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Giorgio Armani S.p.A. is one of the world's leading fashion houses. Few designers are credited with changing fashion to the same extent as its namesake, Giorgio Armani, who is the firm's sole shareholder, managing director, and chairman of the board. The group is unique in remaining aloof from...

General Motors Corporation (GM) is the world's largest full-line vehicle manufacturer and marketer. Its arsenal of brands includes Chevrolet, Pontiac, GMC, Buick, Cadillac, Saturn, Hummer, and Saab. Opel, Vauxhall, and Holden comprise GM's international nameplates. Through its system of global...

Following its March 2004 acquisition of eMachines, Inc., Gateway, Inc. ranks as the third largest personal computer in the United States, trailing only Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Company, with an overall market share of 7 percent as well as a 25 percent share of the U.S. retail PC market...

Garden Fresh Restaurant Corporation is one of the fastest growing restaurant chains in southern California. Started in the late 1970s, Garden Fresh offers buffet style dining with an emphasis on fresh salads, homemade breads and pastries, and soups made from scratch. Garden Fresh operates 61...

Garan, Inc., is engaged in the design, manufacture, and sale of men's, women's, and children's apparel under the Garanimals, Garan, Bobbie Brooks, and private label names. Most of Garan's output is sold to mass merchandisers, major national chain stores, department stores, and specialty stores...

GameStop Corp. is the largest U.S. player in the retail sector specializing in video game and PC entertainment software, and also ranks in the top five in the broader toy retailing sector. In addition to new and used software, GameStop's stores also sell new and used video game equipment. The...

Frost & Sullivan, Inc. is a leading market research, executive training, and consulting firm that operates around the world. The company produces hundreds of in-depth written reports each year on a wide variety of subjects, trains executives in management and marketing skills, and sponsors...

Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc. was, in the mid-1990s, the largest temperature-controlled trucking company in North America. The company's temperature-controlled less-than-truckload (LTL) operation was the largest in the United States and the only one offering regularly scheduled nationwide...

Legally a Bermuda corporation, Frontline Ltd. is a shipping company operated out of Oslo, Norway, by dynamic Chairman and CEO John Fredriksen. In a series of moves since the mid-1990s, Fredriksen has assembled the world's largest oil tanker fleet, totaling more than 80 vessels, primarily in the...

Confined to upstate New York for most of the century, Rochester Telephone became Frontier Corp. in 1995 and immediately began to transform itself from a provider of telephone service in specific parts of the United States to a nationwide provider of integrated communications services. By the end...

Frito-Lay Company is the world leader in the salty snack category, controlling more than 35 percent of the world market in snack chips and 60 percent in the United States. Among the company's well-known brands are five that generate annual sales of $1 billion each: Lay's, Ruffles, Doritos...

Florida Progress Corporation is a diversified holding company whose primary businesses are fuel supply and power. Its primary subsidiary, Florida Power Corporation, the state's second-largest utility, was supplying electricity to 1.3 million customers in 1997. Its service area was primarily in...

Alba, Italy's Ferrero SpA is one of the giants of the world's confectionery industry. Still owned and run by the Ferrero family, Ferrero has built its success on a limited number of strong brands, including the hugely popular hazelnut and chocolate spread Nutella--the company claims that its...

Fannie Mae, also known as Federal National Mortgage Association, is the largest nonbank financial services company in the world. A shareholder-owned company, Fannie Mae is one of the largest corporations in America. It operates exclusively in the secondary mortgage markets, serving the...

Exxon Mobil Corporation is the second largest integrated oil company in the world, trailing only BP p.l.c. The company is involved in oil and gas exploration, production, transportation, and marketing in more than 200 countries and territories. Exxon Mobil is a major manufacturer of basic...

Expedia, Inc. began offering online travel services on the Microsoft Network toward the end of 1996. Microsoft Corporation nurtured its start-up company, investing heavily in technology to provide advanced search capabilities and other features. Microsoft spun the company off in 1999 while...

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company is the largest rental car company in North America. The firm has more than 5,400 offices in the United States; these offices are located within 15 miles of 90 percent of the U.S. population. More than 600 additional offices operate in Canada, the United Kingdom...

Embraer S.A. (BM&F Bovespa: EMBR3 / NYSE: ERJ) (Portuguese pronunciation: [ẽbɾaˈɛɾ] is a Brazilian aerospace conglomerate that produces commercial, military, and executive aircraft[2] and provides aeronautical services.[3][4] Headquartered in São José dos Campos,[5] Embraer is, alongside...

Supply Chain Management of Electronic Arts Inc. : Electronic Arts, Inc. (EA) (NASDAQ: ERTS)[1] is an international developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games...

Supply Chain Management of Eastman Kodak Company : Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) is a multinational US corporation which produces imaging and photographic materials and equipment. Long known for its wide range of photographic film products, Kodak is re-focusing[2] on two major markets...