Red Wing Shoe Company is holding onto tradition by continuing to make its Red Wing-brand work shoes by hand, as it has since 1905. The company's US and foreign factories make casual and outdoor shoes and work and steel-toed boots. Its brands portfolio includes such names as Red Wing, Vasque, Irish Setter, WORX, and Carhartt Footwear. Red Wing Shoe's products can be purchased at more than 4,000 retail outlets in the US. Although it distributes worldwide, the US accounts for the bulk of its sales. Red Wing also owns a tanning operation and the St. James Hotel in Red Wing, Minnesota. The Sweasy family controls the company.

Clearwater Paper Corporation manufactures and sells pulp-based products in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: Consumer Products, Pulp and Paperboard, and Wood Products. The Consumer Products segment offers household private label consumer tissue products, including household paper towels, napkins, and facial and bathroom tissues to grocery stores. The Pulp and Paperboard segment manufactures bleached paperboard and bleached softwood pulp primarily for folding carton and plate, liquid packaging and cup, pulp, and commercial printing applications. The Wood Products segment produces dimensional framing lumber and appearance grade cedar products for the building products market. Clearwater Paper Corporation is based in Spokane, Washington.

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas. Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (Tandy Leather) is a retailer and wholesale distributor of a line of leather and related products, including leather, leatherworking tools, buckles and adornments for belts, leather dyes and finishes, saddle and tack hardware, and do-it-yourself kits. The Company also manufactures leather lacing and kits. The Company operates in four segments: wholesale leathercraft, retail leathercraft, international leathercraft and other. As of December 31, 2008, Tandy Leather operated 30 wholesale stores, 29 operating under the Leather Factory name (26 in the United States and three in Canada) and one operating under the Mid-Continent Leather Sales name. It also operated 73 retail stores operating under the Tandy Leather name (67 in the United States and six in Canada), as well as one combination wholesale and retail store operating under the Tandy Leather Factory name in the United Kingdom. It also owns and operates Roberts, Cushman and Company, Inc.

Orchids Paper Products Company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Pryor, Oklahoma. Orchids Paper Products Company manufactures tissue paper products serving the private label consumer markets in the United States. It produces a line of tissue products, including paper towels, bathroom tissue, and paper napkins. Orchids Paper Products Company customers include value retailers (dollar stores), discount retailers, grocery stores, grocery wholesalers and cooperatives, and convenience stores. Orchids Paper Products offers its products under Orchids, Velvet, Colortex, Ultra Valu, Dri-Mop, Big Mopper, Soft & Fluffy, Tackle, My-Size, and Care brand names.

A subsidiary of food distributing giant SYSCO, Guest Supply makes more than 7,000 guest-room accessories and operating supplies for the hospitality industry. Its products include personal care items (mini soaps, shampoos), housekeeping and laundry supplies, room accessories, paper products, and bed, bath, and table linens. It offers brand-name products, such as Bath & Body Works, Dial, and Neutrogena, as well as custom and generic items, and distributes them from its more than 15 facilities. Guest Supply also offers hotel furniture, fixtures, and equipment, coffee appliances, and kitchenware.

Dr. Mehran Produits de Soins develops and sells skin care products, such as anti-aging and moisturizing cleansers, toners, creams, masks, and serums. Lines include Essential Support, T-3 Shampoo, LA FORCE, Dermoceane, Dermigel Rosacea, and others. The company has also developed a few nutritional supplements and cosmetics (lipsticks, eyeshadows, kohls, mascaras, among others) to round out the treatment. Products are distributed through a company Web site and through individual distributors around Canada.

Hanesbrands Inc. is a consumer goods company with a portfolio of apparel brands, including Hanes, Champion, C9 by Champion, Playtex, Bali, L’eggs, Just My Size, barely there, Wonderbra, Stedman, Outer Banks, Zorba, Rinbros and Duofold. The Company designs, manufactures, sources and sells a range of apparel essentials, such as t-shirts, bras, panties, men’s underwear, kids’ underwear, casualwear, activewear, socks and hosiery. Its products are sold through multiple distribution channels. The Company’s operations are managed and reported in five operating segments: Innerwear, Outerwear, International, Hosiery and Other.

Weyco Group, Inc., along with its subsidiaries is engaged in the business of distribution of men’s footwear. The principal brands of shoes sold by the Company are Florsheim, Nunn Bush and Stacy Adams. The Company also has other brands, including Brass Boot and Nunn Bush NXXT, which are included within Nunn Bush sales figures, and SAO by Stacy Adams, which is included within Stacy Adams sales. The Company’s products consist of both mid-priced quality leather dress shoes, which would be worn as a part of more formal and traditional attire, and quality casual footwear of man-made materials or leather, which would be appropriate for leisure or less formal occasions. The Company’s business consists of two segments: wholesale distribution and retail sales of men’s footwear. The Company purchases finished shoes from outside suppliers, primarily located in China and India. The Company’s footwear is available in a range of sizes and widths.

The studious-looking research types are likely to be at Procter & Gamble Technical Centers Limited. Also known as Rusham Park Technical Centre (RPTC), the division conducts research related to its parent's health and beauty care products. A subsidiary of consumer products giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) and one of nine research centers within Western Europe, the unit is involved in the development of the company's hair care products, skin care items and cosmetics, oral care products, fragrances, deodorants, and respiratory medicines. President Laurent Philippe succeeded Paul Polman, who retired in June 2005.

To IT Holding, fashion-conscious youth are a priority. Pulling itself up by its bootstraps is another. Its Ittierre unit makes youth collections for top fashion houses, including Versace and Roberto Cavalli. IT Holding offers youthful apparel and accessories under its own Extè name. The company also owns luxury clothing firm Gianfranco Ferre -- its marquee brand -- and cashmere company Malo. With manufacturing facilities in Italy, IT Holding sells its products in about 70 of its own stores and about 6,000 department stores and shops worldwide. IT Holding went into administration, the Italian equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, in February 2009 soon after its Ittierre subsidiary did the same.

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