Samas NV (formerly Samas-Groep) specializes in creating furnishings needed for an ergonomic work environment. The company develops and supplies a wide variety of office furniture for customers throughout eastern and western Europe. Samas products include seating, storage, and desktop furniture for individual workstations, as well as meeting spaces. The company serves its clients through about 20 European operating companies. Samas started as a stationery store in the 1920s, expanded through acquisitions, and later changed its focus to office furnishing.

Boss Holdings Inc. company was founded in 1893 and is based in Kewanee, Illinois. Boss Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the import, marketing, and distribution of gloves, boots, rainwear, and pet supplies in the United States and Canada. The company offers gloves, boots, and rainwear products primarily to retailers, such as convenience stores, mass merchandisers, and hardware and grocery stores; and industrial customers comprising companies in the agricultural, automotive, energy, lumber, mining, and construction industries. It markets its products through distributors and manufacturer representatives, as well as directly through its own sales force to certain retail customers. The company provides custom imprinted balloons, mini-sport balls, signature balls, exercise balls, beach balls, and other inflatable products, as well as various non-inflatable imprinted items, including yo-yos, juggle balls, sport horns, fan-ta-sticks, holiday candles, and ornaments. Its pet supplies include pet cable restraints, collars and leads, pet toys, rawhide chews, shampoos, and other pet specialty products, which are marketed primarily to pet supply specialty, and hardware and discount retailers under the Prestige brand name.

Tweezerman International has the tools for those who prefer to be highly maintained. The company has supplied celebrities and well-known makeup artists with its Slant Tweezers for a quarter of a century. Founded by government activist Dal LaMagna in 1980 with only the Splintertweeze, Tweezerman makes more than 100 types of personal care implements for men's and women's manicures, pedicures, eyes, and facials. Its products are sold through professional beauty suppliers, as well as cosmetic and department stores, drug store chains (CVS and Walgreen), and specialty retailers nationwide. Zwilling J. A. Henckels, the highly-renowned German-based maker of knives and scissors, bought the company in January 2005.

Paul Fredrick is an apparel manufacturer and online retailer that does business best by cutting out the middle man. Paul Fredrick MenStyle designs classic men's apparel (dress shirts, pants, neckties, sportcoats, suits, formalwear) and sells direct to the consumer by mail-order catalog and the Internet. The company got its start as part of contract shirt manufacturer Fleetwood Shirt Company (a supplier to high-end department stores for about half a century). An ad in the Wall Street Journal offering dress shirts straight from the manufacturer gave Paul Fredrick its own start in 1986.

Viva Optique, Inc. company, which was founded in 1978 by Harvey Ross, has in-house design teams located in Italy and New Jersey that pump out some 1,000 designs yearly. Viva Optique company is part of HVHC, a subsidiary of health insurance provider Highmark. Viva Optique has set its sites on keeping its customers in shades worldwide. It operates Viva International Group, a leading worldwide eyewear and sunglass manufacturer. It has about 15 international offices and distributes its products in more than 60 countries. Brand names include Bongo, Candie's, Ermenegildo Zegna, Escada, Givenchy, Guess?, Harley-Davidson, and Tommy Hilfiger.

Founded in 1973 by Chuck West as Pet Circus, the family-owned company changed its name to Pet Supermarket in 1986. Pet Supermarket has it all for your furry friend. The company sells more than 8,000 pet care products, including food, toys, medicine, and clothing, through its Web site and about 110 stores in a dozen states, primarily Florida. Stores also offer vaccinations for dogs, cats, and ferrets, and sell a variety of small animals, such as hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, and tropical fish. In addition, Pet Supermarket works with area organizations to host adoptions and related events for cats and dogs. Like its pet superstore competitors, customers can take their pets shopping with them.

Paul Frank Industries (PFI) the firm has been capitalizing on co-founder Paul Frank's cartoon Julius monkey icon -- and the cute-appeal wave he's been riding -- since the company started in 1997. It also boasts characters Skurvy, Clancy, Sheree, and Worry Bear. Its product lines have expanded from plastic wallets to a themed wardrobe for men and women, children's clothes, bedding, kids furniture, and accessories ranging from eyewear and watches to print towels. PFI also does product collaborations with other pop-icon owners. Its products are distributed through about 20 The Paul Frank Stores worldwide and thousands of specialty stores worldwide.

The Wakefield Shirt Group arose in the wake of its counterparts' success. The company is a holding company for a trio of apparel makers that have grown up in the UK city of Wakefield. The company's Wm. Sugdens & Sons subsidiary, established in 1869, provides professional attire and accessories for almost anyone able to hold a job. ThreadNeedle is a turnkey outfitter that is able to handle all aspects of special apparel order production, from concept to delivery. Double Two, founded in 1940, makes and markets fashionable men's and women's apparel, focusing predominantly on shirts. The unit's products are distributed through retail stores. The founding Donner family owns the company.

Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices in Secaucus, New Jersey and Dongguan, China. Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. designs, sources, and markets a range of fashion footwear and handbags in the United States and internationally. It also designs and markets apparel and accessories through license agreements, as well as private label footwear and handbags for selected retailers. The company's products for men include tailored clothing, dress shirts, dress pants, neckwear, outerwear, sleepwear, underwear, belts, sunglasses, prescription eyewear, watches, fragrance, jewelry, luggage, business cases, socks, and leather goods. It also offers various women’s products, such as sportswear, outerwear, swimwear, sleepwear, leather goods, belts, sunglasses, prescription eyewear, watches, jewelry, fragrance, and luggage. In addition, Kenneth Cole Productions licenses its children’s apparel. It offers its products under the Kenneth Cole New York, Kenneth Cole Reaction, Unlisted, Le Tigre, and Gentle Souls brand names, as well as has the rights to use the Bongo trademark for footwear through a license agreement. The company markets its products to approximately 5,700 department and specialty store, and off-price locations, and through its consumer direct business, which includes retail and company stores, and e-commerce.

NIKE, Inc. (NIKE) is engaged in the design, development and worldwide marketing of footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessory products. NIKE sells athletic footwear and athletic apparel. It sells its products to retail accounts, through NIKE-owned retail, including stores and Internet sales, and through a mix of independent distributors and licensees, in over 170 countries around the world. Running, training, basketball, soccer, sport-inspired casual shoes, and Kid’s shoes are its footwear categories. It also markets shoes designed for aquatic activities, baseball, cheerleading, football, golf, lacrosse, outdoor activities, skateboarding, tennis, volleyball, walking, wrestling, and other athletic and recreational uses. It sells a line of performance equipment under the NIKE brand name, including bags, socks, sport balls, eyewear, timepieces, electronic devices, bats, gloves, protective equipment, golf clubs, and other equipment designed for sports activities.

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