Gerry Weber's prominence grew along with Steffi Graf's winnings. In 1986 the fashion retailer signed a sponsorship contract with the budding 17-year-old tennis star. It now operates about 500 shop-in-shops and some 25 House of Gerry Weber stores throughout Europe and the Middle East. The company sells three brands of women's clothing: Gerry Weber (mid-to-upper range), Taifun (junior), and Samoon (large sizes). Gerry Weber plans to open another 80-100 stores. The Gerry Weber brand was created in 1986, and the company changed its name to its popular label in 1989.

Ariat, founded in 1990, designs and produces Western and English style riding boots, work boots, casual shoes, and riding apparel and accessories under the Ariat name. Its footwear is designed to maximize performance, comfort, and style, and with competitive and casual horsemen in mind. The company sells its footwear in the US and Canada through more than 4,000 retailers, such as Cavender's Boot City, Tractor Supply, and Nordstrom, as well as through the catalogs of Orvis, State Line Tack, and others. It sells its equestrian footwear in the international marketplace to more than 600 retailers.

Sonoco Products Company was founded in 1899 and is based in Hartsville, South Carolina. Sonoco Products Company provides industrial and consumer packaging products, and packaging services primarily in the United States, Europe, and Canada. It manufactures rigid paper and plastic packaging products, including composite paperboard cans, paperboard pails, single-wrap paperboard packages, fiber cartridges, bottles, jars, tubs, cups, trays, and squeeze tubes; aluminum and steel closures for composite, metal, and plastic containers; and printed flexible packaging products. The company also provides tubes and cores comprising paperboard tubes, cores, roll packaging, molded plugs, pallet components, concrete forms, void forms, and rotary die boards; and paper products consisting of recycled paperboard, chipboard, tubeboard, lightweight corestock, boxboard, linerboard, specialty grades, and recovered paper.Sonoco's packaging services comprise packaging supply chain management services, including custom packing, fulfillment, primary package filling, scalable service centers, and brand artwork management; and designing, manufacturing, assembling, packing, and distributing temporary, semi permanent and permanent point-of-purchase displays, as well as contract packaging and co-packing services. In addition, the company produces wire and cable reels, including steel, nailed wooden, plywood, recycled, and poly-fiber reels; molded and extruded plastics; paperboard products consisting of glass covers, coasters, and other paper amenities; and protective packaging products. It serves food and non food, automotive, beverage, confectionery, electronic, cosmetic, fragrance, healthcare, home and garden, liquor, medical, office supply, over-the-counter drug, personal care, sporting goods, tobacco, wire and cable, household appliances, leisure, textile, and other consumer and industrial packaging markets.

With a rich heritage, and origins dating back to 1795, the Dixon Ticonderoga Company throughout history have made our mark through quality, integrity,respect and perseverance. Today the Dixon Ticonderoga continues to make Dixon mark manufacturing and marketing writing instruments, art supplies and tools for self expression, making each of our products “The Best of its Kind”. Dixon Ticonderoga Company has become more than a writing and art products company. Dixon Ticonderoga is a company that empowers people to take conscious and subliminal thoughts, facts, ideas and dreams, and preserve them using tools that are simply extensions of themselves.

Lion was established in 1891 and has adopted the slogan: From Good Morning to Good Night, More Dreams for Your Life. Lion takes pride in its top ranking among Japanese toothpaste and toothbrush manufacturers. Brands include Clinica, Dentor, and Dent. Besides oral care products, the company makes and sells laundry detergent, bleach, cleaners, shampoo, deodorant, and beauty products in several countries. Household products account for about half of sales, but Lion also operates food, chemical, and pharmaceutical divisions. The company has strengthened its competitiveness by introducing new products, such as a teeth-whitening toothpaste, medicated cleansing pads, and a men's deodorant.

The Bernardo Brand was born in Montreal. The founder, Stuart Pollack, identified a market in North America for fashions with the same level of design, taste and style found in Europe. The company, named after his son Bernard, began offering designer quality & style at affordable prices. The company signature became trend-right fashions with an international design sensibility. The designs are rich in detail providing modern style & sophistication.In 1995, the company relocated to New York City. Today, Bernardo Fashions offers women's and men's outerwear. The labels include Bernardo, Bernardo Collections, Collection B., and Ashley B by Bernardo, a label named after daughter Ashley.

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.

Simon Marketing makes copier and laser printer products, including pressure-sensitive labels, transparency films, blank CDs, and index tabs. The company also offers office products such as micro-shredders that make fine confetti out of confidential throw-aways. Simon Marketing makes cardboard storage boxes, as well. The company primarily serves the baking, food, and beverage industries and sells its products internationally through retailers such as Staples, OfficeMax, United Stationers, and Corporate Express.

Fruit of the Loom wants to be in your drawers. In addition to its mainstay basics -- underwear made under the BVD, Fruit of the Loom, and Lofteez names -- its products include activewear, casual wear, and children's underwear sold under names such as Russell, Loom Fit For Me, Funpals, Fungals, and Underoos (which feature characters Batman, Scooby-Doo, SpongeBob, and Dora the Explorer). Fruit of the Loom's products are sold primarily in North America through discount and mass merchandisers the likes of Wal-Mart and Target, as well as to department stores, wholesale clubs, and screen printers. To trim costs, Fruit of the Loom uses Latin American production. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owns the company.

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.

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