Lafeber Company was founded in the late 1970s by Dr. T.J. Lafeber, a veterinarian who previously operated a pet bird hospital before he began developing bird food products. Lafeber has built a business catering to feathered friends. The firm makes food, toys, and vitamins for pet birds. Lafeber's products portfolio includes brand names Avi-Cakes, Nutri-Berries, Nutri-Start Baby Bird Food, and others. It also makes and markets hand-feeding formula for birds and sells food developed for macaws, lovebirds, cockatoos, and parakeets. The company sells its products through its Web site and in specialty pet and bird stores, such as Petco and Tomlinson, nationwide.

The oral health company makes and markets toothpaste, toothbrushes, sonic teeth-cleaning systems, and breath mints, for better oral care. Dentist Ron Murayama developed a less-expensive system for whitening teeth in the 1980s, then sold that product and business before starting Amden (where he's now chairman) in 1992. The firm promotes its products, primarily the Cybersonic system and its "harmonic resonance," through infomercials, often enlisting the help of celebrities, such as Vanna White and Cheryl Tiegs. Amden claims the Cybersonic is the world's fastest toothbrush.

Delta Galil Industries Ltd. provides fashion and basic apparel to address a range of price points for a range of customers. It provides customers with customized vertical solutions, which encompass every stage of production, from initial design and development through manufacture of fabrics, accessories and garments to logistics, distribution and replenishment. Its product offering encompasses intimate apparel, underwear, socks, leisurewear, nightwear and active-wear for men, ladies, and children. It supplies private label garments for global retailers, produces branded garments for various brands, and manufactures and distributes licensed products. Its major markets are the United States, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Israel. Its customer list encompasses global brands, such as Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss, Nike, Puma and others, as well as retailers, such as Marks & Spencer, Wal-Mart, J.C.Penney, Target, Victoria's Secret, Hema, Carrefour and others.

Vision-Ease Lens Corporation company specializes in designing, making, and distributing the increasingly popular polycarbonate prescription lenses used in eyewear today. Although the company has focused its business on polycarbonate lenses for their impact resistance, light weight, and ultraviolet filtering properties, Vision-Ease makes other styles. It manufactures plastic and glass lenses, as well as photochromic (allowing lenses to darken automatically according to light levels), polarized, anti-reflective, and scratch-resistant lens treatments. The company's two largest clients are LensCrafters and Wal-Mart, accounting for more than 45% of sales.

Pet Central, Inc. company makes a variety of Waggers-brand natural dog treats that are low-fat and wheat-free. The line includes Champion Chips training treats and Wag n' Go gift packs, as well as its core products in flavors such as Hearty Stew, PB Roundies, and Savory Casserole. Its products are available online through retailers such as petfooddirect.com and sitstay.com. They're also sold through retailers the likes of Cabela's. Pet Central was founded by company president and CEO Steve Fraley and his wife, Susan. The couple was recognized by partner company Invisible Fence for donating pet oxygen masks to area fire departments in 2008.

The Prada Group wants its customers to either shop for their products til they drop, or go broke trying. The company's success was born from the marriage of Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli and their leather goods and manufacturing businesses. Prada sells upscale apparel, shoes, fragrances, and accessories for men and women, as well as its less-pricey Miu Miu apparel line. The company operates more than 200 stores worldwide. With the devil being in the details, Prada has delayed multiple attempts to go public. Prada sold its Jil Sander business to Change Capital Partners in 2006 and its Helmut Lang operation to Link Theory Holdings. Prada boasts a Netherlands-domiciled parent company, Prada Holding N.V.

Clarins Canada, a key subsidiary of the French cosmetics group Clarins, manufactures skin care products and makeup using herbal and marine extracts and antioxidants. Clarins specializes in peddling items the likes of self-tanners and also makes and markets anti-aging, face wash, and shaving products for men under the ClarinsMen label. The company's fragrance division covers numerous brands, including key brands Azzaro and Par Amour. Clarins Canada's products are sold through department and specialty stores in Asia, Europe, and North America. The company operates skin spas in Montreal/Laval, Toronto, and Vancouver.

Founded in 1894 by Tomas Bata, his son escaped Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia and fled to Canada, bringing with him some 100 "Bata pioneers" to re-establish his family's formerly profitable shoe business. Now enjoying a worldwide presence, the shoe maker operates some 5,000 company-owned stores in more than 50 countries. Bata produces millions of its own brand of shoes annually in facilities located mainly in India. Donations of funds and shoes from the company's owners, the Bata family, built the world's largest shoe museum in Toronto (one of the city's biggest tourist spots).

Panel Specialists company makes and markets partitions, panels, casework, and wall systems for a variety of uses. PSI also manufactures laminated wood furniture (desk and filing systems, wardrobes, and chests) and stone-fabricated countertops. The company's products are used in office settings, college dorm rooms, and apartment dwellings. PSI also peddles its products to clients of both government and institutional buildings, as well as to those who outfit interiors of marine vessels.

Brand Science, LLC company, which does business as LeSportsac, makes nylon handbags, totes, backpacks, luggage, and related accessories. It also collaborated on collections with well-worn names in the fashion world, such as Diane von Furstenberg, Gwen Stefani, and Stella McCartney. Brand Science distributes its products through specialty and department stores (Macy's, Bloomingdales) in the US and 20 other countries. It also operates an e-commerce site, about 15 boutiques, and five factory outlets under the LeSportsac banner in the US and Mexico. Brand Science (an affiliate of Accessory Network Group) and ITOCHU together acquired LeSportsac in 2006.

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