Cano Corporation was founded in 1971. The Company is family-owned and operated. The corporate headquarters and the company's state-of-the-art manufacturing facility is located in the north central part of Massachusetts. The Company has built it's reputation by designing products with simplicity and value as priorities. The work environment is efficient - integrating tasks, equipment and people. You can count on service and products from a company that has been satisfying the furniture needs of businesses world wide for over 25 years.

Madix was established in 1982 through the merger of Dixie Craft Manufacturing and Maytex Store Fixtures. It further expanded in 2003 with the purchase of Spencer Products. The company is management-owned. Madix has it made so that retailers can "have it made." At four factories in Texas, Alabama, and Massachusetts, Madix manufactures workstations, heavy-duty racking, store fixtures, point-of-purchase displays, and storage products. The company operates distribution centers throughout the US and the UK. Its products are sold worldwide, and customers include airports, hospitals, retailers, Internet cafes, and government agencies.

The firm generates most of its sales from women's wear, including its Koret and Sag Harbor lines. It also produces men's and children's clothes and accessories. Its other brands include My Michelle, Baby Phat, Phat Farm, Rewind, Vince, and XOXO. The company is a major supplier to department stores, as well as mass retailers, specialty boutiques, and catalogs. Kellwood also operates Vince and Sag Harbor brand outlet stores across the US. Kellwood has gained a foothold in new niches and grown through acquisitions, including Vince, Briggs New York, and Phat Fashions. It was taken private in 2008 by Sun Capital Partners and has been restructuring.

Chanel No. 5, Chanel has been a haute name in fashion and cosmetics for decades. The company also creates watches and jewelry and has a single license -- for eyewear with Luxottica. Founder Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel opened her first boutique in 1913, touting designs known for simplicity. Coco died in 1971, and Chanel's style stagnated for years until Karl Lagerfeld took over the designs and revived the label by tapping a younger market. The company boasts about 100 boutiques worldwide. Controlled by chairman Alain Wertheimer's family, Chanel also owns Eres and Paraffection.

Fat Cat company designs toys for dogs and cats with the goal of providing entertainment for pets and their owners. Its products include non-traditional catnip-stuffed and rubber toys in the forms of various animals and, of course, politicians. In addition to the catnip-filled character toys of Fat Cat's past (resembling former presidents Bill Clinton and George "Dubya" Bush, as well as Ross Perot and Bill Gates), its lines also feature likenesses of Hillary Rodham Clinton and California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Fat Cat toys are sold through pet product retailers, supermarkets, animal clinics, and gift stores nationwide.

Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing makes Dickies-brand khaki pants, bib overalls, jeans, women's and children's apparel, and Workrite safety uniforms. It also makes apparel and footwear for work and outdoor use under the Kodiak and Terra names. Its work clothes, originally tailored for the blue-collar set, have come back into fashion with teens, which account for a growing portion of sales. Its products are sold worldwide through retailers (Academy, Wal-Mart), directly to businesses, and through its Work Authority stores. It was founded in 1922 by the Williamson family, which still owns the company. Dickies acquired Kodiak Group Holdings in April 2008.

Simon Jersey makes men's and women's work attire and uniforms, specializing in designing and producing bespoke apparel (made-to-measure clothing designed for specific companies). Simon Jersey distributes its wares through its 300-page mail-order catalog and its Web site, filling orders for companies needing just a few uniforms to ones outfitting more than 500 employees. Clothing ranges from business suits to garments worn by hospitality, salon and medical personnel; the firm also offers footwear. Founded in 1971 by Simon Moyle, the company is part of Mercatura Holdings, which was acquired by European professional clothing provider Kwintet in 2007.

Spectrum Brands, Inc. was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Spectrum Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer products company worldwide. The company offers consumer batteries, including alkaline and zinc carbon batteries, rechargeable batteries and chargers, and hearing aid and other specialty batteries; pet supplies, such as aquatic equipment and supplies, dog and cat treats, small animal foods, clean up and training aids, health and grooming products, and bedding; electric shaving and grooming devices; and electric personal care and styling devices. It also provides portable lighting; lawn and garden materials, such as herbicides and landscape enhancing, and beautifying agents; and household insect controls and insect repellants. The company markets its products through a range of trade channels, including retailers, wholesalers, and distributors, hearing aid professionals, industrial distributors, and original equipment manufacturers primarily under the Rayovac, VARTA, Remington, Tetra, 8in1, Spectracide, and Cutter brand names.

The firm now ships more than 50 million bottles of wine a year through two businesses, Laithwaites (formerly Bordeaux Direct) and the "Sunday Times" wine club. Both operations sell wine online. Founder Tony Laithwaite first entered the wine business by importing French wines and selling them from a rented railway arch in 1969. When the "Sunday Times" in 1973 published an expos on some of the dirty tricks of the British wine trade, Laithwaite wrote to distance himself from the bad press. The letter drew 2,000 reader responses and prompted the newspaper to establish a wine club with Laithwaite's help.

Lady Burd Exclusive Cosmetics, a private-label manufacturer of personal care products, makes skin care items, color cosmetics, mineral cosmetics (such as those made by Bare Escentuals), hair care products, children's products, makeup brushes, cosmetic bags and cases, and displays. The company also provides custom printing and labels for products. Lady Burd Exclusive Cosmetics operates showrooms in California, New York, and Florida and offers make up courses (ranging from workshops for professional makeup artists to private consultations for teens and adults). The family-run business was founded by Roberta Burd more than 45 years ago.

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