Nautica sails the deep blue seas to provide classic American apparel. The upscale clothier designs, makes, and retails men's sportswear, outerwear, underwear, swimwear, and sleepwear. It also licenses its name for apparel and accessories. The company reversed course and tweezed women's wear from its wardrobe to focus on its men's sportswear, licensed products, and Web site. It still sells women's sportswear and sleepwear through Nautica.com and in select Nautica outlet stores. Namesake items are sold through more than 200 licensed Nautica stores worldwide; V.F. operates some 100 Nautica stores in US outlet malls. The manufacturer and retailer is owned by V.F. Corporation.

Director Gordon Merchant founded Billabong in 1973. Billabong International makes Billabong brand surf and extreme sports (skateboarding and snowboarding) apparel and accessories. Products sporting its wave logo include board shorts, swimwear, T-shirts, jackets, backpacks, watches, and footwear. Board riders and wannabes can buy the firm's gear at specialty sport stores and a few Billabong stores in more than 100 countries. The company sponsors surfers, skaters, and pro surfing tournaments in Australia, South Africa, and Spain.

A.T. Cross Company was founded in 1846 and is headquartered in Lincoln, Rhode Island. .T. Cross Company engages in the design and marketing of personal accessories in the United States. It operates in two segments, Cross Accessory Division (CAD) and Cross Optical Group (COG). The CAD segment manufactures and markets writing instruments, including ball-point pens, fountain pens, selectip rolling ball pens, and mechanical pencils, as well as refills. It also designs and markets various personal and business accessories, including leather goods, reading glasses, watches, desk sets, business totes, cufflinks, and stationery. The segment sells writing instruments under the Penatia and Cross brands. The CAD segment sells its products through direct sales force and manufacturers' agents or representatives to retail and wholesale accounts, and directly to consumers via its Website www.cross.com and the Cross retail stores in the United States, as well as through distributors and retailers worldwide. The COG segment designs, manufactures, and markets polarized eyewear under the brand names Costa Del Mar and Native. It sells its products through employee representatives and manufacturers' agents to optical and sunglass specialty shops, department stores, and sporting goods retailers in the United States.

Esselte makes paper-based filing and document management items (files, binders, folders, covers), workspace products (staplers, letter trays), and computer accessories under the Esselte, Leitz, Oxford, Pendaflex, and Xyron brands. Customers range from wholesalers and direct marketers to office superstores and mass retailers, including Wal-Mart, Target, and Staples. Esselte is controlled by equity firm J. W. Childs Associates.

REV Holdings is the revved up investment vehicle that helps to steer cosmetics manufacturer and marketer Revlon. The holding company for cosmetics giant Revlon's stock is also a subsidiary of company MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings. Backed by investors including primarily iconic billionaire Ron Perelman, Revlon since 1985 has built a business making and selling cosmetics, fragrances, and skin care and personal care products. Its products are sold under brand names such as Almay, Charlie, Revlon, and Ultima II through its indirect subsidiary, Revlon Consumer Products Corporation. Its products are sold in more than 100 countries across several continents.

Luster Products Co. was founded in 1957 by hairstylist Fred Luster, Sr. The African-American-owned company makes professional and consumer hair care products for people of African descent. Its products are sold to men and women under several brand names, including Renutrients, Pink, and S-Curl. Luster Products sells children's items under the PCJ Pretty-n-Silky & Smooth Roots name and products for stylists under the Designer Touch line. It sells its products worldwide through its own sales force and through specialty retailers. The hair care firm operates manufacturing facilities in Illinois and international branch offices in South Africa and the UK.

Founded in 1959, Commercial Furniture Group has operations in the US, China, Denmark, and Mexico. CFGroup has a portfolio of brands which have a unique heritage spanning hundreds of years. These brands have built an outstanding reputation for satisfying the needs and expectations of designers, end users, and dealers in their respective markets. Commercial Furniture Group formerly Falcon Products, designs and manufactures tables and seating for the food service and hospitality industries. It also produces furniture on contract for the office, health care, and education markets, as well as for the federal government. The CF Group's stable of brands, most of them gained through acquisitions, include Falcon, Howe, Shelby Williams, and Thonet.

Babor wants to treat its customers' skin to some of its products. Babor Cosmetics America Corporation makes systems for skin care treatments at home or in salons. The company offers face care products (including make up and moisturizers), as well as body care and sun care lines. It covers the men's market, too. Babor for Men includes men's skin care products (moisturizer, balancer, shaving gel, after shave balm, after shave, all-over shampoo, and deodorant spray) and fragrances. Babor Cosmetics has operations or representation in more than 50 countries. The first Babor product was HY-OL, a hydrophilic face cleansing oil patented in 1955 by namesake Dr. Michael Babor.

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.

Aubrey Organics makes and markets organic products (free of petrochemicals and synthetics) for the skin and hair -- for people and their pet counterparts. President and CEO Aubrey Hampton formulates each of the company's products, which are sold online and through specialty retailers nationwide, in small batches at the firm's manufacturing plant. The company's offerings include baby care items, bath products, fragrances, household goods, makeup, sun care formulas, and hair color products. Aubrey Organics was the first personal care company to be certified as an organic processor according to standards set by the Department of Agriculture.

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