Dana Classic Fragrances Company makes, markets, and distributes some 50 classic fragrance brands, taking older products that may have fallen on hard times and updating them for current generations of consumers. Among its products are the classic 1970s women's scent Love's Baby Soft, as well as Navy, Toujours Moi, Tabu, and Chantilly. For men, the company sells British Sterling, Canoe, and English Leather, among other brands. Dana Classic Fragrances sells its products through major drug stores, mid-range department stores such as Sears, and other mass-market retailers. The company is owned by the private equity firm Patriarch Partners.

Founded in 1941, KI was bought in the 1980s by its managers, who later allowed the company's employees to buy its stock. KI is now 100% owned by its employees. Formerly known as Krueger International, KI makes ergonomic seating, cabinets, and other furniture used by businesses, health-care organizations, schools, and other institutions. KI offers everything from desks to daybeds, not to mention tables, filing systems, and even trash cans. KI operates manufacturing facilities in Canada and the US, and markets its products through sales representatives, furniture dealers, architects, and interior designers.

MeadWestvaco Corporation was founded in 1888 and is based in Glen Allen, Virginia. MeadWestvaco Corporation engages in the packaging resources, consumer solutions, consumer and office products, specialty chemicals, and community development and land management businesses. MeadWestvaco Packaging Resources segment offers bleached paperboard and linerboards, as well as packaging for consumer products, including packaging for media, beverage and dairy, produce, cosmetics, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare products. Its Consumer Solutions segment provides various converting and consumer packaging solutions that comprise printed plastic packaging and injection-molded products used for packaging media products, such as DVDs, CDs, video games, and software; cosmetics and pharmaceutical products; and dispensing and sprayer technology systems for personal and beauty care, healthcare, fragrance, and home and garden markets. This segment also designs and produces multi-pack cartons and packaging systems primarily for the beverage take-home and tobacco market.MeadWestvaco Consumer and Office Products segment manufactures, sources, markets and distributes school and office products, time-management products, and envelopes in North America and Brazil through retail and commercial channels. Its Specialty Chemicals segment manufactures, markets, and distributes specialty chemicals, such as activated carbon used in emission control systems for automobiles and trucks, as well as chemicals used in printing inks, asphalt paving, adhesives, and lubricants. MeadWestvaco Company'sCommunity Development and Land Management segment involves in real estate development, forestry operations, and leasing activities. Its products are sold through a mixture of sales force, paperboard merchants, and distributors. The company primarily operates in the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, and Asia.

April Cornell Holdings is working to make an impression on the online retail scene. The company markets trendy mid-range apparel, handbags, jewelry, and other accessories for women and girls through its e-commerce site. It also designs tabletop and kitchen textiles, quilts, duvets, throws, and pillowcases. The company is led by its namesake founder, April Cornell, who started the business when her previous enterprise, Cornell Trading, was pushed into bankruptcy.

K-Swiss Inc. was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Westlake Village, California. K-Swiss Inc. designs, develops and markets an array of athletic footwear for high performance sports use, fitness activities and casual wear under the K-Swiss brand. It also designs and manufactures footwear under the Royal Elastics and the Palladium brands. Royal Elastics, a wholly owned subsidiary, is a manufacturer of slip-on, laceless footwear. Palladium SAS (Palladium), a 57% owned subsidiary, is a designer, developer and marketer of footwear for adventurers for all terrains. In July 2008, the Company purchased a 57% equity interest in Palladium.

Adolfo Domínguez company designs, makes, and distributes fashionable apparel aimed mostly at upper-middle-class 30- to 45-year-olds. Adolfo Domínguez boasts more than 300 owned and franchised stores located in about 15 countries. About 230 of the stores are in Spain. In addition to its men's and women's apparel, the company's products portfolio also includes cosmetics, eyewear, luggage, perfume, watches, and other items. Through licensing agreements with several firms, the company also takes in royalties through sales of cosmetics, eyewear, and other items. Adolfo Domínguez owns about a third of his namesake company.

The family-owned and -operated company was founded by Charles Evans in 1952 to sell serums and vaccines for farm animals. United Pharmacal Co. (UPCO) has answered the call of the wild, as well as the domesticated. The company provides some 15,000 pet products online and through its two catalogs: a full catalog and one specifically for feathered friends. UPCO ships books and training tools, collars, grooming supplies, medicines, food, and toys for family members as big as horses or as small as hamsters.

Hugo Boss outfits inhabitants of (and aspirants to) the corner office with brands including BOSS, a line targeted at executives; trendy, casual HUGO; and the more uptrend BOSS Selection. Hugo Boss designs and licenses clothes, accessories, cosmetics, and fragrances sold through its 1,200 shops and other retailers in some 80 countries. Known for its menswear, Hugo Boss has also entered womenswear, footwear, and leather goods. The firm was founded by its namesake in 1923 to make work clothes. It moved into suits in the 1950s and expanded beyond business wear in the 1990s. Hugo Boss is part of the Valentino Fashion Group.

Giovanni Marcolin Coffen founded Marcolin S.p.A. in 1961; his twin sons, Cirillo and Maurizio, later took over. The Marcolin family still controls the company, but brothers Andrea and Diego Della Valle now own more than 40% of it. Marcolin S.p.A. company makes designer eyewear (frames, sunglasses, and eyewear for sports) under its own Marcolin brands and licensed labels such as Kenneth Cole (U.S. market only), Miss Sixty, Roberto Cavalli, and Timberland. The company's Cébé subsidiary, based in France, produces sports-related eyewear. Marcolin sells its frames and other products through more than 50,000 outlets in some 80 countries.

Joseph Turner was founded by former number-cruncher Chris Legard in 1987. Joseph Turner is looking to expand its corrale of stylish devotees without bringing on the bricks. The tailored shirtmaker retails two-fold Egyptian cotton shirts and markets other items of apparel, including ties made of silk from Northern Italy; sterling-silver or gilt-plated cufflinks; cashmere and lamb-wool pullover sweaters made in Scotland; dress and casual shoes; and a variety of accessories. The company's retail operations include catalog and online sales; it does not retail through storefront shops.

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