Welcome to FLAX art & design. The Flax family has enjoyed serving the creative community in the Bay Area through Flax San Francisco retail store since 1938. Over the years, Flax become well known for carrying an incredible breadth of product (over 40,000 items), providing you with a courteous and knowledgeable staff, and Flax ability to inspire creativity through the thoughtful presentation of merchandise. Flax are a fun place to shop, and as one customer said, Flax are a "candy store for the creative." Whether you are the creative one, or you are shopping for someone who is, Flax know you'll enjoy yourself and find what you're looking for.

Tom's of Maine hopes that natural health will lead to corporate wealth. The company has made its living, and its reputation, by selling its flagship toothpaste brand (responsible for more than half of company sales), as well as mouthwash, dental floss, deodorant, soap, and shaving cream made from natural ingredients and distributed in environmentally-friendly packaging. The firm gives 10% of its pre-tax profits to charitable organizations and encourages its employees to use 5% of their paid time doing volunteer work. CEO Tom Chappell and his wife, VP Kate Chappell, founded Tom's of Maine in 1970. Seeking entry into the specialty toothpaste market, Colgate acquired the company for about $100 million in 2006.

The office products maker was founded in 1952 by its namesake, Peter Pepper. Peter Pepper Products company designs and manufactures office furniture and accessories, including clocks, coat racks, magazine holders, tables, benches, waste baskets -- even planters. Peter Pepper also imports items from Canada, Europe, and Asia. Products are sold through corporate and government contract sales, as well as through retailers (which have included Boise Office Solutions, Ivan Allen Workspace, and Herman Miller). The company operates two facilities in Southern California, runs a showroom in Chicago, and has factory representatives across the US.

R.G. Barry Corporation was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Pickerington, Ohio. R.G. Barry Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in designing, sourcing, marketing, and distributing accessory footwear products in North America. The company offers indoor/outdoor casual footwear under the Terrasoles brand, and canvas/active fashion footwear products under the Superga brand. Its products include slippers, sandals, hybrid and active fashion footwear, and slipper socks. The company also offers its products under the Angel Treads, Dearfoams, DF Women, DF Men, Dearfoams DF, DFSport, EZfeet, Dearfoams NV, Snug Treds, Solé, Terrasoles, Utopia, Soluna, Levies, and Nautica brand names. It markets its products through traditional, promotional, and national chain department stores; mass merchants; discount stores; warehouse clubs; off-price retailers; specialty stores; independent retailers; catalogs; and Internet sites.

CIBA Vision (itself a subsidiary of Swiss "druggernaut" Novartis), CIBA Vision (UK) performs sales, marketing, and support services in Great Britain and Northern Ireland for its parent's line of contact lenses and lens care products. CIBA's offerings include disposable, toric, tinted, and bifocal lenses, and lenses with ultraviolet protection. Brands include FreshLook, AIR OPTIX, and Focus. Its lens care products are marketed under the brands AOSept Plus and Focus AQUA. CIBA Vision invests billions in research and development, however, no R&D activities take place in the UK.

ASICS Corporation company's name is an acronym of the Latin phrase "Anima Sana In Corpore Sano," meaning "you should pray for a sound mind in a sound body." ASICS makes footwear, sportswear, and uniforms for a number of sports, including basketball, volleyball, track and field, wrestling, and running. ASICS also makes accessories (such as hats, sports bags, and protective gear) and sports apparel; the company sells fashion-oriented items under the Onitsuka Tiger brand. ASICS operates subsidiaries in Australia, China, Europe, and the US.

Sothys USA wants women to be able to wash away the stress of the day so that they can keep their girlish glow alive and well. Sothys USA offers high-end skin care products, including three collections: basic, specialized care, and intensive care. In its licensed salons, trained estheticians create custom skin care programs for individual clients, including spa treatments, classes and workshops and home skin care. The firm also provides sun care, body care, and makeup items. Sothys USA is a subsidiary of Sothys Paris and has had a US presence for more than two decades.

Skinvisible, Inc., together with its subsidiary, Skinvisible Pharmaceuticals, Inc., engages in the development and manufacture of topical polymer-based delivery system technologies and formulations for combining hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymer emulsions. Its Invisicare, a polymer delivery vehicle that allows normal skin respiration and perspiration, is used in antimicrobial hand sanitizer lotions, suncare products, skincare moisturizers, and sunless tanning products, as well as in various dermatology products for various skin disorders. The company also provides antibacterial/antimicrobial hand sanitizer formulations that offer skincare solutions for the healthcare, food service, industrial, cosmetic, and salon industries, as well as for personal use in the retail marketplace. The company was formerly known as Microbial Solutions, Inc. and changed its name to Skinvisible, Inc. in February 1999. Skinvisible, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Founded in Dallas in 1973, Bag'n Baggage was acquired out of bankruptcy in mid-2008 by Colorado Baggage Company and renamed Colorado Bag'n Baggage. The company stocks luggage and travel goods from such manufacturers as Hartmann and Tumi, among many others. It also sells backpacks, business and travel accessories, business cases, luggage racks, travel organizers, and wallets from about 35 mall stores in about a dozen states. The company, which also does business as Houston Trunk Factory, Malm Luggage, and Colorado Baggage Co., offers repair services for luggage and leather goods, as well.

The world's #1 luggage maker, Samsonite makes softside and hardside suitcases, garment bags, and business cases under brand names such as Samsonite and American Tourister. The company also licenses its name for non-luggage products and dabbles in designer clothing. Samsonite makes travel gear (backpacks, duffel bags, wheeled luggage) for Timberland through a licensing agreement. It sells its products in more than 100 countries and through about 200 stores. Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners owns a majority stake in the ailing luggage maker.

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