"Avon calling" -- calling for a younger crowd, overseas reps, and improved global operational efficiencies. Avon Products, the world's largest direct seller of cosmetics and beauty-related items, is busy building a global brand and enticing customers younger than its typical middle-aged buyers. Direct selling remains the firm's "modus operandi", but sales also come from catalogs and a Web site. Its products include cosmetics, fragrances, toiletries, jewelry, apparel, home furnishings, and more. Avon boasts about 5.8 million independent representatives. With sales operations and distribution in some 110 countries and territories, the firm has expanded on a multiyear turnaround plan launched in late 2005.

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. (Schweitzer-Mauduit) is a diversified producer of premium specialty papers and the world’s largest supplier of fine papers to the tobacco industry. Schweitzer-Mauduit conducts business in over 90 countries and employs approximately 3,600 people worldwide, with operations in the United States, France, Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines and Canada and with a joint venture under construction in China. Schweitzer-Mauduit became an independent public company on December 1, 1995 with the spin-off by Kimberly-Clark Corporation of its United States, French and Canadian operations that produced tobacco-related products. Schweitzer-Mauduit is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SWM.Schweitzer-Mauduit’s manufacturing facilities have a long history of producing paper dating back to 1545. The Company’s domestic mills led the development of the North American tobacco-related papers manufacturing industry, which was originated by Peter J. Schweitzer, Inc. that began as an importer of cigarette papers from France in 1908.

Delta Apparel, Inc. (Delta Apparel) is an international design, manufacturing, sourcing and marketing company, which features a portfolio of branded and private label activewear apparel and headwear. The Company specializes in selling a range of casual and athletic products through distribution channels. The Company operates in two segments: Activewear and Retail-Ready. Its products are sold to specialty and boutique shops, upscale and traditional department stores, mid-tier retailers, sporting goods stores, screen printers, and private label accounts. Delta Apparel also sells certain products to college bookstores and to the United States military. The Company’s products are also available direct to consumers on its websites at www.soffe.com, www.deltaapparel.com and www.junkfoodclothing.com. Its headwear products can be viewed at www.2thegame.com. Delta Apparel’s wholly owned subsidiaries include M. J. Soffe, LLC, Junkfood Clothing Company and To The Game, LLC.

RSI manufactures its Echo Systems product using a combination of new parts and recycled content. The recycled content consists primarily of modular furniture parts originally manufactured by Haworth®, Inc. and fabric milled from recycled fabrics and plastics. Since 1987, RSI has manufactured Echo Systems in its Tempe, Arizona plant, and starting in June of 2009, RSI distributes Echo Systems to the East coast through its distribution center in Norcross, Georgia.There are many names in the office furniture industry for recycled modular office furniture. People use the terms refurbished instead of recycled and cubicles or workstations instead of modular office furniture. As such, you can call it recycled modular office furniture, recycled cubicles, recycled workstations, refurbished modular office furniture, refurbished cubicles or refurbished workstations. Whatever you call it, Echo Systems is great looking, environmentally friendly office furniture at a great price. Echo Systems is available nationwide and we have dealers in your area to help with the design, layout and installation of your office furniture project.

Redbarn Pet Products was started by two friends who believed there was a better alternative to feeding your dog dry food. They felt that the natural proteins found in fresh meat were important to a dog’s health and well-being and set out to develop a food that was meat based, preserved naturally and convenient to use. The result was the Redbarn Premium Food for Dogs in the roll format. With the aid of food nutritionists, the food was perfected and now includes Beef, Chicken & Liver and Wheat Free Lamb & Rice flavors. With the success of the food under their belt, the next step was to complete the line by adding an assortment of premium quality treats. The result is a full selection of natural body parts and a range of exciting and unique treats. The Redbarn team has since grown to include food scientists who work solely at developing new, wholesome products for your dog to enjoy.

Aspen Pet Products, Inc. company was founded in 1979 and was acquired by Petmate (formerly Doskocil Manufacturing Company) in 2006. Aspen Pet Products might be the blame for your pet's "Booda" belly or what brings out his or her "Dogzilla." The company makes and distributes pet treats, toys, and supplies, such as leashes and collars, bones, ropes and chews, litter, litter boxes, and shampoos. Some of Aspen Pet's better known lines include Booda pet toys, Yum-It-Up and Nummies treats, Snuffy's dog chews, and Buckaroo rawhides. The pet products provider sells its items to pet specialty retailers, mass merchants, and pet supply distributors and catalogs. Aspen Pet launched its Dogzilla line of dog toys in 2008.

Kimball International, Inc. manufactures and sells electronic assemblies and furniture in the United States and internationally. Kimball International's Electronic Manufacturing Services segment produces and sells electronics and electro-mechanical products. Its engineering and manufacturing services include the insertion and attachment of microchips and other electronic capacitors, and conductors onto multi-layered circuit boards; production and assembly of wiring harnesses and other electronic equipment into subassemblies or final products; testing of products under various conditions; and assembling and packaging of electronic and other related products. This segment serves customers in the medical, automotive, industrial controls, and public safety industries. Kimball International's Furniture segment produces wood furniture and cabinets. Kimball International company provides office furniture solutions, including desks and credenzas, seating, tables, systems/dividers, filing and storage units, and accessories, such as audio visual boards and task lighting for private offices, open floor plan areas, conference rooms, training rooms, lobby, and lounge areas under the Kimball Office and National Office Furniture brand names. It also offers furniture solutions headboards, desks, tables, dressers, entertainment centers, chests, wall panels, upholstered seating, task seating, and vanities for hotel properties, condominiums, and mixed use developments under the Kimball Hospitality brand name. This segment sells its office furniture through salespersons to end users, office furniture dealers, wholesalers, rental companies, and catalog houses; and hospitality furniture through independent manufacturers representatives. Kimball International company was incorporated in 1939 and is headquartered in Jasper, Indiana.

Marietta makes miniatures -- those little packages of personal care amenities (soaps, dental and hair-care products, and other items) found in hotels and bed-and-breakfast inns. The company also distributes brand-name (Pantene, Vaseline, Yardley of London) and private-label (Fleur de Lis, Lord & Mayfair) products to gift shops, the health-care market, correctional institutions, and military bases. Using its sample-size packaging know-how, the company makes trial-size units for other companies' products, as well. Marietta went public in 1986. When corporate officers were convicted of fraud in 1996, it was acquired by BFMA Holding, which, in turn, sold the company to private equity firm Ares Management in 2004.

Gunlocke has cared for some famous fannies. The maker of handcrafted wood office chairs boasts that eight US presidents have sat in a Gunlocke chair. Founded in 1902 by a small group of entrepreneurs led by William H. Gunlocke, the company makes and markets wood office furniture -- including chairs, desks, shelves, and conference tables. Its customers include accountants, consultants, and the legal, banking, brokerage, and insurance industries. The company operates showrooms in the US and Canada, including cities Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New York City, San Francisco, Toronto, and Washington, D.C., among others. Gunlocke is owned by HNI Corporation.

Michael Kors dresses the stars, both real and imagined. The company designs and distributes high-fashion apparel and footwear for men and women. It has expanded its products portfolio through the years by inking several licensing agreements, such as timepieces with Fossil, eyewear with Marchon Eyewear, swimwear with Warnaco Swimwear, and socks with American Essentials. The firm's collections include such brands as Michael Kors, KORS Michael Kors, and MICHAEL Michael Kors. Michael Kors, himself, owns about 15% of the company, while Sportswear Holdings, the holding company owned by fashion investors Silas Chou and Lawrence Stroll, bought some 85% of the company in 2003.

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