Founded in 1854, Timex is owned by the family of chairman Annette Olsen, whose grandfather bought the company in 1942. Timex is strapping on fresh faces so it can tap new markets worldwide. The nation's largest watch manufacturer has expanded its lines from simple, low-cost watches to include high-tech tickers capable of paging or downloading computer data. Its sports watches have gone upscale and gadgety with its Expedition and Ironman lines. Timex Corporation company also makes and markets thermostats, pedometers, and weather instruments. Through a licensing agreement, Timex makes watches for Guess? and Versace, among others.

Boise Inc. manufactures packaging and paper products in North America. The company operates in two segments, Paper and Packaging. The Paper segment engages in the manufacture and sale of uncoated freesheet paper, including commodity and premium cut-size office papers; packaging papers, such as corrugating medium, label and release papers, and flexible packaging papers; commodity, and premium printing and converting papers comprising commercial printing papers, envelope papers, and form-related products; and market pulp. This segment markets its products to paper merchants, commercial and financial printers, paper converters, such as envelope and form manufacturers through its own sales personnel. The Packaging segment manufactures and sells containerboard, and corrugated containers and sheets, as well as newsprint. Its corrugated containers are used in the packaging of fresh fruit and vegetables, processed food, beverages, and other industrial and consumer products. This segment sells its products to agricultural producers, and food and beverage processors through its own sales personnel or brokers. The company is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

Cosmolane is a Canadian distributor of quality skin care and cosmetic brands. It was established in 1998 as the distributor for Orlane, Paris. It has since added several quality brands (Ahava, Sampar, Kelemata, Ainhoa, M Asam, Alpure, Mama Mio, Guest Men, and Task) to its portfolio as the company moves forward with its innovative “Science & Nature” program. Maud Julier – founder and President with more than 30 years in the beauty industry, has extensive international experience including England, Middle East, Far East, Australia, Pacific Islands and Japan. Her diversified experience brings a unique perspective and understanding to the multicultural Canadian market.The Cosmolane head office is located in Toronto, in close proximity to most major retailer head offices. It is supported by a third party state of the art logistical service that is a fully secured, air conditioned and regulated environment. Cosmolane has delivered steady growth and success to its brand partners. Its diversified and well rounded portfolio of prestige quality brands has been carefully chosen to minimize duplication of market positioning allowing each to thrive while providing synergies to the corporation.

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.

Smead Manufacturing Company was founded in 1906 by Charles Smead. After his death, the company was purchased by an employee (P. A. Hoffman) whose granddaughter, Sharon Avent, is president and CEO. Smead Manufacturing wants to keep its customers organized. Accordingly, it makes a variety of paper-related and software products to organize and manage offices. Smead's first product, a bandless expandable file, is still among the more than 5,000 items it makes for retail sale in office supply stores nationwide (including Office Depot). Offerings range from hanging folders, labels, and binder covers to SmeadSoft software, which manages hard copy and computerized documents.

Founded by Edgar and Theresa Hyman on their wedding day in 1923, The ECHO Design Group is a prominent fashion designer and retailer. Its fashion accessories include women's handbags, scarves, wraps, and other cold weather accessories, while its home décor lineup consists of bedding, bath products, and stationery. ECHO Design's products are sold in a range of department stores from the upscale (Bloomingdale's) to the everyday (Dillard's). ECHO Design also licenses a line of wallcoverings, throws, decorative pillows, bed and bath products, and paper goods. Historically, the family-run firm (CEO Dorothy Roberts is the Hymans' daughter) has designed custom products for retailers, museums, and historical societies.

Victory turns its consumers into winners -- or at least helps them look like winners. Victory Corporation, operating through its Virgin Cosmetics Company and Virgin Ware apparel outlet, distributes Virgin Vie cosmetics and toiletries. The company operates about 15 retail and outlet Virgin stores (some of which have in-house spa treatment facilities) in the UK. However, most sales are generated directly from its some 12,000 home-based sales consultants. Victory also operates a retail web site and catalog. Founded in 1997, the company launched its own clothing line in 2005. It was publicly traded on the London AIM until 2007, when it was delisted.

Excelligence Learning Corporation (formerly LearningStar) designs and sells educational products, including arts and crafts sets, classroom necessities, and furniture. It also packages school supplies and fundraiser items. Products are sold to day-care centers, schools, teachers, and parents through its subsidiaries' Web sites, catalogs and direct sales force. More than just a retailer, Excelligence Learning publishes an online magazine with articles on child health, safety, and behavior. Its QuickSource and Discount School Supply sites also provide activity ideas and tips for teachers. The firm was formed in 2001 with the merger of SmarterKids.com and Earlychildhood.

Jaclyn, Inc. is engaged in the design, manufacture, distribution and sale of women’s and children apparel (collectively, apparel products), and vinyl, leather and fabric handbags, sport bags, backpacks, cosmetic bags, and related products (collectively, handbag products). Jaclyn, Inc. markets its apparel and handbag products primarily through general merchandise, retail chain stores and departmental stores. It sells its products throughout the United States using both its own salespersons and independent sales representatives. The Company does not own or operate manufacturing facilities. All of its products are manufactured by outside contractors. Finished merchandise is received at warehouses and or/at facilities the Company leases in Florida, California, New Jersey and Indiana. From these locations, products are shipped under different selling names to customers all over the United States.

Begun as a haberdashery in 1919, it evolved from making hats and gloves into a leading distributor of imprintable sportswear distributing more than products under 35 retail brands, including adidas Golf, Champion, and Dickies, and private labels and operates under the Broder, Alpha, and NES divisions. Its private labels include Devon & Jones, Desert Wash, Harvard Square, and others. Customers, mostly small US retailers, order merchandise through seasonal catalogs or online. Private investment firm Bain Capital has held a majority interest of the company since May 2000, when the Broder family sold the firm.

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