Founded in 1926 by a man with an eye for recycling and a belief in human potential, The Antioch Company is a multinational organization with business units located in Ohio and Minnesota.The company’s direct-selling division, Creative Memories, is an industry leader in the manufacture and sale of digital and traditional memory-celebration products. Creative Memories operates in the United States and Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom, with expansion planned in other European countries.

Learning Curve offers developmental toys that engage children, and provide parents with peace of mind, knowing their children are being inspired and enlightened by safe and quality playthings. And their care, safety, feeding and soothing products provide you with solutions to day-to-day needs at mealtime, bedtime, at home and on-the-go..The company goal is simple, yet of utmost importance: Learning Curve is strongly committed to providing classic, high-quality toys that encourage your child's imagination, pique their never-ending curiosity, appeal to their strong sense of adventure and enrich their playtime experience..

Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated engages in the manufacture, marketing, and retail of branded home furnishings in the United States. It operates in three segments: Wholesale, Retail, and Investments/Real Estate. The Wholesale segment designs, manufactures, sources, sells, and distributes furniture products to a network of Bassett Furniture Direct (BFD) or Bassett Home Furnishings (BHF) stores, including independently-owned stores, company-owned retail stores, and partnership licensees; and independent furniture retailers. This segment also involves in wood and upholstery operations. The Retail segment operates 31 company-owned stores in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas. The Investments/Real Estate segment holds interest in the Bassett Industries Alternative Asset Fund, a portfolio of marketable securities, an investment in the International Home Furnishings Center, and retail real estate utilized by licensee operated BFD and BHF stores. As of November 29, 2008, the company's network consisted of approximately 115 retail stores, of which 84 were independently owned and 31 were controlled by the company. Bassett Furniture Industries was founded in 1902 and is based in Bassett, Virginia.

nFinanSe Inc., a development stage company, provides stored value cards (SVCs) for grocery stores, convenience stores, and general merchandise stores in the United States. It primarily offers Discover Network-branded SVCs. The company operates in two divisions: nFinanSe Card and nFinanSe Network. The nFinanSe Card division issues prepaid gift cards, reloadable general spend prepaid cards, and payroll cards. The nFinanSe Network division, which is a network of load locations for stored value and prepaid cards, enables its customers to load additional cash on their reloadable SVCs. The company sells its SVCs directly to consumers through its distribution partners network of retail locations. As of January 3, 2009, it had approximately 80,000 nFinanSe Network locations consisting primarily of Western Union and MoneyGram locations; and approximately 10,000 retail agent locations. The company was formerly known as Morgan Beaumont, Inc. and changed its name to nFinanSe Inc. in 2006. nFinanSe was founded in 2000 and is based in Tampa, Florida.

When it's compared to its sister companies, Anam Electronics is probably more entertaining. Anam Electronics, a unit of semiconductor giant Anam Group, makes TVs (specializing in large screen and flat panel), VCRs, DVD players, and related home electronics. Its products are sold under the Anam brand in Korea and worldwide. Founded in 1973, Anam Electronics is related to other Anam businesses that produce wristwatches and digital clocks, cable decoders, and semiconductor equipment. As part of the group's effort to spin off Anam Electronics, Anam Semiconductor sold its stake in the company. Seoul Guarantee Insurance owns about 21% of Anam Electronics.

Lifetime Products, Inc., has applied innovation and cutting-edge technology in plastics and metals to create a family of affordable lifestyle products that feature superior strength and durability. The world’s leading manufacturer of folding tables and chairs, Lifetime was founded in 1986 as the maker of portable basketball systems that revolutionized the industry with patented technology. With diverse offerings such as outdoor storage sheds and a wide variety of lawn & garden products, Lifetime continues to develop innovative products that outfit the way you live. Lifetime makes the things you need for the lifestyle you want. By innovating products in and around the home, Lifetime simplifies your everyday life and enables you to get the most out of your free time.

With nearly 2,500 employees and 9 locations around the globe, ICON Health & Fitness, Inc. is the largest manufacturer and marketer of fitness equipment in the world.ICON owns some of the best-known brands in the fitness industry including NordicTrack, FreeMotion Fitness, ProForm, Weider, HealthRider, EPIC, Image, iFit and Weslo and licenses Reebok and Gold's Gym brands. These brand names are immediately recognizable to consumers and have a strong reputation for high performance around the globe.ICON is ISO 9001 certified, meeting the international standard of quality for manufacturers. In addition to manufacturing, ICON performs all marketing, research & development, industrial design and manufacturing for its products. As one of the first U.S. fitness companies to venture into the international arena, ICON has manufacturing and sales facilities located in China, Europe, Canada, and the United States.

Indesit is in the house! Formerly Merloni Elettrodomestici, the company produces home appliances (refrigerators, washing machines, dishwashers, and ovens) at 17 manufacturing plants spanning Italy, Poland, Russia, the UK, Turkey, and China. Its products are made and sold under the Hotpoint-Ariston, Indesit, Scholts, and Stinol brands, with the first three being its most popular. Western Europe accounts for more than half of Indesit's sales. One of Indesit's innovations was its launch of a line of Hotpoint appliances designed for the blind, which features Braille controls and an audio instruction booklet. The 30-year-old company is controlled by the Merloni family.

First Act is a lifestyle music brand enriching people’s lives through all things musical. The company create innovative, high-quality musical products with the end user in mind, designed to stimulate, entertain, and inspire.

CASIO COMPUTER wants a watch on every wrist and a handheld computer in every pocket. CASIO COMPUTER makes a wide range of electronics for consumers, including calculators, cell phones, digital cameras, portable TVs, watches, and musical keyboards. CASIO COMPUTER also manufactures computing and communications devices, like PDAs and electronic cash registers. The company likes to seek superlatives in its products: the G-Shock watch (1983) boasted that it was the toughest (able to survive a fall from a three-story building) and the EXILIM camera (2002) claimed to be the world's thinnest (roughly the size of a credit card). The three younger brothers of late founder Tadao Kashio continue to run CASIO COMPUTER.

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