Norstar Office Products company specializes in the design and manufacturing of ergonomic office chairs and other seating products. Its products include drafting stools, medical stools, upholstered executive chairs, leather chairs, side chairs, task seating, reception furniture, workstations, conference tables, filing cabinets, and folding chairs and tables. Norstar Office Products, which also does business as Boss Office Products, has taken the chair in the workplace furniture market. Headquartered in California, Boss Office Products also operates a branch in Georgia.

Swat Fame designs and manufactures denim, sportswear, and dresses for juniors, girls, and contemporary markets. Its brand portfolio includes See Thru Soul, Kut Kollection, Kut from the Kloth, Bu from Malibu, Underground Soul, and Indigo Royalty. Swat Fame's collections are sold through US department stores, including Bloomingdale's, Dillard's, Von Maur, Buckle, Windsors, Arden B., Macy's, Nordstrom, J. C. Penney, and Kohl's, as well as through specialty retailers such as Charlotte Russe.

Speidel, Inc. company has made a name for itself as a leading worldwide distributor of watchbands. It is the exclusive marketer of leather watchbands made by Di-Modell. Speidel also sells men's and women's watches, pearl jewelry, and batteries. The company provides watch repair services through its Providence Watch Hospital outlets. In 2007 Fred Levinger acquired Speidel from Jeffrey Massotti, who remains president and CEO of the company. Levinger is the former head of jewelry retailer Colibri.

Consolidated Ecoprogress Technology Inc. (CET) produces and distributes biodegradable and disposable absorbent products, including diapers, incontinence products, and femine hygiene products. Every part of its Flushaway-branded feminine hygiene products degrades completely within 28 days of disposal; the product is flushable and begins to break down immediately upon contact with water in the toilet bowl. Wal-Mart is one of the company's biggest clients.

Steven Madden, Ltd. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Long Island City, New York. Steven Madden, Ltd. designs, sources, markets and retails fashion-forward footwear for women, men and children. The Company also designs, sources, markets and retails name brand and private label fashion handbags and accessories through its Daniel M. Friedman Division. The Company distributes products through its retail stores, its e-commerce Website, department and specialty stores throughout the United States and through special distribution arrangements in Canada, Europe, Central and South America, Australia and Asia. Its business comprises three segments: Wholesale, Retail and First Cost. Steven Madden Retail, Inc., its wholly owned retail subsidiary, operates Steve Madden and Steven retail stores, as well as its e-commerce Website. The Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Adesso-Madden, Inc. (A-M), acts as a buying agent for footwear products under private labels and licensed brands for many mass merchandisers and mid-tier department stores.

SoftSheen/Carson Products is keeping the shine on its ethnic beauty. The company is one of the world's leading makers of ethnic hair care and beauty products, including shampoos, conditioners, gels, hair straighteners, relaxers, and shaving products. Its brands include Let's Jam, Baby Love, Optimum Care, Dark and Lovely, Magic Shave, and Weave Care. Founded in 1964 by Edward and Bettiann Gardner, SoftSheen was the largest African-American-owned beauty products company in the country until its acquisition in 1998 by L'Oréal USA, a division of French cosmetics giant L'Oréal. Carson was a subsidiary of L'Oréal USA before being merged with SoftSheen in 2000.

Chairman and CEO Matthew Stuller founded Stuller, Inc. in 1969. Stuller makes and distributes fine jewelry, including diamonds and bridal jewelry, charms, colored stones, fabricated precious metals, jewelry supplies, and watch bands. The company serves more than 40,000 accounts throughout North America and abroad with some 200,000 different items. The jewelry wholesaler offers just-in-time delivery service to its clients. In 2007 the company launched a religious and family jewelry line. Stuller's manufacturing and administrative facilities (located in Louisiana) measure almost 600,000 sq. ft.

Emilio Pucci has the gift for style that just keeps on giving and giving. The design house -- established in the 1950s -- is today just as adored as it was when its popularity first caught on in the early 1960s. Pucci makes and distributes women's apparel, accessories, perfume, eyewear, and footwear, through about 40 boutiques. The apparel company also sells its products through select department stores and online. Its retail operations span worldwide, including shops in The Americas. Although the namesake Mr. Pucci died in 1992, the company continues to operate as a subsidiary of LVMH. Daughter Laudomia Pucci remains an executive with the firm.

Founded in 1909 as a blanket maker for Native Americans, it also sells its products through department stores, including Dillard's and Macy's, and in specialty shops, as well as through catalogs and online. Pendleton's goods are sold in the US, Canada, China, and Japan. The sixth generation of the Bishop family owns and operates the firm. Pendleton Woolen Mills controls every other step of the production of its men's and women's apparel, blankets, pillows, luggage, furniture, and other items. It buys raw wool; makes fabric and garments at its Nebraska, Oregon, and Washington factories; ships finished goods; and even sells the products in about 70 Pendleton shops.

PUMA AG Rudolf Dassler Sport company, which makes sports-specific shoes and apparel sold under the PUMA and Tretorn labels, was formed when German brothers Rudi and Adi Dassler feuded and split their family firm into adidas and PUMA. While shoes are PUMA's heritage, apparel accounts for a growing portion of sales. The company has been expanding its athletic apparel styles to include men's golf, motorsports, and denim items. PUMA also operates its own retail business under the Concept Store banner and controls distribution of its products in many countries. French luxury-goods firm PPR, which had owned about a quarter of the firm, increased its stake to some 66% in July 2007.

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