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The vision behind Shoplet is fairly simple: to create the ultimate single source environment where businesses can procure office products, according to Tony Ellison, CEO, president, and cofounder. Founded in [...]

From it's humble beginnings in 1941 with a single 1,800-square-foot store to its position today as one of the largest appliance retailers in the New York-Northern New Jersey area, Karl's [...]

The King may be gone, but he is far from forgotten. Elvis Presley routinely ranks among the top earning deceased celebrities, and through Elvis Presley Enterprises, more than 250 companies [...]

Nice guys don't always finish last. In fact, for the Paul Mitchell Schools, being nice is the company culture. With more than 100 franchised cosmetology schools under the Paul Mitchell [...]

Most grocery stores aim to be a part of the communities they serve, but Drexel Hill, Pa.-based The Fresh Grocer chain really goes the extra step in the neighborhoods it [...]

Shigeru Natake is on a mission to get Americans to eat more tofu. The president of House Foods America, which recently expanded its tofu producing capabilities to the East Coast [...]

Sanrio has the kind of relationship with its customers that envy of consumer gift companies everywhere. With its motto of 'small gift, big smile,' the company is celebrating its 50th [...]

The six-store Hickman's IGA chain headquartered in Mexico, Mo. recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, and the family-owned chain continues to pride itself on being a company that maintains a small-town [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PROFILE Joester Loria Group Debra Joester, co-founder, president, and CEO [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Joanne Loria, co-founder, executive vice president, and COO www.joesterloriagroup.com HQ New York City Employees 27 Revenue [...]

PROFILE Food Network Sergei Kuharsky, general manager of new enterprises www.foodnetwork.com HQ New York City Employees 130 In 2006, Food Network pumped up its efforts to expand beyond its popular [...]

For Rogers Family Company, selling coffee is about more than turning a profit; it's about making sure everyone involved in the process benefits. 'To have a successful transaction, everyone has [...]

The research and development of new products at Lise Watier Cosmetiques begins at the top. 'Because we are women here, we know the needs of our customers and we share [...]

The 13-store Foodfair Markets grocery chain has one advantage that gives it a leg up over other smaller independent grocery store chains. By operating its own warehouse, the chain is [...]

From selling green products to building LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified stores, being environmentally conscious is more than just a convenient marketing tool for office supply giant [...]

The kids who have grown up watching Nickelodeon over the past 30 years are now having children of their own, and Nickelodeon Consumer Products is making the most of that [...]

Cedarlane Natural Foods proves that companies can make good-tasting frozen foods that are healthy as well. The Venice, Calif.-based company started as a health food company in 1981 and was [...]

For more than 160 years, consumers have been loyal to the familiar yellow box of Arm & Hammer baking soda. Over time, those consumers have used baking soda for everything [...]

There was a time when a cable television network didn't put too much thought into its brand identity, outside of the new fall lineup it trotted out every year. Gradually, [...]

In today's throwaway society, it is increasingly harder to find the kind of high quality, handmade goods that are built to last a lifetime. However, for White's Boots, a commitment [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PROFILE Monoprice Sean Lee, founder and general manager www.monoprice.com HQ Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Revenue $39.7 million in 2008 Employees 60 full-time, 30 temporary [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It can be [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PROFILE Beanstalk Group Michael Stone, president and CEO www.beanstalk.com HQ New York City Employees 90 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the 17 years the New York City-based licensing [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PROFILE Dollar Giant Joe Calvano, president, founder, and CEO www.dollarglant.com HQ Vancouver, British Columbia Locations 74 Employees 1,500 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Anyone who thinks of dollar stores as a [...]

PROFILE Hypercom Will Rossiter, vice president of global marketing www.hypercom.com HQ Scottsdale, Ariz. Number of employees 1,300 The methods and locations companies can use to accept payments are nearly limitless. [...]

PROFILE Earth911 Aaron Witsoe, executive director of national recycling program Raquel Fagan, executive editor Sandra Keil, vice president of government affairs www.earth911.com HQ Scottsdale, Ariz. From its beginnings as a [...]

With 200 stores in the Western US, Tully's Coffee is already a major player in the gourmet coffee market, but it is looking to take a bigger piece of the [...]

They are the faces we've seen on the comics page for the better part of a century: Popeye, Hagar the Horrible, Blondie, and Betty Boop. And for the past 40 [...]

Founded more than a century ago, Soudertron, Pa.-based Asher's Chocolates has had to work hard to stay ahead of some significant market changes in the past decade. Although traditional candy [...]

Bijoux Terner has succeeded by sticking to a simple and unique concept: selling fashion accessories at a single low price. In the US, everything from handbags, jewelry, and watches to [...]

Although it is becoming more common to find gluten-free foods on local grocery store shelves, shoppers can still have a hard time finding good tasting foods that are free of [...]

Anyone who thinks of dollar stores as a deep-discounted hodgepodge of hit-or-miss items has likely never shopped at one of the 74 Vancouver, BC-based Dollar Giant stores. With a clean, [...]