The Forever Group, doing business as Forever Natural, wants men, women, and children to lather and smear on its balms, lotions, and potions, but it doesn't want them to put on any airs in the doing. The company is a distributor of Burt's Bees products -- and sometimes refers to itself as Burt's Bees Canada -- including those concerning bath and body care, hair care, hand and foot care, men's grooming, lip color and cosmetics, baby skin care, facial care, travel kits, and natural remedies. Forever Natural also distributes Urban Spa bath products to supermarkets and health food stores across Canada.

Thomas Pink designs, makes, and retails stylish upscale men's and women's clothing and their accoutrements in about 20 US locations. It boasts more locations from Europe to Asia. Thomas Pink operates the world's largest shirt shop on New York's Madison Avenue and has expanded its US presence when LVMH acquired the company outright in 2002. Additional US locations include Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Michigan, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, and Washington, D.C. Tapping into its feminine side Thomas Pink began making clothing for women in 2003.

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Provo, Utah. Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. develops and distributes personal care products and nutritional supplements worldwide. The company sells its personal care products under the Nu Skin brand and nutritional supplements under the Pharmanex brand. Its personal care product line includes core systems, targeted treatments, total care, cosmetic, and botanical-based Epoch line products. Nu Skin Enterprises offers nutritional products, including comprehensive nutritional products, targeted solution supplements, and weight management products. The company also sells vita meal, which is a nutritious meal product for starving children. Further, it offers digital content, storage, and related services, as well as digital video services under the Big Planet and other brands. In addition, Nu Skin Enterprises markets home care products, including water purifiers, filtering showerheads, and surface wipes. It sells its products primarily through independent distributors in north Asia, the Americas, Greater China, Europe, and the south Asia/Pacific. The company also operates retail stores to sell its products in China. As of December 31, 2008, Nu Skin Enterprises had approximately 45 stores throughout China.

Previously owned by Prada and Change Capital Partners (CCP), the minimalist fashion house is owned by GIBO, the European unit of Japanese apparel group Onward Holdings. GIBO acquired the company in 2008. Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons now fills Jil Sander's shoes as creative director. The company sells women's and men's apparel, as well as accessories, footwear, jewelry, eyewear, and fragrances. Established in 1978, it also operates about a dozen stores, in addition to 50 franchised locations worldwide, and sells its products in such high-end shops as Bergdorf Goodman and Barney's.

Esselte makes paper-based filing and document management items (files, binders, folders, covers), workspace products (staplers, letter trays), and computer accessories under the Esselte, Leitz, Oxford, Pendaflex, and Xyron brands. Customers range from wholesalers and direct marketers to office superstores and mass retailers, including Wal-Mart, Target, and Staples. Esselte is controlled by equity firm J. W. Childs Associates.

Saucony wants to be the sole provider to athletes young and old. Best known for its performance running shoes under the Saucony name, the company also sells shoes for walking, cross-training, and hiking. The manufacturer, founded in 1898, also sells Saucony Originals vintage designs. Saucony's products are sold through parent Stride Rite's wholesale segment, which overall sells to 8,000 customers in about 70 countries and territories, alongside its other brands Keds and Sperry Top-Sider. Stride Rite, which boasts domestic and international license agreements as well, added Saucony to its shoe portfolio in late 2005 for approximately $170 million in cash.

Founded as a pharmacy by Giovanni Battista Schiapparelli in 1824, Schiapparelli 1824 S.p.A. manufactures and distributes cosmetics and related items. The company's products include cosmetics, perfumes, tissues, and a line of dietetic products. Cosmetics and perfume brands sold through the company's Schiapparelli Pikenz operations include Blumarine, Parah, Gian Marco Venturi, and Annabella. The Nutritionals Schiapparelli subsidiary produces and distributes dietetic items including Euvita and Quid. Through financial group Clovis S.A., managing director Gianni Mazzola owns almost 30% of the company.

Smith & Vandiver started out as a lotion retailer in Santa Cruz, California, in 1970. Smith & Vandiver Corporation company helps to put "Ahh" in spa. Smith & Vandiver makes and markets foot care and spa items containing natural ingredients, such as shea butter, tea tree oil, and peppermint oil, as well as bath products, soaps, lip balms, and fragrances. The company's product lines are sold through more than 6,000 locations including specialty and gift retailers, as well as department stores.

Kracie Holdings (formerly Kanebo Trinity Holdings) is a veteran firm that knows diversification and doesn't mind changing its moniker. The company makes toiletries, pharmaceuticals, and food. Kracie's products vary from Prostyle hair styling product to Frisk chewing gum to Coccoapo A, an over-the-counter drug for the treatment of constipation and obesity. Kracie, formed in 1887, operates in Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. Kracie sold its cosmetics unit to household products maker Kao Corp. in 2006. Kanebo changed its name to Kracie Holdings in July 2007.

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.

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