Brother International Corporation is one of the premier providers of products for the home, home office and office. Our U.S.A. corporate office, located in Bridgewater, New Jersey, was established in the US on April 21, 1954 and markets many industrial products, home appliances, and business products manufactured by its parent company, Brother Industries, Ltd., of Nagoya, Japan. These products include an award-winning line of Multi-Function Center® and printers. Brother also provides the number one line of facsimile machines in the U.S. and is the leader in electronic labeling, with its full line of P-touch® Electronic Labeling Systems. With revenues of approximately $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2006, Brother and its subsidiaries employ over 1,100 people in the Americas.

Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California. Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. designs, develops and markets men’s and women’s footwear and accessories. The Company’s brands include Trotters, SoftWalk, and H.S. Trask, and the Company hold belt and accessory licenses for the Wrangler brand. The Company also develops and sells private label brand belts and leather accessories for national retailers. During the fiscal year ended January 3, 2009, (fiscal 2008), its operations were comprised of three segments: footwear, premium footwear, and accessories. Its footwear segment includes its Trotter and SoftWalk brands. Its premium footwear segment consisted of H.S. Trask and Tommy Bahama. In its accessories segment, the Company sold predominately leather belts and accessories. During fiscal 2008, approximately 10,000 store locations in the United States carried its products, including many major department stores, mail order companies, and specialty retailers.

Dolce & Gabbana S.r.l. designs, produces, and distributes clothing, leather goods, footwear, and accessories. It also offers fragrances, eyewear, timepieces, and jewels. Dolce & Gabbana S.r.l. was founded in 1985 and is based in Milan, Italy. It has subsidiaries in New York, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. The company has distribution branches in Rome, London, Paris, Barcelona, and Düsseldorf. Dolce & Gabbana S.r.l. operates as a subsidiary of Dolce & Gabbana Luxembourg S.à.r.l.

Crocs, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in Niwot, Colorado. Crocs, Inc. and its subsidiaries design, develop, and manufacture consumer products from specialty resins worldwide. It primarily offers footwear for men, women, and children under the Crocs brand. The company designs and sells a range of footwear, apparel, gear, and accessories that utilize its proprietary closed cell-resin, called Croslite. It also offers a line of apparel for boys, girls, and men featuring Croslite material; and accessories, including snap-on charms, backpacks, and messenger bags. Crocs sells its products through crocs branded retail store locations, including company-operated kiosks and retail stores; Web stores; sporting goods and department stores; specialty retailers; and sales agents and buying groups. As of December 31, 2008, it operated 70 domestic and international retail stores, 174 domestic and international retail kiosks located in malls and other high foot traffic areas, and 32 outlet stores. The company was formerly known as Western Brands, LLC and changed its name to Crocs, Inc. in January 2005.

In 1967 Graham Webb founded the international hair care company, which is now woven into Wella AG. The firm's roots are in hair care education. Its first Graham Webb Academy opened in London in 1981. The company now has academies in the US -- specifically the District of Columbia, Minnesota, and California. Along with its some dozen UK salons, Graham Webb makes hair care, body care, and cosmetics worldwide and sells them through licensed beauty salons, cosmetologists, and distributors. Wella AG bought Graham Webb in 2001. Procter & Gamble acquired Wella in 2004.

Texas Farm Products was founded in 1930 by M. S. Wright, Sr., grandfather of company president and CEO M. S. "Bud" Wright III. Texas Farm Products has something to feed 'em and help keep them healthy. The family-owned company makes pet foods, livestock feeds, and lawn and garden fertilizers and ships them to more than 40 countries worldwide. Texas Farm Products' brand names include Lone Star (livestock feed and pet food), Precise (food for dogs and cats), Precept (international brand of Precise), ANF (locked-fresh packaged dog and cat food), Star Pro (upscale line of dog and cat food), and Green Up (fertilizer for lawns and gardens).

H.H. Brown manufactures and distributes casual, work, and dress shoes and boots under more than a dozen brands, including Acme, Bøc, Børn, Brunswick, Carolina, Corcoran, Dexter, Double-H, Matterhorn, Nurse Mates, Quark, Ruhne, Sofft, and Softspots. Founded in 1883, H.H. Brown is named after Massachusetts shoemaker Henry H. Brown and is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. The company owns and sells through two Web sites (shoeline.com and supershoes.com); more than 50 of its own H.H. Brown SuperShoes stores; and through other retailers.

Autumn Harp Inc. was founded in 1977. Autumn Harp company is a contract manufacturer for the cosmetics and personal care products industry. It makes lipsticks, lip balms, blushes, eye shadows, skin moisturizers, body scrubs, and other beauty aids. The firm also runs a research and development lab for formulating flavors, fragrances, shimmer effects, and natural and organic products. Clients have included Bath & Body Works, The Body Shop, Estee Lauder, and Victoria's Secret.

Garry and Deb Coburn founded G & D in 1982. G & D Enterprises is a manufacturing agent, acting as a liaison between producers of mostly pharmaceutical, health, and beauty products and their distributors. The company also offers other services, acting as a distributor to drug stores, department stores, and large-scale grocers and wholesalers and managing other companies' warehouse stock. Its distribution network reaches from one end of Canada to the other. G & D also makes its own over-the-counter products, such as the Maybe Baby ovulation testing device, Trustex condoms, and Sox (for men, women, and children).

Founded in 1909 as a blanket maker for Native Americans, it also sells its products through department stores, including Dillard's and Macy's, and in specialty shops, as well as through catalogs and online. Pendleton's goods are sold in the US, Canada, China, and Japan. The sixth generation of the Bishop family owns and operates the firm. Pendleton Woolen Mills controls every other step of the production of its men's and women's apparel, blankets, pillows, luggage, furniture, and other items. It buys raw wool; makes fabric and garments at its Nebraska, Oregon, and Washington factories; ships finished goods; and even sells the products in about 70 Pendleton shops.

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