Pookie Products was founded in 2001 by two New York University sorority sisters. Combine cosmetics and terms of endearment, and you get Pookie Products. The firm makes and markets lip balms using beeswax, shea butter, and natural oils such as avocado, apricot kernel, sweet almond, and coconut. Balms include its champagne-flavored I Do lip balm, It's a Boy! and It's a Girl! mini-tins, mint and vanilla Apookalips, as well as private labeling balms for wedding parties, bridal showers, and other special occasions. The company's products, which have expanded to include bath and body products and apparel, are available in specialty retailers (like Anthropologie) and through its online store.

Giovanni Marcolin Coffen founded Marcolin S.p.A. in 1961; his twin sons, Cirillo and Maurizio, later took over. The Marcolin family still controls the company, but brothers Andrea and Diego Della Valle now own more than 40% of it. Marcolin S.p.A. company makes designer eyewear (frames, sunglasses, and eyewear for sports) under its own Marcolin brands and licensed labels such as Kenneth Cole (U.S. market only), Miss Sixty, Roberto Cavalli, and Timberland. The company's Cébé subsidiary, based in France, produces sports-related eyewear. Marcolin sells its frames and other products through more than 50,000 outlets in some 80 countries.

Theo Fennell calls its wares the "unstuffy alternative" to jewelry -- others have called it simply quirky (and expensive). It offers the designs and jewelry of its namesake founder at prestigious locations (such as its flagship Fulham Road store and at Harrods and Bergdorf Goodman). The firm also designs and fabricates watches, silver gifts, and tableware, as well as corporate trophies and awards. Products are pricey: A typical limited-edition watch costs more than $50,000. Customers have included celebrities such as Liz Hurley and Victoria Beckham. The company has been concentrating on expanding its distribution.

Kingmaker Footwear Holdings wants to make feet feel like royalty. The company is a contract shoe manufacturer specializing in leather rugged footwear and casual shoes for such popular brands as Clarks, Marc Ecko, Privo!, Rockport, Skechers, and 310. It also makes children's and baby footwear for such brands as Elefanten and Stride Rite. Customers include department stores based in the US and Europe. The footwear firm has production lines in Cambodia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Zhongshan, and Zhuhai. In addition to its manufacturing operations, Kingmaker runs MOCCA, a Hong Kong-based chain of shoe and accessory shops.

Pretika Corporation makes it easy to bring the spa home. The company manufactures non-prescription skin and cosmeceutical personal care products, such as skin care and spa items. Its products are sold through the company Web site, and include acne medicine, anti-wrinkle therapies, facial masks, microdermabrasion kits, and facial regimens designed for teens. Pretika also offers services for private labels, including laboratory formulations and testing, manufacturing, marketing, sales, and warehousing.

Bonne Bell and the teenage game of spin the bottle go hand in hand. The company's Smackers lip gloss brand (introduced in 1973) is geared toward 'tweens who want their lips berry sweet. In addition to Bonne Bell's lipsticks and glosses, the company makes eye makeup (eye shadows, eye liners, mascara), as well as face and body products (bronzing and self-tanning items). Its brand names include Lip Glam, LipLITES, Lip SHAKE, VitaGloss, and Eye Style, among others. Founded in the late 1920s by J. G. Bell, a Kansas salesman whose first factory was in the basement of his family's rented home and named after his daughter, Bonne Bell now operates worldwide and is in its third-generation of family management.

Slimma plc is engaged in the manufacture, marketing and wholesale of ladieswear. The Company's portfolio includes the Premier collection, the Exclusive collection and the Lingerie collection. The Premier collection brands include Frank Usher, Dusk, Coterie and Quintesse. It designs, sources the manufacture of and wholesale ladies’ ready-to-wear occasion wear and accessories to department stores and independent shops in over 30 countries worldwide. The Exclusive collection includes the designing, subcontracting the manufacture of and the distribution of branded ladies’ wear collections, including Peter Martin, Slimma and Cattiva, to independent ladies’ shops in the United Kingdom, Eire and the United States. Its Lingerie Collection includes Splendour, a range of lingerie products offering solutions for the special occasion outerwear, and Beau Bra, a range of feminine lingerie. In December 2008, the Company acquired two brands, Michel Ambers and Claudia Stevens.

BOD Design Group hopes you'll remember to grab one of its products first. Formerly Berwick Offray until 2007, the company is one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of decorative ribbons, bows, and gift packaging. Its products are sold through mass merchandisers, specialty and variety retailers, and wholesale outlets for the packaging, floral, and craft trades in the US and abroad. It also operates several outlet stores in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Berwick added the Offray name in 2002 when it purchased ribbon maker C.M. Offray and Son. When its parent, CSS Industries, purchased C.R. Gibson, it combined its Berwick Offray and Cleo subsidiaries.

Founded in 1986, Crown Edition is owned and operated by CEO Kyung Shin. Crown Edition can supply the tote and a MP3 player. Crown Edition offers original equipment manufacturer (OEM) services to the bag and luggage industry, as well as serves the promotions and premiums industry. The company designs and manufactures a variety of luggage, including briefcases, outdoor packs and duffels, school bags, and totes by contracting with a network of thousands of international suppliers. It also makes digital electronics, such as MP3 players. Its private-label products are produced at plants in China.

IIMAK was founded in 1983 and is owned by management and investment firm Centre Partners. International Imaging Materials (IIMAK) makes inks, specialty papers, cartridges, and cassettes that are used by manufacturers, retailers, and shipping and distribution companies, as well as in medical applications. The company also makes ribbons for fax machines, bar-code machines, and ID card printers. IIMAK's thermal transfer ribbons are used to print tags and labels, in addition to making decals, signs, and other graphic art. Its customers include OEMs and distributors. Though headquartered in the US, IIMAK also has locations in Belgium, Brazil, and Mexico.

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