Sarkli Repechage gives damaged skin a second chance. The company is a wholesaler and retailer of personal care products, including skin and body care items that contain seaweed and other botanicals. Products include the Repechage Four Layer Facial, Vita Cura antiaging creams, the Hydra Medic line of cleansers for acne-prone skin, fruit-scented body scrubs, SPF-enhanced cosmetics, and sunless tanning gel. Repechage's treatments are sold to spas in the US and internationally, as well as through its Web site. After opening Manhattan's first day spa in the late '70s, president and CEO Lydia Sarfati founded Sarkli Repechage in 1980.

B.J. Vines, aka Betsey Johnson, is a perennial favorite among women who are funky and consider themselves eclectic, and after some 30 years in the business, the eccentric designer and her company namesake are still going strong. Betsey Johnson clothes, shoes, fragrance, makeup, lingerie, legwear, and accessories are distributed through about 50 specialty stores of the same name and department stores worldwide. B.J. Vines has expanded its product offerings and operations through about a dozen licensing agreements. Having owned a majority of the firm, Johnson sold a controlling stake to Boston-based private equity firm Castanea Partners in August 2007.

The L&D Group LLC was founded in 1901. The Lyon and Dittrich Holding Company (dba The L & D Group) is an organization of nine autonomous manufacturing and service companies. The L & D Group staff provides services such as treasury, human resource and risk management and general strategic decision making support to all of its subsidiaries. Lyon Metal Products, L & D Group's largest subsidiary, is a leading manufacturer of high quality fabricated steel storage equipment and workspace products. Headquartered in Aurora, Illinois, The L & D Group serves as the holding company for nine independent manufacturing and service companies.

Yakka wants its customers to quit their yammering and get back to yakka (an aboriginal word for work). Australia-based Yakka Pty Ltd is the country's leading designer, manufacturer, and wholesaler of work apparel, footwear, and other gear for men, women, and children. The company boasts a line of school uniforms, as well. Yakka's brands include Icon, Can't Tear 'Em, Dowd Corp, Generation-Y, Neat N Trim, and Yakka Hard Wear. The company also fabricates private-label apparel and owns an Australian license for the manufacturing and distribution of Lee jeans. David K. Laidlaw founded the company in 1922. Yakka was acquired by Pacific Brands in 2007.

Polka Dog Designs, LLC company, founded in 2000, sells its products through select specialty retailers nationwide. The plan at Polka Dog Designs is to have dogs everywhere dancing with joy and wagging their tails in expectation of culinary delights. The company (which does business as polkadogbakery) is a boutique for dogs, serving a variety of gourmet dog treats; it's also a wholesaler. Its menu includes morsels such as Treatza Pizza, Tuna Yelper, Queso Fundido, Liver's Lane, and Power Barks, as well as After Dinner Mints. polkadogbakery also sells a variety of pet supplies and apparel including lunchboxes, harnesses and leads, toys, beds, collars, and food and water bowls.

United-Guardian, Inc. was founded in 1942 and is based in Hauppauge, New York. United-Guardian, Inc. engages in the research, development, manufacture, and marketing of cosmetic ingredients, personal and health care products, pharmaceuticals, and specialty industrial products in the United States and internationally. The company offers LUBRAJEL, a line of water-based moisturizing and lubricating gel formulations; KLENSOFT, a surfactant for cosmetic formulations; UNITWIX, a cosmetic additive used as a thickener for oils and oil-based liquids; CONFETTI DERMAL DELIVERY FLAKES for use in various water-based products; ORCHID COMPLEX, a base for cosmetics; LUBRASLIDE and B-122 lubricants used in cosmetics; RAZORIDE, a hypo-allergenic and water-based shaving product; PLEXAJEL ASC, a water-based gel product to produce clear and low pH personal care products; AQUATHIK, a powder used as a gelling agent for aqueous solutions; and HYDRAJEL PL and HYDRAJEL VM personal lubricants and moisturizers for the feminine personal care market.United-Guardian company also provides LUBRAJEL RR and RC water-based gels used as lubricants for catheters; LUBRAJEL MG to lubricate urinary catheters, prelubricated enema tips, and other medical devices; LUBRAJEL LC, a mouth moisturizer for oral use; and LUBRAJEL FLUID to lubricate water-soluble products. In addition, the company offers RENACIDIN, a urological drug to prevent and dissolve calcifications in catheters; and CLORPACTIN WCS-90, an antimicrobial for use in urology and surgery to treat localized infections. Further, it offers DESELEX Liquid, a sequestering and chelating agent; and POLYCOMPLEX M and Q complexing agents to produce clear solutions of water-insoluble materials. The company distributes its products to drug wholesalers, hospitals, physicians, long-term care facilities, Veteran's Administration, and other government agencies through marketing partners, distributors, advertising in medical and trade journals, mailings to physicians, and exhibitions.

Fortunately for its consumers, "MOP" is merely an acronym for the corporation and not an adjective describing its end users' hairstyles. Modern Organic Products (familiarly known as "MOP") makes organic hair care and skin care products that are sold by professional salons and specialty retailers nationwide. Brands include MOP, c-system, and glisten. It also makes American Crew- and d:fi-branded products and sells them through their own Web sites, as well as through haircare professionals. The company supports development of its products without testing on animals.

Knoxville is thirsty. Bottoms up, says The Pepsi Bottling Co. of Knoxville. It bottles the PepsiCo brands of soda and water and distributes the beverages to food stores and other retail outlets throughout eastern Tennessee, as well as in parts of Georgia and South Carolina. The company is a subsidiary of The Pepsi Bottling Group, the world's largest bottler and distributor of Pepsi products.

Calvin Klein, Inc. is one of the leading fashion design and marketing studios in the world. It designs and markets women¹s and men¹s designer collection apparel and a range of other products that are manufactured and marketed through an extensive network of licensing agreements and other arrangements worldwide. Brands/lifestyles include Calvin Klein Collection, ck Calvin Klein, Calvin Klein, Calvin Klein Jeans and Calvin Klein Underwear. Product lines under the various Calvin Klein brands include apparel, accessories, shoes, sleepwear, hosiery, socks, swimwear, belts, eyewear, watches, jewelry, coats, suits and fragrances, as well as products for the home.Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation is one of the world's largest apparel companies. It owns and markets the Calvin Klein brand worldwide. It is the world's largest shirt and neckwear company and markets a variety of goods under its own brands, Van Heusen, Calvin Klein, IZOD, Arrow, Bass and G.H. Bass & Co., and its licensed brands, including Geoffrey Beene, Kenneth Cole New York, Kenneth Cole Reaction, BCBG Max Azria, BCBG Attitude, MICHAEL Michael Kors, Sean John, Chaps, Donald J. Trump Signature Collection, JOE Joseph Abboud, Tommy Hilfiger, and Perry Ellis Portfolio.

Tevco Enterprises has nailed down its corner of the US fingernail polish manufacturing industry. Tevco makes nail polishes and polish ingredients for such iconic companies as Chanel, Revlon, and Shiseido. The company, which operates in the Americas, was the North American unit of Durlin (which, in turn, was part of French chemicals powerhouse SNPE, a maker of nitrocellulose, an ingredient in propellants, inks, and varnishes). In mid-2006 SNPE sold Tevco Enterprises to an independent investment group.

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