brand effect

The Brink’s Company (NYSE: BCO) is a security and protection company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Its core business is Brink’s, Incorporated; it spun off its Brink’s Home Security operations into a separate company (Broadview Security) in 2008. In 2005, the company...

Brightpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: CELL) is a leading global communications technology firm that specializes in the distribution of wireless devices and in providing customized logistics services to the wireless industry. Brightpoint had a 2009 revenue of $3.2 billion. With 3,269 employees and 25,000...

Briggs & Stratton is the world's largest manufacturer of air-cooled gasoline engines for primarily outdoor power equipment. Current production averages 11 million engines per year. Engines are a critical component to consider when buying a push mower. That’s because ease of starting...

The Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) (abbreviated BSC), is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a range of interventional medical specialties, including interventional cardiology, peripheral interventions, neuromodulation...

Founded in 1979 by Advent veterans Andy Kotsatos and Frank Reed, Boston Acoustics is a manufacturer of home and mobile audio equipment operated out of Peabody, Massachusetts. Boston Acoustics entered the mobile audio category in 1983. It manufactures many of the woofer, midrange, and tweeter...

Bose Corporation (pronounced /ˈboʊz/) is a privately held organization, based in Framingham, Massachusetts, that specializes in audio equipment.[2] Founded in 1964 by Amar G. Bose, the company operates 5 plants, 151 retail stores (as of October 20, 2006) and an automotive subsidiary at Stow...

BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) is a United States-based worldwide automotive industry components and parts supplier. It is primarily known for its powertrain products,[1] which include manual and automatic transmissions and transmission components, (e.g., electro-hydraulic control components...

Borders Group, Inc. (OTCBB: BGPIQ) is an international book and music retailer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The company employs approximately 19,500 throughout the U.S., primarily in its Borders and Waldenbooks stores. Online shopping is offered through borders.com. As of January 30, 2010, the...

The Boeing Company (pronounced /ˈboʊ.ɪŋ/ boh-ing) is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in...

Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ: BOBE) is a food service, processing, and retail company based in Columbus, Ohio. The company is named after its founder, Bob Evans (1918–2007).[3] It operates two family dining restaurant chains in the United States, Bob Evans Restaurants and Mimi's Cafe. Its food...

The BNSF Railway, formerly known as the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.,[2] and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. BNSF is one of seven North American Class I transcontinental railroads and the second largest freight railroad...

BMC Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: BMC) is a multinational corporation specializing in Business Service Management (BSM) software, with record annual revenue in fiscal 2009 of $1.87 billion. BMC is one of the largest software companies in the world[2] and has grown total revenue each fiscal year since...

Blyth, Inc. is a Greenwich, Connecticut based marketing and manufacturing company that sells personal and decorative products. The company reported having 4,000 employees as of January 2007 and is incorporated in Delaware. In 2001, it was the largest candlemaker in the United States.[3]...

BlueLinx Holdings NYSE: BXC is a Fortune 1000 company based in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the largest building products wholesaler in the country. History The distribution division of Georgia-Pacific Corporation began operations in 1954 with 13 warehouses utilized for the storage and distribution...

Black & Decker Corporation was a corporation based in Towson, Maryland, United States, that designed and imported power tools and accessories, hardware and home improvement products, and technology based fastening systems. On March 12, 2010, Black & Decker merged with Stanley Works to become...

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. (NYSE: BJ), commonly referred to simply as BJ's, is a membership-only warehouse club chain operating on the United States East Coast, as well as in the state of Ohio.[1] The company is ranked #232 on Fortune magazine's 2010 listing of America's 500 largest public...

BJ Services Company was a oil and gas equipment and services company that is now a subsidiary of Baker Hughes. It was founded in 1872 as the Byron Jackson Company by inventor Byron Jackson and at its peak operated in more than 50 countries worldwide. BJ Services Company is a leading worldwide...

Biomet, Inc. is one of the world leading medical device manufacturer located in the Warsaw, Indiana business cluster.[1] The company specializes in reconstructive products for hips, knees and shoulders, fixation devices, orthopedic support devices, dental implants, spinal implants and operating...

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. NYSE: BIO, was founded in 1952 in Berkeley, California. The company was initially engaged in the development and production of specialty chemicals used in biochemical, pharmaceutical, and other life science research applications. Today, Bio-Rad manufactures and...

BIGGBY COFFEE offers the finest selections of coffee beans around. The proprietors of BIGGBY have meticulously searched the world for the best quality beans available and offer them to you. All our coffees are specially micro-roasted, including our very own BIGGBY Best Blend. At BIGGBY, we...