Founded in 1985 to market a tea tree oil formulation called Melaleuca Oil, the firm sells personal care products, cosmetics, household cleaning supplies, and vitamins directly to consumers through a network of sales representatives, catalogs, and its Web sites, but members only please. Melaleuca now sells more than 350 products, many of which are environmentally friendly and derived from natural ingredients, including tea tree oil. Tea tree oil is a powerful antiseptic and antifungal agent used for skin care, as well as the treatment of a variety of ailments, insect bites, boils, and wounds.

Empire Office is owned by the family of Abraham Gaslow, who founded it in 1946. Empire Office company's products -- which come from some 300 manufacturers -- range from cubicle workstations to products for the executive offices, including storage units, lighting, seating, case goods, and accessories. Empire Office also provides installation. Empire Office is one of the leading Steelcase furniture dealers in the US.

Donna Karan International (DKI) defines the metropolitan flair that bridges the difference between stylishly casual and conventional. The firm designs and sells men's and women's clothes, including suits, sportswear, accessories, and shoes, under the Donna Karan New York, DKNY, DKNY Jeans, and DKNY Active labels. DKI sells to upscale department and specialty stores and through its own retail stores. It also licenses third parties to run most of its international stores. Fashion leviathan LVMH holds a majority stake in Donna Karan, although designer Karan still remains in creative control of its fashion lines and is helping to rejuvenate her namesake brand.

ICICLES Eyewear (formerly Icicles Performance Eyewear) keeps your eyes cool when they're fighting the glare of the hot sun. The company makes and markets men's and women's aluminum, metal, and nylon sunglasses, as well as sun goggles. ICICLES offers its customers prescription and non-prescription glasses under brand names including I-Wire, Slider, Switch Blade, and Viper, among others. Some of the company's top sellers are its replacement lenses and its accessories, such as sport cords. Its products are distributed through dealers in California. It also sells items online and via catalog and extreme sports specialty stores.

totes>>Isotoner has the goods to keep you dry and comfortable. It makes and distributes weather gear, including umbrellas, gloves, rubber shoe covers, rain hats and raincoats, and water-resistant tote bags. It distributes them through about 30,000 department stores in the US, the UK, and France. totes>>Isotoner also operates a network of more than 100 owned outlet mall-based stores. The company bought flip flop and canvas shoe maker ESNY from E.S. Originals in 2006 and Northern Cap Holdings, which makes headwear, scarves, and gloves, in 2008. totes>>Isotoner was owned by Bruckmann Rosser Sherrill & Co. until early 2007, when MidOcean Partners acquired a majority stake for $288 million.

Gucci Group, an Italian company with a Dutch address that sells French fashion, does quite well in Japan, too. Offerings include handbags and other leather goods, shoes, ready-to-wear clothing, cosmetics, skin care, jewelry, and watches. Gucci family squabbles and imprudent licensing once nearly doomed the firm. New management revived it with fresh product lines and stricter licensing, as well as heavy investing in its Asian presence. Gucci operates about 425 stores worldwide and wholesales products through franchisees and upscale department stores. French retailer PPR purchased almost all of the remaining shares in the company in 2004, taking its interest up to 99.4%.

Vuzix Corporation company designs, manufactures, and sells video eyewear that simulates viewing a large-screen TV or computer monitor. Its products are used to view high-resolution video and digital information from mobile devices, such as cell phones, laptops, and media players. These wearable devices are marketed to consumers (gaming enthusiasts in particular), as well as defense and industrial markets, which account for about half of its revenues. Military products include personal head-mounted displays for night-vision applications.

Heidelberg Distributing Company's offices in that state are located in the cities of in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Toledo. It also serves parts of and has offices in northern Kentucky. The company is primarily a wholesaler of major brands of both domestic and imported beer and wine, including Anheuser-Busch, Heineken, Labatt, Samuel Adams, Corona, and Tsingtao, as well as Fetzer, Gallo, Robert Mondavi and Sebastiani wines. Heidelberg also handles a full line of spirits and bottled water.

The Procter & Gamble Company was founded in 1837 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Procter & Gamble Company engages in the manufacture and sale of consumer goods worldwide. The company operates in three global business units (GBUs): Beauty, Health and Well-Being, and Household Care. The Beauty GBU offers cosmetics, deodorants, fragrances, hair care products, and personal cleansing and skin care products under the Head & Shoulders, Olay, Pantene, and Wella brands; and blades and razors, electric hair removal devices, face and shave products, and home appliances under the Braun, Fusion, Gillette, and Mach3 brands. The Health and Well-Being GBU provides feminine care, oral care, and personal health care products under Always, Crest, and Oral-B brands; and pet food and snacks under the Iams and Pringles brands. The Household Care GBU offers air care products, batteries, dish care products, and fabric care and surface care products under the Ariel, Dawn, Downy, Duracell, Gain, and Tide brands; and baby wipes, bath tissues, diapers, facial tissues, and paper towels under the Bounty, Charmin, and Pampers brands. The company offers its products to mass merchandisers, grocery stores, membership club stores, and drug stores.

Amkor Pacific company was founded in 1989. Amkor Pacific wants its customers to smell and look nice. It operates Ravello Beverly Hills, which designs and sells a line of gold and sterling silver fine and fashion jewelry. Its early jewelry, labeled fabulous faux, featured 14k gold and manmade diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires. Ravello has since expanded its business to include jewelry with natural gemstones, its Living Form fragrance, and fashion accessories such as belts, hair clips, and purses. Products are sold online and in department stores and boutiques.

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