Alfred Franks and Bartlett PLC company was founded in 1918. Alfred Franks and Bartlett is dedicated to protecting the eyes of its customers and providing accessories that bring their look together. Primarily, the company imports sunglasses for wholesale distribution to retailers such as Woolworths, Matalan, and Peacock, as well as those outside the UK. It has expanded its business to include fashion jewelry, hair accessories, belts, bags, and beauty and personal care items. Alfred Franks and Bartlett specializes in children's shades that carry well-known licensed brands and images such as those of Barbie, SpongeBob SquarePants, the Simpsons, and Disney's portfolio of characters.

White Trash Charms (WTC) wants you to embrace the charm in trashy relics of recent bygone eras. The company makes and distributes specialized jewelry (primarily charms made in the shapes of gnomes, rainbows, roller-skates, lightning bolts, and the like) and other accessories through about 50 highly-trendy retailers worldwide, as well as through two of its own stores and a Web site. The company specializes in jewelry made of precious metal, enamel, and stones that has been seen on the likes of Janet Jackson and Kelly Osbourne. WTC was started by Brooke Dulien, daughter of well-known fashion designer Barbara Dulien.

Embotelladoras Arca (Arca) wants you to have some Joya in life. The second largest distributor of Coca-Cola products in Mexico (Coca-Cola FEMSA is #1), Arca sold its Joya trademarks and formulas to Coca-Cola in 2004 but continues to produce and distribute the brand itself. It also sells Ciel bottled water and Tipp soda, as well as the usual Coke brands. Arca does business in eight northern states of Mexico. The company was formed through the 2001 merger of three of the oldest bottling groups in Mexico: Proyeccin Corporativa, Embotelladoras Argos, and Empresas El Carmen.

The Aristotle Corporation, founded in 1986, and headquartered in Stamford, CT, is a leading manufacturer and global distributor of educational, health, medical technology and agricultural products. A selection of over 80,000 items is offered, primarily through catalogs carrying the brand of Nasco (founded in 1941), as well as those bearing the brands of Life/form®, Whirl-Pak®, Simulaids, Triarco, Summit Learning, Hubbard Scientific, Scott Resources, Spectrum Educational Supplies, Haan Crafts, To-Sew, CPR Prompt®, and Ginsberg Scientific. Products include educational materials and supplies for substantially all K-12 curricula, molded plastics, biological materials, medical simulators and items for the agricultural, senior care and food industries. Aristotle has approximately 800 employees at its operations in Fort Atkinson, WI, Modesto, CA, Fort Collins, CO, Plymouth, MN, Saugerties, NY, Chippewa Falls, WI, Otterbein, IN and Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.There are approximately 18 million shares outstanding of Aristotle common stock (NASDAQ: ARTL) and approximately 1 million shares outstanding of 11% cumulative Series I preferred stock (NASDAQ: ARTLP); there are also approximately 11 million privately-held shares outstanding of 12% cumulative shares of Series J preferred stock. Aristotle has about 4,000 shareholders of record.

Pou Chen was founded in 1969. Pou Chen is one company that's full of sole. Its Yue Yuen subsidiary is the world's largest athletic shoe manufacturer turning out more than 100 million pair a year for customers like NIKE, adidas, Reebok, New Balance, and Puma. The company also makes plastic sandals and shoe parts as well as thin film transistor LCD modules and monitors. Footwear, produced in China, Indonesia, Mexico, Viet Nam, and the US, account for about two-thirds of sales. Pou Chen also makes hiking and work boots for Dr. Marten, Timberland, and Wolverine. The company, which handles its own R&D, chemical processing, logistics, and delivery, is planning to expand its retail and manufacturing operations.

CA Botana International is a contract manufacturer of skin care products using sea extracts, plants, herbs, and vitamins. It carries more than 1,000 products (created from some 900 ingredients), which it packages for private label customers, such as dermatologists, spas, retail outlets, and plastic surgeons. The firm also sells its own brands, each designed to cater to different types of customers. The brands include Ambrosia (sun care, moisturizing agents), Doctor D. Schwab (anti-aging, herbal serums, cellulite/firming), and Sea Enzyme (face care, wellness products, hair care). Additionally, the company makes Botana Man and Miss Cabrosia fragrances.

Bienestar International wants consumers to think about the well-being of the people who work for its manufacturers. Bienestar and its No Sweat Apparel brand broke into the market by emphasizing fair labor practices -- outsourcing its manufacturing to union shops that pay living wages and offer benefits to workers. The company offers plain and screen-printed T-shirts, hoodies, accessories, and shoes for men, women, and children. Products are retailed through Bienestar's e-commerce site and more than 150 specialty stores in the US, Canada, and Europe. It also wholesales its merchandise to schools, churches, and other groups. CEO Adam Neiman and his wife, VP Natalia Muina, each own about 40% of the firm.

Rock-Tenn was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Norcross, Georgia. Rock-Tenn Company manufactures and sells packaging products, recycled paperboard, containerboard, bleached paperboard, and merchandising displays worldwide. Rock-Tenn Company's Consumer Packaging segment offers folding cartons for packaging applications; express mail envelopes for the overnight courier industry; coated recycled and bleached paperboard for folding carton and other paperboard product manufacturers; and market pulp. This segment employs printing technologies, and supports customers with new product development, graphic design, and packaging systems services. Its Corrugated Packaging segment manufactures linerboard and corrugated medium, corrugated sheets and packaging, and preprinted linerboard for industrial and consumer product, and corrugated box manufacturers; converts corrugated sheets into corrugated products; and provides structural design and engineering services.Rock-Tenn's Merchandising Displays segment produces temporary and permanent promotional point-of-purchase displays for consumer products companies; offers contract packing services; and produces lithographic laminated packaging. Its Specialty Paperboard Products segment sells specialty recycled paperboard to solid fiber interior packaging, tube and core, and other paperboard product manufacturers; produces gypsum paperboard liner; and converts specialty paperboard into book cover and laminated paperboard products for use in furniture, automotive components, storage, and industrial products. This segment also offers fiber partitions, such as solid fiber partitions for glass container manufacturers and producers of beer, food, wine, spirits, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals; die-cut paperboard components; and specialty agricultural packaging for fruit and vegetable markets, and sheeted separation products, as well as sells recovered paper to paperboard, tissue, newsprint, roofing product, and insulation manufacturers.

GOJO Industries company makes hand cleaners for professional and consumer use for clients such as automotive, foodservice, education, government, and health care facilities. Its product dispensers are seen in many public restrooms. GOJO also offers a line of health care products under the PROVON brand. Its waterless hand sanitizer PURELL, marketed under license with Johnson & Johnson, is sold through retail channels. GOJO, which sells its products worldwide, boasts offices in Brazil, Japan, the UK, and the US. The company is named after its heavy-duty hand cleaner, which was formulated by GOJO founder, Jerome Lippman.

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (Iconix) is a brand management company engaged in licensing, marketing and providing trend direction for a portfolio of owned consumer brands. The Company owns 17 brands, Candie's, Bongo, Badgley Mischka, Joe Boxer, Rampage, Mudd, London Fog, Mossimo, Ocean Pacific/OP, Danskin, Rocawear, Cannon, Royal Velvet, Fieldcrest, Charisma, Starter and Waverly, which it licenses directly to retailers, herein referred to as direct-to-retail, wholesalers and suppliers for use across a wide range of product categories, including apparel, footwear, sportswear, fashion accessories, home products and decor, and beauty and fragrance. In addition, Scion LLC, a joint venture, in which the Company has a 50% investment, owns the Artful Dodger brand. The Company’s brands are sold across a range of distribution channels, from the mass tier to the luxury market. In October 2008, it acquired Waverly brand.

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