Boise Inc. manufactures packaging and paper products in North America. The company operates in two segments, Paper and Packaging. The Paper segment engages in the manufacture and sale of uncoated freesheet paper, including commodity and premium cut-size office papers; packaging papers, such as corrugating medium, label and release papers, and flexible packaging papers; commodity, and premium printing and converting papers comprising commercial printing papers, envelope papers, and form-related products; and market pulp. This segment markets its products to paper merchants, commercial and financial printers, paper converters, such as envelope and form manufacturers through its own sales personnel. The Packaging segment manufactures and sells containerboard, and corrugated containers and sheets, as well as newsprint. Its corrugated containers are used in the packaging of fresh fruit and vegetables, processed food, beverages, and other industrial and consumer products. This segment sells its products to agricultural producers, and food and beverage processors through its own sales personnel or brokers. The company is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

Mary Kay Cosmetics Ltd., founded in 1993, represents one of Mary Kay's more than 30 international markets. The UK boasts more than 5,000 independent sales representatives who work full-time or part-time based out of their homes. These sales reps peddle Mary Kay products directly to customers at home parties or at work. Mary Kay's products include skin care, cosmetics, fragrances, nail polish, men's grooming products, and sunscreen.

Founded in 1953, Diam's customers have included Clinique, L'Oral, Microsoft, Nintendo, and Wal-Mart. Diam International Company designs, makes, installs, and maintains custom retail displays for retailers and manufacturers. Diam's point-of-purchase displays and retail fixtures include back wall cosmetic systems, counter displays, fixtures for electronics requiring power and security, floorstands, kiosks, and stock shelving solutions. Operating globally and comprising Diam USA and Diam Europe subsidiaries, it has manufacturing facilities in the US and overseas.

Jesse Owens and Muhammad Ali broke records in their adidas athletic shoes. The heart of the adidas product line is athletic shoes, but the three-stripe logo appears on apparel and other jock accoutrements. As the #2 maker of sporting goods worldwide, behind NIKE, it has inked deals with football and basketball athletes, as well as the New York Yankees, and it serves golfers through its TaylorMade-adidas Golf. The company, which has more than 1,150 retail locations, boasted sponsorship rights to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. adidas' purchase of Salomon, the French maker of ski and golf gear, was short-lived. The company sold the unit to Amer Sports Corporation and bought Reebok for some $3.8 billion.

Skinvisible, Inc., together with its subsidiary, Skinvisible Pharmaceuticals, Inc., engages in the development and manufacture of topical polymer-based delivery system technologies and formulations for combining hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymer emulsions. Its Invisicare, a polymer delivery vehicle that allows normal skin respiration and perspiration, is used in antimicrobial hand sanitizer lotions, suncare products, skincare moisturizers, and sunless tanning products, as well as in various dermatology products for various skin disorders. The company also provides antibacterial/antimicrobial hand sanitizer formulations that offer skincare solutions for the healthcare, food service, industrial, cosmetic, and salon industries, as well as for personal use in the retail marketplace. The company was formerly known as Microbial Solutions, Inc. and changed its name to Skinvisible, Inc. in February 1999. Skinvisible, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Gitanjali Gems doesn't do things the old fashioned way. In an industry known for tradition and family-owned firms like DeBeers, the Indian newcomer has set tradition at naught. It sources, machine cuts and sets, and retails diamond and gem jewelry offering a dozen brands (Gili, Asmi, D'Damas, Rivaaz) across several retail channels, instead of trying to build the prestige of one name. Gitanjali has production plants in India, Thailand, Vietnam, and China with marketing outposts in Europe, Japan, and the US. Retail outlets include Gitanjali Lifestyle stores (1,200+), Samuels and Rogers in the US, mass merchants, and catalogs. The company has also launched a designer apparel label under the Gitanjali name.

Marilyn Miglin manufactures luxury cosmetics, fragrances, and skin care products, as well as offering salon services in Chicago. Its signature fragrance, Pheromone, sells for $500 an ounce. The company's goods are sold at high-end retail outlets such as Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, and May's Lord & Taylor, as well as online or by mail order. Other products include scented candles and vitamins. The company was founded by its president and CEO (and promotional TV personality) Marilyn Miglin in 1963. Miglin, known as the "Queen of Makeovers," is the widow of murdered real estate developer Lee Miglin.

Leebern founded Georgia Crown as Columbus Wine Company Distributor in 1938, the same year Georgia prohibition was repealed. After the first rail shipment of legal liquor was received, someone -- reportedly the Dixie Mafia -- murdered him. Today the family-owned company distributes beer, wine, liquor, bottled water, juices, and soft drinks to Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. The bottler also distributes its brand of bottled water, Melwood Springs. CEO Donald Leebern Jr. is the grandson of the company's founder. The Leebern family still owns the business.

Chairman, CEO, and owner Vera Wang founded the firm in 1990. A bride needs to budget more for herself if she wants to walk down the aisle in a wedding dress from Vera Wang Bridal House. With gowns reaching $20,000, Vera Wang has designed bridal gowns for celebrities the likes of Sharon Stone and Mariah Carey. Vera Wang also designs evening gowns, bridesmaid dresses, and sportswear, and licenses its name for other apparel, as well as for china, crystal, eyewear, footwear, fragrances, jewelry, linens, silver, and more. Vera Wang's products are sold through upscale department stores, specialty stores, and a pair of company-owned flagship boutiques located in New York City and Los Angeles.

Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&CO.) strives to provide the world's casual workday wardrobe, inside and out. LS&CO., a top manufacturer of brand-name clothing globally, sells jeans and sportswear under the Levi's, Dockers, and Levi Strauss Signature names in more than 110 countries. It also markets men's and women's underwear and loungewear. Levi's jeans -- department store staples -- were once the uniform of American youth, but LS&CO. has been working to reconnect with the niche and expand outside the US. It has transformed its products portfolio to include wrinkle-free and stain-resistant fabrics used in making some of its Levi's and Dockers slacks. The Haas family (relatives of founder Levi Strauss) owns LS&CO.

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