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JJB Sports plc is in the big leagues of U.K. sports retailing. The leading sports equipment and sports apparel retailer operates 450 stores under the JJB Sports and Sports Division names throughout the United Kingdom. More than 180 of these stores feature a superstore format of more than 10,000...

J.H. Findorff and Son, Inc., is a leading general contractor of non-residential buildings serving southern Wisconsin. Based in Madison, where the employee-owned company ranks as the city's oldest general contractor, Findorff also has offices in Milwaukee. Findorff works with clients in different...

JG Industries, Inc., is the holding company for Goldblatt's Department Stores, one of Chicago's oldest discount retailers. Under the slogan "The Incredible Bargain Centers," Goldlatt's 14 stores primarily operate in inner city neighborhoods and cater to poor and immigrant populations by offering...

JDS Uniphase Corporation is a high technology company that designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes a wide range of products for the growing fiberoptic communications market. The company's fiberoptic components and modules are used by system manufacturers worldwide to develop advanced...

JD Wetherspoon plc is one of the United Kingdom's largest and fastest growing chains of publican houses (pubs). Blending a unique formula of unconventional locations--including former automobile showrooms, theaters, banks, and grocery stores--low beer prices, all-day food service, non-smoking...

By the early 1990s, the name J.D. Power and Associates had become synonymous with automotive quality in the minds of consumers. Power's surveys defined quality in terms of how consumers judged it, rather than from the manufacturers' point of view. Power's surveys influenced not only consumers...

J.D. Edwards & Company is a leading global designer of software for midrange computers. Its software is used by those involved with distribution, manufacturing, finances, human resources management, construction, public services, and other industries. In 1995 J.D. Edwards was supporting branch...

Our mission at JCPenney has changed little since Mr. Penney founded the Company in 1902: it was, and is, to sell merchandise and services to consumers at a profit, primarily but not exclusively in the United States, in a manner that is consistent with our Company ethics and responsibilities...

JB Oxford Holdings, Inc. offers brokerage and financial services primarily through subsidiary JB Oxford and Company (JBOC). The company provides full-service discount and online brokerage services, including mutual funds, securities, security options, annuities, and fixed-income products. JB...

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. is the largest truckload carrier in the United States. Since the passage of the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, which essentially deregulated the trucking industry, the company has grown to become the nation's leader in providing irregular route trucking...

Japan Pulp and Paper Company Limited (JP&P) is the largest Japanese pulp- and paper-trading company. It is 40%-owned by paper manufacturers and acts as a trading organization to procure raw materials and distribute finished products. When consignment sales carried out for clients are added to...

JAKKS Pacific, Inc. is a multi-brand toy company managed by industry veterans Jack Friedman and Stephen Berman. Typically, JAKKS Pacific adds to the marketability of its products by taking generic items and enhancing their value by securing licensing agreements. Foremost among its products is a...

J.A. Jones, Inc. is a leading U.S. construction company. With offices throughout the world, Jones has been involved with a multiplicity of commercial, industrial, military, and government construction projects throughout its more than 100 years in business. Among the numerous high-profile...

Bearer of an illustrious name and a distinguished past, J. & W. Seligman & Co. Inc. is now only one of many investment firms located in New York City albeit one of the few that remains independent in an increasingly concentrated industry. Although no longer what it once was--a potent force in...

J & J Snack Foods Corporation is a manufacturer and exporter of snack foods, beverages, and frozen specialties. Headquartered in New Jersey, the company considers itself the largest maker of soft pretzels in the United States. The company's hallmark--the SuperPretzel--has changed over time, but...

Supermarkets, hypermarkets, and other grocery outlets clustered tightly in the south of England form the nucleus of Britain's largest food and wine retailer: J Sainsbury plc, or Sainsbury's, as it is widely known. The company's expansion over a period of 125 years has been cautious but...

J. D'Addario & Company, Inc. is the largest maker of strings for musical instruments in the world. J. D'Addario also designs and manufacturers a collection of music-related accessories, including guitar straps and accessories, marketed under the Planet Waves brand name, and drum heads through...

J. Crew Group, Inc. markets several lines of casual men's and women's clothing through distinctive catalogs, a chain of retail stores, and the company web site. Each year the company issues 24 editions of the J. Crew catalog, distributing more than 80 million copies. Its retail stores include...

J. Alexander's Corporation is a Nashville, Tennessee-based chain of 27 full-service, casual dining restaurants (as of December 28, 2003), located in a dozen states but mostly in Ohio, Tennessee, and Florida. The chain offers contemporary American cuisine, with an emphasis on high-quality...

J. Baker, Inc., is the leading U.S. retailer of clothing and footwear for the men's big and tall market, which comprises some 16 million consumers. As of October 1999, the company operated 450 Casual Male Big & Tall stores, over 90 REPP Big & Tall stores, some 50 REPP Premier stores, the REPP By...