Checks In The Mail, Inc. was founded in 1922. Checks In The Mail makes paper bank checks for business and personal use. The company sells checks throughout the US via telephone orders, direct mail, and its Internet site. It offers more than 200 different types of check designs (religious, cartoons, animals, floral, and others) as well as coordinated checkbook covers and personalized address labels. Checks In The Mail also offers customers the ability to put their personal photos on their checks, labels, checkbook covers, or stationery. It has branched out into security-conscious products such as shredders and fraud-resistant pens.

Founded in 1956 by Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee, Sr., Shaklee Corporation is controlled by the private equity firm Ripplewood Holdings and Activated Holdings. Shaklee Corporation company manufactures its private-label products and distributes them through its Web site and more than 750,000 representatives in North America and Asia. The company makes and sells health products such as Vivix anti-aging tonic and Vita-lea vitamins; it also offers skin care and environmentally-friendly household products, as well as weight loss products.

Chairman and CEO Matthew Stuller founded Stuller, Inc. in 1969. Stuller makes and distributes fine jewelry, including diamonds and bridal jewelry, charms, colored stones, fabricated precious metals, jewelry supplies, and watch bands. The company serves more than 40,000 accounts throughout North America and abroad with some 200,000 different items. The jewelry wholesaler offers just-in-time delivery service to its clients. In 2007 the company launched a religious and family jewelry line. Stuller's manufacturing and administrative facilities (located in Louisiana) measure almost 600,000 sq. ft.

DC Shoes was among the first to capitalize on the skateboard, snowboard, and adventure sports niche market. The company designs technical footwear for skateboarding and snowboarding, as well as casual apparel, accessories, and other sports gear. In addition to its standalone retail shops in New York and Los Angeles, DC Shoes markets its products online and through such retailers as Macy's and Pacific Sunwear. Co-founders Damon Way and Ken Block sold the firm to Quiksilver in 2004 to the tune of $87 million. Quiksilver, which had been under pressure to sell assets to help alleviate its debt, appears content to keep DC Shoes in its closet.

Columbia Distributing also carries wine, soda, and other non-alcoholic beverages. Serving the US's Northwest region, it commands a 50% market share in the area. Its offerings number among both domestic and imported labels. The Maletis family owns the business, which in 1989 took over and combined operations with Gold River Distributing. In 2008 the company (then called CoHo Distributing) acquired Mt. Hood Beverage and all three were combined under the name Columbia Distributing. The enterprise conducts operations in nearly 20 locations throughout Oregon and Washington.

Sugartown Worldwide is the company that makes and distributes one of the best-loved styles of shift dresses ever made: the Lilly Pulitzer. Named for the social butterfly who once designed the iconic fabrics and dresses herself, Lilly Pulitzers (or just "Lillies," to adoring fans) are back in circulation by way of more than 70 signature shops, a catalog (available only at the Lilly Pulitzer shops), select department stores, and through the company's Web site. Jim Bradbeer and Scott Beaumont acquired the trademark in 1993 and are now the company's owners.

Wacoal America wants to fill your drawers with its drawers -- and bras, camisoles, slips, and shapewear. It designs and makes intimate apparel under its name and under license as DKNY Underwear and Donna Karan Intimates. Wacoal is known for its quality and fit and is a leader in intimate apparel in the US, Japan, Asia, and Europe. Its bras range in size from 32AA to 44DDD, and in styles from push-ups to minimizers. Its panties include everything from thongs to control briefs. Wacoal's products are sold in a number of upscale US retailers including Bloomingdales, Dillard's, Lord & Taylor, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, and Saks Fifth Avenue, as well as UK retailers such as Brown Thomas, Fenwicks, and Harrods.

Cenveo, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. Cenveo, Inc. operates as a diversified printing company in North America. It designs, manufactures, and prints direct mail and customized envelopes for advertising, billing, and remittance by end users, including banks, brokerage firms, and credit card companies; and custom labels and specialty forms for various industries, including manufacturing, warehousing, packaging, food and beverage, and health and beauty. The company also offers stock envelopes, labels, and business forms for the office products market and superstores through independent distributors, contract stationers, and national catalogs. In addition, it provides electronic prepress, digital asset archiving, direct-to-plate technology, color printing on Web and sheet-fed presses, and digital printing services to the financial services, publishing, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, and consumer products industries. Cenveo's commercial printing products include annual reports, car brochures, direct mail products, specialty packaging, journals and specialized periodicals, advertising literature, corporate identity materials, financial printing, books, directories, calendars, brand marketing materials, catalogs, and maps. Further, the company offers editing, content processing, content management, electronic peer review, production, distribution, and reprint marketing solutions.

Cosmetic Essence specializes in the formulation, manufacturing, and filling of personal care products. The company also offers packaging design and distribution services. Its product lines consist of color cosmetics, creams and lotions, perfumes, bath and hair care items, and household supplies. Customers include leading branded manufacturers and major retailers nationwide. Until 2009 Cosmetic Essence was owned by private investment firm Onex.

Norstar Office Products company specializes in the design and manufacturing of ergonomic office chairs and other seating products. Its products include drafting stools, medical stools, upholstered executive chairs, leather chairs, side chairs, task seating, reception furniture, workstations, conference tables, filing cabinets, and folding chairs and tables. Norstar Office Products, which also does business as Boss Office Products, has taken the chair in the workplace furniture market. Headquartered in California, Boss Office Products also operates a branch in Georgia.

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