Dormer Laboratories manufactures and markets dermatological products, such as Dormer 211 moisturizers and sunscreens, as well as X-Tar and Z-Plus shampoos, for over-the-counter sale in Canada. Its Cantharone brand is a wart remover; the company also acts as a distributor for Acuderm medical devices and supplies. Its products are distributed through general and chain drugstores (Shoppers Drug Mart, London Drugs) and specialized skin care shops. Its Dormer Cosmetics division develops and sells skin care and cosmetics exclusively through www.skincareforall.com.

Celebrating more than 40 years in business, Mary Kay is in the pink as one of the top direct sellers of beauty products in the US. It offers more than 200 products in six categories: body care, color cosmetics, facial skin care, fragrance, nail care, and sun protection. More than 1.8 million independent sales consultants demonstrate Mary Kay products in the US and some 35 other countries. Consultants vie for awards each year, ranging from jewelry to the company's trademark pink Cadillac (first awarded in 1969). The company also founded the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation in 1996 to fund cancer research and domestic violence programs. The family of founder Mary Kay Ash owns most of the company.

Stevens Industries, Inc. was founded in 1956 by Chuck Stevens. Stevens Industries company manufactures cabinets, countertops, workstations, and other furniture for schools, hospitals, and medical clinics. It also produces hardware (pulls, hooks) and laminated paneling for use by office furniture and shelving manufacturers. Stevens' products offer an array of decorative inlays and color finishes.

Louis Vuitton North America is the North American operations subsidiary of French luxury goods giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, which boasts more than 60 luxury brands including Clicquot, Dom Pérignon, Moët & Chandon, Christian Dior, Givenchy, Donna Karan (DKI), Sephora, and TAG Heuer. The firm specializes in wines and spirits, fashion and leather goods, perfumes and cosmetics, watches and jewelry, and duty free shopping. Louis Vuitton North America operates more than 540 stores -- including a four-story emporium on New York's Fifth Avenue -- throughout the US and contributes more than 20% of its parent company's sales.

Danier Leather was founded in 1972 by director Irving Wortsman and is run by his son. Danier Leather has made a mint at tanning its own hide(s). The company designs, manufactures, and sells specialty leather and suede apparel and accessories through about 90 mall-based, stand-alone, and Power Centre (large format) stores across Canada. It also sells merchandise online and through a corporate sales division, but exited the US retail market in 2005. Customers are men and women shopping in the middle market of leather goods. Danier has developed its own corporate wholesale sales business, as well. With locally based design and production facilities, the company more easily controls the quality of its output.

Founded in 1979 as a copier paper supplier to copier dealers, Densigraphix has expanded its product offering to include toner and replacement parts (drums, blades, fuser rollers). Its primary customers are copier dealers and copier remanufacturers that recycle laser toner cartridges. Densigraphix acquired copier part dealer Sel Drum Corporation in 1999. Densigraphix doesn't want to see any misplaced blotches of printer ink messing up your final report. The company distributes the parts and supplies needed to keep copiers and printers working.

Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California. Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. designs, develops and markets men’s and women’s footwear and accessories. The Company’s brands include Trotters, SoftWalk, and H.S. Trask, and the Company hold belt and accessory licenses for the Wrangler brand. The Company also develops and sells private label brand belts and leather accessories for national retailers. During the fiscal year ended January 3, 2009, (fiscal 2008), its operations were comprised of three segments: footwear, premium footwear, and accessories. Its footwear segment includes its Trotter and SoftWalk brands. Its premium footwear segment consisted of H.S. Trask and Tommy Bahama. In its accessories segment, the Company sold predominately leather belts and accessories. During fiscal 2008, approximately 10,000 store locations in the United States carried its products, including many major department stores, mail order companies, and specialty retailers.

Liquid Investments supplies beer, malt beverages, soda, energy drinks, and water to customers in parts of California and Colorado. The company owns the Mesa Beverage Co. in Santa Rosa, California, from which it handles some 1,500 accounts in Sonoma and Marin counties. It also serves 475 accounts in the western slope area of Colorado through Colorado Beverage Distribution, which has locations in Grand Junction and Montrose. Liquid distributes imported and domestic beers, including Heineken, Labatt, and Miller. It also ships regional beers from brewers like Samuel Adams, Mendocino Brewing, and Anchor Brewing. Its soda labels include Thomas Kemper and Henry Weinhard; waters include Crystal Geyser and Water Plus.

Mana Products, Inc. was founded in 1975 by president Nikos Mouyiaris. Mana Products company develops, manufactures, and packages private-label cosmetics, skin care, and hair care products for leading beauty brands throughout the US. It also provides forecasting and consulting services to clients to develop products for the fickle, trend-driven beauty industry. In addition to its private-label business, Mana makes hair care products under the Profound Beauty brand. The company manufactures its products at two plants in the US and with partners in Asia, including China.

Life certainly sounds good for brothers Bert and John Jacobs, who went from living in their van and subsisting on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to running a $100-million-plus company in just a few short years. The Life is good co-founders sold T-shirts to college students up and down the East Coast before creating the firm's stick-figure mascot, Jake. Life is good got its official start in 1994 and, today, the unconventional company makes casual apparel (T-shirts, lounge pants, boxers) and accessories, caps, backpacks, jewelry, pet gear, and home goods through a handful of company stores, its Web site, and through some 4,500 specialty and sporting goods stores in the US and more than 25 other countries.

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