Mariloff International is a girl's best friend, particularly if she's a Georgia Peach or lives in Big D. The company, which does business as Mariloff Diamond Wholesale, sells diamonds and fine jewelry in Europe, Israel, and the US and operates showrooms in Atlanta and Dallas. Its products include earrings, pendants, necklaces, bracelets, birthstone jewelry, and wedding rings for men and women. Mariloff was founded by Arie Fozailoff. His three sons -- Josef, Moshe, and Rafael -- run the business today.

Inverness Corporation Company's piercing system is used in some 5,000 US retail outlets and is sold in about 45 countries. The system accompanies a pierced earring selection of about 200 styles. Customers have included Wal-Mart, Claire's, and Merle Norman, among others. Inverness also offers onsite training for staff. For those who like to go solo, there's a personal piercer and personal care products, such as antiseptics for ear care and body piercing care. The company boasts offices in Canada, Hong Kong, France, Japan, the UK, and the US.

Pegasus International Holdings (PIH) manufactures athletic, dress, and leisure footwear. The Chinese shoemaker's products include sports sandals, casual shoes, hiking boots, golf shoes, and athletic shoes for brand names such as NIKE, Timberland, Dick's Sporting Goods, and L.L. Bean. PIH's manufacturing operations are located in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan and have the capacity to produce 25 million pairs of footwear per year. The company also engages in other investment activities and provides administrative services to its companies. The majority of its sales go to the US -- although domestic sales and sales to other Asian countries are growing.

Allied Beverage Group, LLC ("Allied"), as it is known today, was created by the mergers of The Baxter Group, Inc., F&A Distributing Company and The Jaydor Corporation. All three predecessor companies were leaders of the wholesale wine and spirits industry in New Jersey dating back to the Repeal of Prohibition in the early 1930s. Allied has emerged as New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive wine and spirits distributor and ranks among the ten largest such distributors in the United States.Allied represents the product lines of the world's leading suppliers of beverage alcohol and related products as it services the needs of New Jersey's licensed package stores, restaurants, hotels, taverns and clubs. Allied conducts its business through the following general and specialized sales and merchandising divisions: Allied Nations, Allied Beverage Promotions, Allied Beverage Group On Premise, Banner Distributors, Dorchester, F&A Distributing, Flagstaff Distributors, Favin Import Co., International Vintners, J&J Distributing, Joseph H. Reinfeld Distributors, Majestic Wine & Spirits, Merchants Wine and Liquor, Meritage Wine Group, and Pinnacle Sales & Marketing.

National Distributing Company provides the liquid bottoms-up stuff for those suffering from parched throats in Georgia and New Mexico. National offers libations from companies such as distiller Brown-Forman and winemaker E & J Gallo, along with most other major alcoholic beverage makers. Following the combination of most of National's operations with those of distributor Republic Beverage to form RNDC Texas, LLC (also known as the Republic National Distributing Company) in 2007, National Distributing Company remained in business, but with operations in Georgia and New Mexico only.

Founded in 1948 as Modern Mold and Tool Corporation by Al Liguori, Internet Design Technologies is still owned by the Liguori family. Doing business as National Pen, Internet Design Technologies makes advertising specialties, including custom promotional bags, calendars, cups, mouse pads, pens, shirts, and other marketing items. The firm makes its own ink (through California's National Ink), which is also sold to other pen and marker makers. Internet Design Technologies operates through divisions and subsidiaries in the US, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, and the Philippines.

Aspen Pet Products, Inc. company was founded in 1979 and was acquired by Petmate (formerly Doskocil Manufacturing Company) in 2006. Aspen Pet Products might be the blame for your pet's "Booda" belly or what brings out his or her "Dogzilla." The company makes and distributes pet treats, toys, and supplies, such as leashes and collars, bones, ropes and chews, litter, litter boxes, and shampoos. Some of Aspen Pet's better known lines include Booda pet toys, Yum-It-Up and Nummies treats, Snuffy's dog chews, and Buckaroo rawhides. The pet products provider sells its items to pet specialty retailers, mass merchants, and pet supply distributors and catalogs. Aspen Pet launched its Dogzilla line of dog toys in 2008.

Age Group makes and markets sleepwear, lingerie, and underwear under the brand name Of the Moment, as well as apparel and accessories under licensed names including Hello Kitty, Disney, Roca Wear, and American Tourister, and others. A leading wholesaler, Age Group also manufactures and designs pet accessories, including an exclusive line of pet apparel, bedding, and grooming supplies under the Martha Stewart brand, for sale in PetSmart stores. The company's products are distributed through large-scale department stores nationwide. Age Group's age? The company has been in the design and manufacturing business for more than 25 years.

Life certainly sounds good for brothers Bert and John Jacobs, who went from living in their van and subsisting on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to running a $100-million-plus company in just a few short years. The Life is good co-founders sold T-shirts to college students up and down the East Coast before creating the firm's stick-figure mascot, Jake. Life is good got its official start in 1994 and, today, the unconventional company makes casual apparel (T-shirts, lounge pants, boxers) and accessories, caps, backpacks, jewelry, pet gear, and home goods through a handful of company stores, its Web site, and through some 4,500 specialty and sporting goods stores in the US and more than 25 other countries.

Randa Leather Goods makes men's and boys' belts and other personal leather goods as part of Randa Accessories, which is known for its neckwear expertise. The division also makes and distributes lines of suspenders, packaged gifts, and boys' neckwear. Parent Randa Accessories boasts more than 10 licensing agreements to make accessories under the Levi's, Dockers, Dickies, Columbia, Izod, and Arrow brand names, among others. The company also markets products under its own handful of proprietary labels, such as Bill Adler Studio, Reward, and Dante. Randa Leather Goods sells its products through retail and specialty stores and catalogs.

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