QVC (its name stands for "quality, value, and convenience") offers about 1,150 items each week to TV-tied shopping addicts. Merchandise includes apparel, cosmetics, electronics, housewares, jewelry, and toys. It broadcasts 24 hours a day; viewers call in their orders to one of its five call centers. If you can't find what you're shopping for on the tube, it also sells online and through five outlet stores plus a full-line store at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. The company also has shopping channels in Germany, Japan, and the UK. QVC is a subsidiary of Liberty Interactive Group, which is owned by Liberty Media.

Founded in 1945, the company is owned by the family of president Steve Cook. Northeastern Supply keeps its little corner of the world cozy. Through about 30 locations in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, the company distributes air conditioning, heating, plumbing, ventilation, and water system equipment along with fixtures and hardware to contractors and other building professionals. Major suppliers include American Standard, Bradford White, Delta, Elkay, Jacuzzi, and Moen. Northeastern also offers online credit applications, electronic funds transfers, and e-mail invoicing to its customers.

Young Supply, founded in 1935, is owned and run by the Vallan family. Young Supply is an old hand in the HVAC-supply business. The company has more than 15 locations in Michigan and Ohio that sell air-conditioning, ventilation, food-service, heating, and refrigeration equipment and components. Brands include Friedrich, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, and many others. Young also sells tools and measurement instruments along with controls and motors. Visitors to the company Web site can check inventory, apply for credit, and use the company's interactive area, energy to work, length, mass, and pressure HVAC conversion tables.

Founded by the husband-and-wife team Tom and Gun Denhart in 1983, it sells its premium apparel -- as well as backpacks, baby toys and gifts -- online, by catalog, and more than 25 retail and outlet stores throughout the US. Unhappy with the cotton apparel available after their son's birth, the Denharts started their own mail-order business and named it after Gun's grandmother: Hanna Andersson. The apparel company is owned by Sun Capital Partners (SCP). Hanna Andersson brings a whole new meaning to the concept of having your own MiniMe. The Swedish-inspired firm makes and sells colorful 100% cotton and organic cotton clothing and sleepwear for the whole family, specializing in mother-daughter ensembles.

Wolseley plc engages in the distribution of heating and plumbing products, and building materials to the professional contractors primarily in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Nordic region, and Central and Eastern Europe. Wolseley plc supplies plumbing, heating, and air conditioning products comprising baths, showers and accessories, sanitaryware, brassware, bathroom furniture, boilers and burners, radiators and valves, hot water cylinders and flues, control equipment, ventilation/air conditioning equipment, heat pumps and solar equipment, plastic pipes and fittings, and copper tubing and fittings. It also distributes building materials, such as insulation, plaster and plasterboard, roofing materials, bricks, blocks and aggregates, tiles and flooring, timber products, doors and frames, glass, beams, trusses and frames, hardware and tools, and cement. In addition, Wolseley plc supplies electrical products, including cables and cabling accessories, controls and switchgears, wiring accessories, lighting, data networking supplies, and cable management products; and civils/waterworks, industrial, and commercial products, such as drainage pipes, associated supplies and covers, underground pressure pipes, small bore pressure pipes and fittings, carbon and stainless steel pipes, and valves and fittings. Further, the company involves in the management of customer inventory and the installation of cabinets and fireplaces, as well as offers pipe fabrication and valve actuation, bathroom layout and design, and maintenance contract services. Wolseley plc operates approximately 4,118 branches in 25 countries. Wolseley was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Reading, the United Kingdom.

Sam Levitz Furniture Company Incorporated sells a variety of furniture through three showrooms and a clearance center in Tucson, Arizona. It stocks brand names such as Bassett, Broyhill, Lane, and Natuzzi. The company has been family-owned and -operated since it was founded by newspaper photographer Sam Levitz in 1953. Today the company is run by Sam's son, Sam R. Levitz. Sam Levitz Furniture in Arizona is not connected to the defunct national Levitz Furniture chain.

Incorporated in 1988, Zones, Inc. is headquartered just outside of Seattle, Washington. Zones has corporate offices in Portland, OR., and Bensenville, IL., regional offices in Texas, Maryland and Florida, as well as multiple field sales offices nationwide. Zones maintains a national network of company-owned logistics, integration and distribution facilities to support our client base with immediate access to inventory, configuration and deployment services from all time zones- resulting in lower shipping costs and the ability to leverage Zones' enhanced "follow the sun" logistics programs.

White Flower Farm, founded in 1950, is owned by CEO Eliot Wadsworth who purchased it from founder William Harris in 1976. Harris and his wife Jane Grant, both successful journalists before taking the gardening path, founded the nursery. White Flower Farms has a lot of colors on its palette. Through catalogs and its Web site, White Flower Farm sells a wide range of annuals, bulbs, houseplants, perennials, shrubs and vines, and vegetables that it grows in its own nursery. White Flower Farm, Inc. also offers tools, gifts, garden accessories, and tips for making the garden grow. A retail store at the nursery is open from April to October. White Flower Farm, Inc. maintains five acres of display gardens open to the public.

Genesco Inc. engages in the retail of branded footwear, licensed and branded headwear, and licensed sports apparel and accessories; and the wholesale of branded footwear primarily in the United States. Its Journeys Group segment operates the Journeys, Journeys Kidz, and Shi by Journeys retail footwear chains, as well as involves in the catalog and e-commerce operations. As of January 30, 2010, this segment operated 1,025 stores, including 150 Journeys Kidz stores and 56 Shi by Journeys stores in the United States and in Puerto Rico, selling footwear for young men, women, and children. The company’s Underground Station Group segment operates the Underground Station retail footwear chain and Jarman retail footwear stores, as well as engages in e-commerce operations. As of January 30, 2010, this segment operated 170 stores, including 161 Underground Station stores in the United States, selling footwear and accessories primarily for men and women in the 20-35 age groups. Its Hat World Group segment operates the Hat World, Lids, Hat Shack, Hat Zone, Head Quarters, Cap Connection, and Lids Locker Room retail headwear stores; and Sports Fan-Attic retail licensed sports headwear, apparel, and accessory stores. It also involves in the Impact Sports and Great Plains Sports team dealer businesses and e-commerce operations. As of January 30, 2010, this segment operated 921 stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. The company’s Johnston & Murphy Group segment operates Johnston & Murphy retail stores; and involves in catalog and e-commerce operations, and wholesale distribution. As of January 30, 2010, this segment operated 160 retail shops and factory stores in the United States, selling footwear, luggage, and accessories primarily for men, targeting business, and professional customers. Its Licensed Brands segment, through a license from Levi Strauss & Company, sells Dockers footwear. Genesco Inc. was founded in 1924 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

EmbroidMe is on the fast track. As a franchise operation, EmbroidMe.com Inc. offers custom embroidery, screen printing, and promotional products through about 350 shops in nearly 10 countries (including Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US). Stores specialize in emblazoning custom designs on items such as golf shirts, ball caps, towels, uniforms, jackets, and bags, as well as promotional fare (pens, mouse pads, and mugs). EmbroidMe outlets feature brand-name apparel (such as adidas, Liz Claiborne, and Nike Golf) and its own private-label products. EmbroidMe.com Inc. is part of United Franchise Group. It was founded in 2000 by Ray Titus, the group's CEO.

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