USPA Accessories LLC company, which operates as Concept One, boasts a vast portfolio of accessories that includes headwear, backpacks, gloves, and umbrellas, among other items. Its products are made through licensing agreements under names Sean John and Levi's Red Tab, as well as emblazoned with team names from the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL. USPA sells its items through department stores nationwide. The company was founded in 1986 as Drew Pearson Marketing by former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Drew Pearson. In late 2006 Concept One Accessories purchased Drew Pearson Marketing from Hong Kong's Mainland Headwear Holdings Limited for about $8 million.

Joseph and Stephanie Koret founded the firm in 1938. Koret was acquired by Kellwood in 1999. Koret of California, a Kellwood subsidiary, manufactures women's apparel under the City Blues, Koret, and Francisca brand names for distribution to department stores in the US. Koret of California, which operates within Kellwood's women's sportswear segment, generates a large portion of revenue for its parent. Koret's apparel is sold in major department stores, such as Beall's, Catherines, Dillard's, Gottschalk's, Federated, Old Pueblo Traders, and others. Its products are also sold online at shopkoret.com

Fibre-Craft Materials Corporation® has been a leader in the creative activities business for over 55 years. Established in 1953, Fibre-Craft® began by manufacturing wood fiber for handcrafting artificial flowers. Fibre-Craft expanded in 1959 to mass-market retail outlets for arts and crafts, floral supplies, doll supplies, and decorative accessories. Since then, Fibre-Craft have continued to grow into other areas, all the while taking care to maintain our high standards for quality and creativity. Today, stores across the world are proud to carry Fibre-Craft products.Fibre-Craft® has spent more than half a century earning its outstanding reputation for quality. Fibre-Craft invite you to compare Fibre-Craft products to any others in the crafting and creative activities business. You’ll see why Fibre-Craft customers insist on Fibre-Craft®, where Fibre-Craft put Fibre-Craft heart into all Fibre-Craft do!

The firm was founded in 1950 by Leonard Nemschoff. Nemschoff company makes not only high-end chairs, but tables, casegoods, and other furniture for use in hospitals and various healthcare facilities nationwide. Its seating options span styles for patient, lounge, guest, and bariatric settings. Its Foxxman line caters to healthcare customers with its Lancaster recliner and Beaumont sleep settee. For children, Nemschoff makes furniture, playhouses, and wall activities under the Playscapes brand. Nemschoff operates three manufacturing facilities out of Wisconsin and Iowa.

SC Direct subsidiary sells women's wigs and wiglets mostly through catalogs such as Paula Young but also through its Web site: WigShop.com. A similar catalog, Especially Yours, targets African-American women. Its Daxbourne International unit sells similar products in the UK through catalogs and a few stores. Its Heart of Gold division offers synthetic and human hair wigs to women experiencing hair loss due to chemotherapy and medical treatments. Specialty Catalog also offers continuing education through its Western Schools division. Specialty Catalog was sold to EdgeStone Capital Partners in 2005.

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.

Gio! Giorgio Armani Corporation is the American arm of Italian fashion house Giorgio Armani S.p.A. The US operation, which generates about a quarter of its parent's revenue, makes and retails upscale apparel for men, women, juniors, and babies. It boasts a retail network of about 50 Armani Exchange stores, a dozen Giorgio Armani boutiques, and a pair each of Armani/Casa and Armani/Cafe outlets. The firm also has a dozen Emporio Armani shops and is expanding the banner in Hawaii. Giorgio Armani licenses its name to manufacturers of perfume, cosmetics, watches, eyewear, jewelry, and accessories. Its Giorgio Armani Cosmetics unit operates within its own stores, as well as through Nordstrom and Saks.

Rusk keeps salons worldwide stocked and smelling like a new hair cut. A division of Conair Corporation, Rusk's sole focus is to supply premium hair-care products to salons. Its products include the Sensories aromatherapy line, Blondes highlight-enhancing line, being-brand shaping products, deepshine-brand hair protector, Internal Restructure body-building line, Thermal STR8 straightener, and the Design Series. The company peddles its products through distributors from Canada to Texas to Iceland.

Lather Inc. Company makes and markets hair care, skin care, and body products for women, men, and babies. It also sells aromatherapy items and accessories such as pumice stones. Lather sells products through its handful of namesake shops in Arizona, New York, and California; national and international upscale department stores (Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's); QVC; and a catalog. It also wholesales its products and provides them to hotels and resorts. The company is expanding into other states, such as Georgia, by way of a new niche -- airport stores.

Hospital Specialty Company was founded in 1919. Hospital Specialty Company that steps in to make them a little more comfortable. The manufacturer makes and supplies its products to the retail, institutional, healthcare, and commercial markets. The company makes hygiene products, diapers and adult incontinence products, odor-control sprays, soaps, nursing pads, wash cloths and wipes, sanitary napkin dispensers, and other items. A subsidiary of The Tranzonic Companies, Hospital Specialty Company boasts a vast products portfolio that includes brand names Global Clean and Gentle Persistence skin care products, Health Gard first aid kits, and Precious baby products.

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