 and is based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. CCA Industries, Inc. engages in manufacturing and selling health and beauty aid products primarily in the United States and Canada. The company offers oral health care products under the Plus+White brand; skin care products under the Sudden Change brand; nail treatments under the Nutra Nail and Power Gel brands; pre and after-shave products under the Bikini Zone brand; dietary products that primarily include green tea under the Mega-T brand; and anti-oxidant dietary products, including chewing gums under the Mega-T brand. It also provides depilatories under the Hair Off brand; foot-care products under the IPR brand; sun-care products under the Solar Sense brand; shampoos under the Wash N Curl brand; vanilla fragrances, including perfumes under the Cherry Vanilla brand; topical analgesic products under the Pain Bust-R brand; and scar diminishing cream under the Scar Zone brand. CCA Industries, Inc. sells and markets its products through its sales force and independent sales representatives to drug and food chains, mass merchandisers, warehouse clubs, and wholesale beauty-aids distributors.

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