Cynthia Rowley is doing just swell. Named for the designer of the same name, the company designs and sells apparel, footwear, a signature fragrance, and related accessories (handbags, hats, hosiery, jewelry). Rowley is also a co-founder of Swellco, which produces trendy home goods for discounter Target. Rowley's fashions are manufactured by third parties and sold in a handful of upscale Cynthia Rowley boutiques in the US. In Japan, where the firm has a licensing deal with ITOCHU, there are about 45 shops. Rowley's merchandise is also sold in high-end department (Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdale's) and specialty stores in the US and abroad, as well as online. The namesake company is owned by Cynthia Rowley.

Gruppo Buffetti S.p.A founded in Rome in 1853 by Giovanni Buffetti, began as a typography firm. Italian yellow page publisher Telecom Italia Media bought Gruppo Buffetti in 2000. Gruppo Buffetti markets office supplies, leather accessories, computer software, print-on-demand services, and even books and magazines. It primarily serves the small and medium-sized business markets. The retailer has more than 1,000 franchised locations across the country, but also sells its products via catalog and on the Internet.

Vans designs and sells footwear and apparel for casual wear and for use in activities such as skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, bicycle motocross (BMX), and motocross. Vans merchandise is sold in the US by national chain stores and in skate, surf, and specialty shops. Vans itself operates about 200 stores in the US and in Europe. As part of its marketing strategy, Vans backs alternative rock and heavy metal bands through music festivals. Vans is owned by V.F. Corporation.

J & J Crombie makes clothes that will live on to tell the tales of their wearers. J & J Crombie manufactures woolen clothing and sells it at about 20 stores in Britain. The stores also offer other types of apparel, as well as accessories, such as jeans, shoes, handbags, and even luggage. Founded in 1805 as a woolen mill in Aberdeen, J & J Crombie boasts a storied heritage that includes making the coats worn by British officers in WWI. It also produced uniforms for the Confederate army in the American Civil War. J & J Crombie established its first shop in 1990. Chairman Alan Lewis owns the company.

White Trash Charms (WTC) wants you to embrace the charm in trashy relics of recent bygone eras. The company makes and distributes specialized jewelry (primarily charms made in the shapes of gnomes, rainbows, roller-skates, lightning bolts, and the like) and other accessories through about 50 highly-trendy retailers worldwide, as well as through two of its own stores and a Web site. The company specializes in jewelry made of precious metal, enamel, and stones that has been seen on the likes of Janet Jackson and Kelly Osbourne. WTC was started by Brooke Dulien, daughter of well-known fashion designer Barbara Dulien.

Future International Diversified Company makes and distributes low-cost personal care products, such as soaps, hand sanitizers, and bath and body accessories, under the brand names Natura and MIO. It also manufactures packaging components, such as spray bottle caps, pumps, sprayers, and triggers. Its private-label OTC medications include analgesics, stomach remedies, laxatives, denture tabs, and mouthwash. Future International Diversified also supplies stationery and school supplies. The firm offers private labeling services and custom packaging for big-name retailers in North America.

CEO Dewey Barber owns Barber and Company, which he founded in 1985. Barber and Company wants clothing to be hot-pressed. The company manufactures more than 1,000 heat transfer silkscreen designs for sale to wholesalers, which apply the designs to T-shirts. Its Dixie Outfitters brand, which includes a Confederate battle flag logo, has been banned in some schools. Other brands include All American Outfitters, which uses the American flag in its designs, and Legalize Weed, which features images of marijuana and popular slogans. Barber and Company also offers preprinted shirts, makes custom designed transfers, and sells transfer machines.

Meaning "Danish shoe," Dansko helped to rejuvenate the popularity of the wide-toed, arch-supporting shoe, which has fueled the company's growth since its founding in 1991. Brand names include Golden Gate, Beacon Hill, Left Bank, Next Gen, Chelsea, and SoHo, among others. Dansko distributes its shoes to more than 3,500 retail locations. Shoes are sold through specialty retailers and online through such etailers as backcountry.com, uniform retailer Uniforms 4 You, and equestrian site The Horse and Pony Collection.

Natural Health Trends Corp. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Natural Health Trends Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an international direct selling and e-commerce company. The company sells personal care and wellness products under the NHT Global brand primarily to independent distributor networks. It offers Skindulgence, a skin care system that include nonsurgical facelift, as well as a spa collection for hands, feet, and all-over body; Alura, an intimacy enhancing cream for women; Premium Noni Juice, a reconstituted morinda citrifolia fruit juice; La Vie, an energy-boosting dietary supplement; Triotein, a lactose-free whey protein powder that provides amino acid substrates; Cluster Concentrate, a product for increased cell hydration; and TriFusion Max, a beverage with a blend of exotic fruits and berries. The company has operations in North America, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, and Slovenia.

KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois. KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation produces unbleached kraft paper and lightweight linerboard in the United States, and also ships its products to international markets. The company offers a portfolio of paper grades to convert paper into various products, including multiwall bags for agricultural products, pet food, cement, and chemicals; grocery bags; and specialty conversion products, such as wrapping paper products and rollwrap. It also offers linerboard for use in manufacturing corrugated containers for packaging products; DuraSorb saturating kraft to manufacture decorative laminates; and Kraftpak folding carton board for use in the manufacture of folding cartons. The company also sells its products in Europe, South America, and Asia.

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