Oxford Industries, Inc. company is a top US manufacturer of brand name and private-label clothing and footwear, as well as a retailer in the US and the UK. Its Tommy Bahama business makes branded men's and women's casual attire and operates more than 80 stores in the US. Its Ben Sherman unit boasts some 30 UK stores. Oxford also produces designer men's clothing, including golfwear, under license from Tommy Hilfiger, Nautica, Oscar de la Renta, and others. Oxford's customers include national and regional specialty stores, direct retailers, and department stores. Macy's, Nordstrom, and Debenhams were Oxford's biggest customers in 2008.

The firm now ships more than 50 million bottles of wine a year through two businesses, Laithwaites (formerly Bordeaux Direct) and the "Sunday Times" wine club. Both operations sell wine online. Founder Tony Laithwaite first entered the wine business by importing French wines and selling them from a rented railway arch in 1969. When the "Sunday Times" in 1973 published an expos on some of the dirty tricks of the British wine trade, Laithwaite wrote to distance himself from the bad press. The letter drew 2,000 reader responses and prompted the newspaper to establish a wine club with Laithwaite's help.

Polo Ralph Lauren is galloping at a faster clip than when founder Ralph Lauren first entered the arena 40 years ago. With golden mallet brands such as Polo by Ralph Lauren, RRL, Rugby, and Club Monaco, the firm designs and markets apparel and accessories, home furnishings, and fragrances. Its collections are available at some 10,800 locations worldwide, including many upscale and mid-tier department stores. (Macy's and Dillard's account for more than a third of all wholesale revenue.) The company also operates about 315 Ralph Lauren, Club Monaco, and Rugby retail stores worldwide as well as the e-commerce sites RalphLauren.com and Polo.com. American style icon and CEO Lauren controls the company.

Trans-India Products, which operates as ShiKai Products, is a family-owned leading developer and manufacturer of natural personal care products. ShiKai offers some 50 skin and hair care products, including Borage Dry Skin Therapy lotions and creams, oatmeal and aloe Moisturizing Bath and Shower Gels, Dermaceutical Formulation facial skin care products, and the Salon Naturals color-enhancing hair care line. ShiKai products are sold in natural food and beauty stores, such as Longs Drug Stores, Trader Joe's, and Whole Foods Market.

Sauder focuses on furniture for the home and house of worship. It makes ready-to-assemble (RTA) and other furniture for residences, churches, schools, and healthcare institutions. It distributes its products to retailers, such as Target, Wal-Mart, and Office Depot, as well as to specialized markets (courtrooms, universities, healthcare facilities, and libraries). Its Wieland unit provides acute healthcare seating and tables. Its worship furniture includes pews and upholstered wood chairs, among other items. Sauder sells its RTA furniture through three subsidiaries, including Progressive Furniture (consumer), Sauder Manufacturing Company (church and institutional), and Studio RTA (an importer and distributor).

Elmer's Products, Inc. was founded in 1947 when former parent Borden debuted its white Cascorez Glue, which was renamed Elmer's Glue-All after Elmer, the spouse of Borden icon Elsie the Cow. Elmer's is owned by investment giant Berwind. Elmer's Products makes more than 200 adhesive items, including glues for wood, school, and all-purpose, as well as the top instant adhesive in the US -- Krazy Glue. Besides its sticky business, Elmer's markets brands such as X-Acto (knives), Bienfang (papers), Conte (crayons), ColorLoco (markers), GiddyUp (arts and crafts goods), and Scientific Explorer (educational kits). Products are sold by retailers worldwide and online.

Gima, LLC company provides custom embroidery and screen-print services for clothing and accessories. It offers over 100 custom lettering fonts that it uses to stitch logos on everything from hats to shirts to golf bags. Gima also provides private label cutting and sewing and specializes in fleece fabric. Clients include Aetna, Eastern Mountain Sports, L.L. Bean, and McDonald's. Gima is owned and operated by brother-in-laws Roberto Giansiracusa and George Marinelli. Roberto's Italian immigrant father Luigi began working in the US as a tailor in 1952 and eventually opened his own apparel firm with help from wife Ines.

Shiner International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the research and development, manufacture, marketing, sale, and distribution of packaging film and color printing for the packaging industry. Its products include coated film, shrink-wrap film, common film, anti-counterfeit laser holographic film, and color printed packaging materials. The company offers bi-axially oriented polypropylene based films for various applications, including printing, lamination, and over-wrap packaging. Its films are used in various industries, such as bakery, beverage, candy/confections, cheese, cosmetics/personal, compact discs, dairy, fruits/vegetables, nuts, pharmaceuticals, and tobacco. In addition, the company provides color printing services consisting of surface printing and reverse printing services used by consumer goods manufacturers and beverage companies. It serves consumer products manufacturers, distributors, printers, and converters located in the People's Republic of China, southeast Asia, Europe, and North America.

BWAY Holding Company and its subsidiaries engage in the manufacture and distribution of metal and rigid plastic containers primarily for the manufacturers of industrial and consumer products for packaging. The company operates in two segments, Metal Packaging and Plastic Packaging. The Metal Packaging segment offers a line of rigid metal containers made from steel, including paint cans and components, aerosol cans, ammunition boxes, steel pails, oblong cans, and various other specialty cans used to package paint, household and personal care products, automotive after-market products, paint thinners, driveway and deck sealants, food products, and other end-use products. The Plastic Packaging segment provides injection-molded plastic pails and blow-molded tight-head containers, bottles, and drums used to package petroleum, oils, lubricants, pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, other chemical applications, paint, ink, edible oils, high-tech coatings, high-solid coatings, roofing mastic and adhesives, and driveway sealants, as well as hybrid and all-plastic paint cans. BWAY Holding Company serves the paint and building, non-retail food services, janitorial and chemical, agriculture, oil and petroleum, inks, and other general industries.

CEO Shelli Gardner and her sister (who later left the company) founded Stampin' Up! Inc in 1988. Through a network of about 40,000 independent sales representatives in North America and internationally, Stampin' Up! markets exclusive wood-mounted rubber stamps and accessories for use in arts and crafts, scrapbooking, greeting card design, and home decoration. California, Michigan, Minnesota, Washington, and Wisconsin are among the states with a large number of distributors. It also has representatives based in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, and the UK.

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