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Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd. is one of Australia's most successful retail groups, controlling an empire of more than 150 department stores. Nearly all of these stores, which emphasize computers, home entertainment equipment, and home appliances are operated on a unique franchise model, wherein...

Hartmarx Corporation is a holding company for a number of clothing companies, including its flagship brands of men's tailored clothing (suits, sportcoats, and slacks): Hart Schaffner & Marx and Hickey-Freeman. From its tailored beginnings, Hartmarx expanded into men's and women's...

Harte-Hanks, Inc. is a diversified direct marketing company offering a host of services to customers worldwide. The company's specialties include data analysis, strategic planning, and market research. Originally a newspaper business cofounded by Houston Harte and Bernard Hanks, over the years...

Harsco Corporation was formed in 1956 as the result of a merger between Harrisburg Steel Corporation, Heckett Engineering Inc., and Precision Castings Co. Within the next three decades, through a series of acquisitions--which were integrated as company divisions and subsidiaries&mdash well as...

Harry's Farmers Market Inc. is an Atlanta-based grocery chain, but its megastores are far removed from the traditional groceries of yesteryear. Specializing in perishable food products and ready-to-eat meals, Harry's appeals chiefly to a clientele with sophisticated tastes, plenty of disposable...

Harry Winston Inc. is the corporate name of The House of Harry Winston, one of the world's most prestigious luxury jewelers. The worldwide operation is run from a Fifth Avenue location in New York City, where the company not only maintains a salon open to a select clientele, but also operates...

Harry N. Abrams, Inc. is the largest publisher of art and illustrated books in the United States. The company publishes and distributes about 200 titles each year and maintains as many as 1,500 titles in print. Abrams puts out many well-known series of books about art and artists, including the...

Harry London Candies, Inc. is a North Canton, Ohio-based confectioner primarily known for its high-quality chocolate products. The company also offers caramels, mints, and toffees. A subsidiary of Alpine Confections, Inc., Harry London produces some 2,000 different items in its...

Harrods Holdings represents one of the most prestigious names in shopping history, operating the famed Harrods department store at Knightsbridge, London. The seven-story, 111,000-square-meter building, which includes more than 74,000 square meters of selling space, features 330...

The chain that became Harris Teeter started as two small North Carolina enterprises in the late 1930s. The first of these was Harris Super Market, opened in Charlotte in 1939 by W. T. Harris, who had borrowed $1,500 to start the business three years earlier. Though nothing like the vast shopping...

Harris Interactive Inc. combines the capabilities of the Internet with the name recognition of renown opinion pollster Louis Harris, and has become one of the world's fastest growing Internet-based market research companies. After Louis Harris and Associates was purchased in 1996 by a Rochester...

The origin of the Harris Corporation, a leading American electronics company, is actually to be found in the printing business. What began as a minor manufacturer of printing press machinery has evolved during this century into an important developer of cutting-edge electronics technology. In...

William Harrah parlayed a Reno bingo parlor into a company, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., consisting of Nevada casinos, hotels, and nightclubs that brought in nearly $200 million a year before his death in 1978. Harrah's later opened a casino-hotel in Atlantic City and expanded rapidly in the...

Based in Chicago, and with additional offices in Los Angeles, Harpo Inc. is one of the most successful production companies in the history of entertainment, one of the largest black-owned companies in the world, and the brainchild of one of the television industry's highest-paid performers ever...

For nearly 170 years the Harper name has been synonymous with the printed word, having cradled American publishing from its infancy to world dominance in the 20th century. A variation of "Harper" has adorned the pages of a wide selection of materials, from hand-bound editions of the classics to...

Harper Group Inc. is an international provider of freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and logistics management services. Harper's primary operating subsidiary, Circle International, Inc., operates essentially as a travel agent for goods--managing the door-to-door delivery process including...

Harold's Stores, Inc. is a merchant and manufacturer of updated but classically styled men's and women's apparel. Each store in the chain features upscale specialty clothes for men and women ages 20 through 50, although typically the "updated traditional" styles appeal mostly to young executives...

Harnischfeger Industries, Inc. is a world leader in the manufacture, marketing, and servicing of mining equipment for both surface and underground operations. Until the year 2000, when it sold its Beloit Corporation subsidiary, Harnischfeger was also a major manufacturer of machinery for the...

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited is the largest gold producer in South Africa, accounting for about one-third of all gold produced in the country; the company is among the largest gold producers in the world. Harmony specializes in transforming mature gold mines of marginal profitability by...

Harmon Industries, Inc. since World War II has played an instrumental part in supplying the nation's railroads with advanced systems for signaling, inspection, and train control and safety. The company designs and manufactures rail/highway grade crossing hardware and related services, such as...