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Alico, Inc. Statistics: Public Company Incorporated: 1960 as Alico Land Development Company Employees: 143 Sales: $48.3 million (2003) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: ALCO NAIC: 111998 All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming Company Perspectives: Alico, Inc., is an agribusiness company...

The ALDO Groupe owns and operates a worldwide chain of shoe and accessory stores. The company was founded by Aldo Bensadoun in Montreal, Quebec, in 1964 where its corporate headquarters remain today. It has grown to become a worldwide corporation, with over 950 stores under 8 retail banners...

99 Cents Only Stores (NYSE: NDN) is a price-point retailer chain based in Commerce, California. The store offers products at $0.9999 or less.[1] Founded by David Gold in 1982, most of the stores are located in Southern California, with others in Nevada, Arizona and Texas. The company also...

84 Lumber is an American building materials chain. 84 Lumber Company is the largest privately held building materials supplier to professional contractors in the country. Headquartered in the Pittsburgh Metro Area town of Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, it was founded in 1956 by Joseph Hardy. 84 had...

800-JR Cigar, Inc., more commonly known as JRCigar or JRCigar.com, is one of the largest wholesalers and retailers of cigars, cigar related products and pipe tobacco in the United States. The company originated as a cigar shop in Manhattan but now chiefly operates through on-line and catalog...

Marketing Strategy of 7-Eleven : 7-Eleven is part of an international chain of convenience stores, operating under Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd, which in turn is owned by Seven & I Holdings Co. of Japan.[2] 7-Eleven, primarily operating as a franchise, is the world's largest operator, franchisor...

5 & Diner Franchise Corporation Statistics: Private Company Incorporated:1987 Employees:600 Sales:$25 million (2004 est.) NAIC:722110 Full-Service Restaurants Company Perspectives: Our concept is more than just a 50's style diner with 12 signature burgers. We are also a family destination...

4Kids Entertainment (Pink Sheets: KIDE) (commonly known as 4Kids) is an American film and television production company. It is known for English-dubbing Japanese anime, specializing in the acquisition, production and licensing of children's entertainment around the United States. The first anime...

Marketing Strategy of 3M Company : 3M Company (NYSE: MMM), formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation based in Maplewood, Minnesota, a suburb of St. Paul. With over 76,000 employees, they produce over 55,000 products...

3Com was a digital electronics manufacturer best known for its computer network infrastructure products. The company was co-founded in 1979 by Robert Metcalfe, Howard Charney, Bruce Borden, and Greg Shaw, and is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts. The name 3Com came from the company's...

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Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world,[4] with over 17,800 stores in 49 countries, including over 11,000 in the United States, almost 800 in the UK, and nearly...

Nintendo Co., Ltd. (任天堂株式会社, Nintendō Kabushiki gaisha?) is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889[2] by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards.[6] By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and...

Google Inc. is a multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products,[6] and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program.[3][7] The...

Marketing Strategy of Ferrari : Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL; previously Apple Computer, Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone...