Founded in 1976, Walsh & Simmons is co-owned by company president Bill Simmons and vice president Mike Walsh. Walsh & Simmons company manufactures wood and metal furniture primarily for use in the restaurant industry. Its products, distributed through authorized dealers and representatives, include upholstered and wooden booths, stools, wooden and metal chairs, waiting settees, and table tops and bases.

Wacoal Holdings Corp. (Wacoal), incorporated in 1949, is a designer, manufacturer and marketer in Japan of women’s intimate apparel, with a share of the Japanese market for foundation garments and lingerie. The Company also designs, manufactures and sells nightwear, children’s underwear, outerwear, sportswear, hosiery and other apparel and textile products, and engages in restaurant businesses, cultural projects and builds interiors for commercial premises, including sales counters operated in department stores and other retailers carrying the Company’s apparel. The Company’s product categories are innerwear, outerwear and sportswear, hosiery, textile products and other products.

Founded in 1973 by Chuck West as Pet Circus, the family-owned company changed its name to Pet Supermarket in 1986. Pet Supermarket has it all for your furry friend. The company sells more than 8,000 pet care products, including food, toys, medicine, and clothing, through its Web site and about 110 stores in a dozen states, primarily Florida. Stores also offer vaccinations for dogs, cats, and ferrets, and sell a variety of small animals, such as hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, and tropical fish. In addition, Pet Supermarket works with area organizations to host adoptions and related events for cats and dogs. Like its pet superstore competitors, customers can take their pets shopping with them.

John Smedley wants to bathe its customers in a knitted medley of textures and colors. The company makes fashionable knitwear for men, women, and children, as well as underwear and nightwear. Its products are sold through department stores and boutiques, as well as through a pair of company retail outlets and a Web site. In early 2009, John Smedley redesigned its London flagship. Founded in 1784 by John Smedley and Peter Nightengale (uncle of famed nurse Florence), it runs the world's largest fine-gauge knitting plant (which remains located at its original site). The Smedley family still owns most of the firm.

Great Plains Coca-Cola Bottling Company was founded in 1922 by the family of CEO Robert Browne. Great Plains Coca-Cola Bottling company distributes Coke products, as well as selected Dr Pepper products, throughout central and northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. It also operates a vending machine service under the name Snappy Snack Vending, which supplies customers with coffee, food, soft drinks, and other snacks. Great Plains was the first Coke bottler to use water-purification as part of its process.

Elizabeth Arden, Ltd. is more than a little ardent about its beauty products. The London-based subsidiary of Elizabeth Arden, Inc., Elizabeth Arden Ltd. boasts a sole retail outlet that's situated at the same spot as the company's headquarters. The subsidiary also runs a Red Door Spa at the same location. The cosmetics and scents company creates fragrances and cosmetics specifically for its UK clientele. In 2009 parent Elizabeth Arden launched a fragrance under the licensed Alberta Ferretti name for European markets. Elizabeth Arden Ltd. makes the UK-distributed fragrance, Green Tea Summer. Elizabeth Arden, Ltd. first opened its famed red door to the UK in 1997.

Rosy Blue, Inc., its US arm, was officially established in 1974. Rosy Blue company designs, manufactures, and distributes fine diamonds and bridal and fashion jewelry across a wide range of price points to mass and independent jewelry retailers, as well as department stores nationwide. With offices in more than 15 countries, the company makes its own jewelry under the Orra and ROSIBLU names as well as jewelry for partners, such as Canadia and Vera Wang. In the 1970s, when many Indian diamond houses were moving their operations to New York City, Rosy Blue's parent company (India-based Rosy Blue Group) followed suit.

SoftSheen/Carson Products is keeping the shine on its ethnic beauty. The company is one of the world's leading makers of ethnic hair care and beauty products, including shampoos, conditioners, gels, hair straighteners, relaxers, and shaving products. Its brands include Let's Jam, Baby Love, Optimum Care, Dark and Lovely, Magic Shave, and Weave Care. Founded in 1964 by Edward and Bettiann Gardner, SoftSheen was the largest African-American-owned beauty products company in the country until its acquisition in 1998 by L'Oréal USA, a division of French cosmetics giant L'Oréal. Carson was a subsidiary of L'Oréal USA before being merged with SoftSheen in 2000.

April Cornell Holdings is working to make an impression on the online retail scene. The company markets trendy mid-range apparel, handbags, jewelry, and other accessories for women and girls through its e-commerce site. It also designs tabletop and kitchen textiles, quilts, duvets, throws, and pillowcases. The company is led by its namesake founder, April Cornell, who started the business when her previous enterprise, Cornell Trading, was pushed into bankruptcy.

C&J Clark International Ltd. company is one of the largest makers of casual shoes in the world, manufacturing and selling its notoriously homely Clarks, Bostonian, and K Shoes brands for men, women, and children in department stores in more than 150 countries, as well as online. C&J Clark also operates some 550 Bostonian, Clarks, Hanover, and K company-owned stores, mostly in the UK, but also worldwide. C&J Clark is the UK market leader in shoes, ahead of Marks and Spencer. Founded in 1828 as a sheepskin tannery, about 70% of C&J Clark is now owned by the 500 living descendants of co-founder James Clark.

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