Vicarage Lane Ilford Essex IG1 4AQ United Kingdom Plessey is one of Britain's largest electronics manufacturers. Primarily involved in the design and development of communications systems, it has in recent years been an excellent case study in corporate revivals. As late as 1979, Plessey was in such poor shape that it was touted as an industrial garage sale waiting to happen. But after a long sea…
302 The East Mall Etobicoke Ontario M9B 6B8 Canada The Oshawa Group is one of Canada's largest suppliers of food, operating in both the wholesale and retail sectors. The company runs 102 supermarkets under a variety of banners, including Food City, IGA, and Dutch Boy. It is also the largest wholesale supplier to independently owned IGA stores in Canada. Oshawa is active in the general merchandise…
520 Broad Street Newark New Jersey 07102 United States The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company focuses on providing individual life insurance. The company has responded to changing lifestyles and needs by expanding its product lines to include group life and health insurance, pensions, corporate-owned life insurance, and asset-management services. Throughout its history, Mutual Benefit Life has…
1740 Broadway Street New York New York 10019 United States The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (MONY) has been successful for most of its history. It played a key role in the development of the U.S. life insurance industry. Although it has been selling conventional whole life policies for more than a century, MONY has accounted for several industry innovations. Despite its conservative …
100 West Walnut Street Pasadena, California 91124 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The evolving requirements and expectations of our customers are dramatically changing the engineering and construction industry. In both the public and private sectors our clients are striving to improve quantitative and qualitative returns on capital investments, operate more productively, take advantage of the advanc…
77 Main Street Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 2R1 Canada The North West Company, Inc., is the leading seller of food and other general merchandise in small towns across the northern territories of Canada and Alaska. The company runs general stores in more than 100 locations, providing local populations with a wide variety of services. Boasting an illustrious history that began in the colonial era, the No…
18 Chestnut Street Worcester, Massachusetts 01608-0828 U.S.A. The Paul Revere Corporation ranks as North America's top provider of individual non-cancelable disability income insurance (DI), holding a market share of 18.4 percent at the end of 1993. The company, which had over a half-million individual DI policies in force in the early 1990s, is the only firm with a primary concentration on indiv…
Post Office Box 111 Bryan, Ohio 43506-0111 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The ability to satisfy the needs of our customers and the ultimate consumer is the base of our existence. Therefore, The Ohio Art Company is dedicated to: All divisions meeting and exceeding minimum volume/profit objectives. Consistently increasing shareholder value. Providing an involved, continuously educated and trained em…
600 Madison Avenue 26th Floor New York, New York 10022 U.S.A. The Peak Technologies Group, Inc., is the major international full-service distributor and systems integrator of bar-code data-collection and wireless data-communications equipment and systems, focusing primarily on industrial applications and certain niche retail applications. The company's distribution and system integration operatio…
6 Connaught Place London W2 2EZ England The Rank Organisation Plc maintains a diversified array of holdings primarily in the film and television industries, but it also owns various holiday, recreation, and leisure businesses. Among these operations are the Odeon cinema chain in England; various holiday parks and centers in Europe; bingo parlors and casinos in England, Canada, and Spain; and Hard…
Rouse Company Building 10275 Little Patuxent Parkway Columbia, Maryland 21044-3456 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Rouse Company has grown over the past 65 years to become a leader in community development and retail centers. Committed to quality and dedicated to creating projects that have timeless appeal because they consistently capture the human element, the company's past successes and expe…
Reader's Digest Road Pleasantville, New York 10570 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. is a global publisher and direct marketer of products that inform, enrich, entertain and inspire people of all ages and all cultures around the world. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. is a worldwide publisher and distributor of magazines, books, recorded music, and home video…
2013 Farallon Drive San Leandro California 94577 U.S.A. Company Perspectives The North Face is committed to pushing the limits of design, so that you can push your limits outdoors--never stop exploring. The North Face, Inc., is a manufacturer and distributor of high-grade equipment and apparel used in mountaineering, skiing, and backpacking. While the reputation of North Face was built on outfitt…
229 West 43rd Street New York, New York 10036 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The core purpose of The New York Times Company is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high quality news, information and entertainment. The New York Times Company (NYTC) is a diversified media company including newspapers, magazines, television and radio stations, electronic information services, an…
230 South County Road Palm Beach, Florida 33480 U.S.A. The Quick & Reilly Group, Inc. is the holding company for Quick & Reilly, Inc., one of the three largest discount brokerage houses in the United States in the 1990s, with 13 percent of the market in 1996. Another subsidiary, U.S. Clearing Corp., was the third largest in its field, maintaining accounts and clearing securities transfers for hun…
1 Place Ville Marie Post Office Box 6001 Montreal, Quebec H3C 3A9 Canada Company Perspectives: Our Vision is to be Canada's premier global financial services provider, with committed people working as a team to exceed customer and shareholder expectations. Our Focus is on improving performance in each of our businesses to achieve consistent and superior returns for our shareholders. Our Strategic…
Crown House Rugby Warwickshire CV21 2DT United Kingdom The Rugby Group plc is one of the United Kingdom's largest producers of cement and related products, such as lime and fuel ash. After an extensive late 1990s restructuring effort, Rugby has stripped back to these core products, shedding its joinery (windows, sashes, doors, and stairs) division and U.S.-based building products distribution bus…
615 Slaters Lane Alexandria, Virginia 22314 U.S.A Company Perspectives: The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. From baking donuts during Wor…
Quaker Tower Post Office Box 049001 Chicago, Illinois 60604-9001 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our goal is to be the undisputed leader in the food and beverage industry. We intend to do this by making Quaker a winning company--a place where talented people have opportunities and are rewarded for contributing to an exciting, profitable growth story. Winning means that our products will be those for…
420 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10018-2702 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Rockefeller Foundation is a knowledge-based, global foundation with a commitment to enrich and sustain the lives and livelihoods of poor and excluded people throughout the world. One of the oldest and largest private charitable organizations in the world, The Rockefeller Foundation supports programs focused on making …
2005 Market Street, Suite 1700 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-7017 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Stewardship is our most important mandate at The Pew Charitable Trusts. Good stewardship of the seven charitable funds that constitute the Trusts means allocating our resources wisely, effectively and in accord with the intent of our donors and the mandate of our current board. Merely doing or suppor…
19/22 Tower Street London WC2 H9S United Kingdom Company Perspectives: The Really Useful Group was founded in order to provide the business framework for the development and world-wide exploitation of the works of Andrew Lloyd Webber. The Really Useful Group is the umbrella corporation over a welter of entertainment and leisure companies that operate worldwide. The core of the company's business …
4245 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 100 Arlington, Virginia 22203-1606 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: "Nature's real estate agent." That's The Nature Conservancy. Among environmental organizations, we fill a unique niche: preserving habitats and species by buying the lands and waters they need to survive. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is the star performer among environmental groups, in size, growth, ef…
75 Fountain Street Providence, Rhode Island 02902 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Providence Journal Company's roots in publishing are firmly planted in the Providence Journal-Bulletin--America's oldest major daily newspaper of general circulation in continuous publication. The paper that was to become the Providence Journal-Bulletin was born as the Manufacturers' & Farmers' Journal, Providence …
6300 Wilson Mills Road Mayfield Village, Ohio 44143 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We seek to be an excellent, innovative, growing and enduring business by cost-effectively and profitably reducing the human trauma and economic costs of auto accidents and other mishaps, and by building a recognized, trusted, admired, business-generating brand. By practically any measure, The Progressive Corporation …
3111 West Allegheny Avenue Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19132 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Pep Boys is the only aftermarket retail and service chain in the nation that is capable of serving all four segments of the automotive aftermarket: the do-it-yourself, do-it-for-me, buy-for-resale and replacement tires. The Pep Boys--Manny, Moe & Jack, operating in the U.S. automotive aftermarket, distinguishes…
79 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5EJ United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Throughout its 150 years P & O has been a premier British shipowner, and in its time the largest in the world. It has flown the same quartered flag, embodying the royal colours of Portugal and Spain, from its very beginnings. And it all started with a handful of paddle-steamers and a contract to carry mails--the first application o…
42 St. Andrew Square Edinburgh EH2 2YE United Kingdom Company Perspectives: We aim to be recognised as the best performing financial services group in the United Kingdom. In striving towards that aim we are mindful of the responsibilities to shareholders, customers, employees and the communities in which we operate. Achieving our aim while successfully balancing these responsibilities is the prim…
123 North Pitt Street Alexandria, Virginia U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Motley Fool is here to Educate, Amuse, and Enrich you. The Motley Fool, Inc. offers personal financial advice and investing strategies to readers through a variety of media. The company maintains a presence online through America Online and through its own web site, www.fool.com, which attracts more than two million visit…
One Pepsi Way Somers, New York 10589 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We have absolute clarity around what we do: We Sell Soda. The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (PBG) is the world's largest manufacturer, seller, and distributor of Pepsi-Cola beverages. Separated from parent PepsiCo, Inc. in 1999, it accounted that year for 55 percent of Pepsi-Cola beverages sold in the United States and 32 percent worl…
100 Avenue of the Champions Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33418 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In 1916, The PGA founders established the following seven objectives for the Association: promote interest in the game of golf; elevate the standards of the golf professional's vocation; protect the mutual interests of its members; hold meetings and tournaments for the benefit of members; assist deserving u…
2315 Broadway, 2nd Floor New York, New York 10024 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Princeton Review helps millions of students each year to navigate standardized tests and the college and graduate school admissions process through our courses, books, software, and websites. Originally established to coach high school students taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), The Princeton Review, Inc. h…
Sage House Benton Park Road Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE7 7LZ United Kingdom Company Perspectives: At Sage, we see our business as helping small and medium-sized businesses to automate their business processes and transactions. Our origins are in accounting and payroll software, but today we offer a broad range of integrated business applications, including e-business solutions, CRM (customer relations…
2746 Old U.S. 20 West Elkhart, Indiana 46515 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our breadth of services has positioned Morgan as the leading common and contract carrier for the manufactured housing, recreational vehicle, and commercial vehicle industries in the United States. The Morgan Group, Inc. is an Elkhart, Indiana-based company that delivers manufactured and modular homes, office trailers, truck…
One PNC Plaza 249 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2707 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: PNC comprises several distinct businesses designed to provide our customers with the best in a broad range of products and services. This specialization, along with PNC's overarching entrepreneurial spirit, enables each business to focus on anticipating and fulfilling your individual financial needs. W…
225 Park Avenue South New York, New York 10003 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The company's mission is to identify and meet the critical transportation infrastructure needs of the bistate region's businesses, residents, and visitors: providing the highest quality, most efficient transportation and port commerce facilities and services that move people and goods within the region, provide access to …
1618 Main Street Dallas, Texas 75201 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our mission is to be the leading specialty retailer of fine merchandise to discerning, fashion-conscious consumers from around the world. We will strive to exceed customer expectations for service, quality and value as we build upon our longstanding tradition of excellence. As we pursue this mission, we are guided by the following …
601 Montgomery Street San Francisco, California 94111 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: PMI is a leader in mortgage risk management technology providing various products and services for the home mortgage finance industry as well as title insurance. Based in San Francisco, The PMI Group, Inc., operating through several wholly owned or partially owned subsidiaries, is one of the largest private mortgag…
115 South Ludlow Street Dayton, Ohio 45402 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Reynolds is the leading provider of integrated solutions that help retailers manage change and improve their profitability. We enable car companies and retailers to work together to build the lifetime value of their customers. Our core values: We focus on our customers. We remember that people are the essence of our company. …
7550 North Central Expressway, Suite 1200 Dallas, Texas 75231-6437 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In over 25 years as a branding agency, we've made it our mission to build out client's brands. To expand their spheres of influence. And, yes, to have some fun in the process. The Richards Group, Inc., is a Dallas-based advertising agency devoted to brand building. Richards has an enviable track record…
1 General Mills Boulevard Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We are guided by our values--they are the source of our strength and the heart of who we are. We reinforce our values everyday through our people, our brands, our performance, and our innovation. Our values define us--and serve as the foundation of our promise to consumers, to our customers, to investors, and to o…
The Kells Building 621 Shady Retreat Road Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901-2071 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Quigley Corporation is a progressive consumer products and ethical pharmaceutical company focused on improving the quality of life by developing and marketing safe and effective diversified natural health drug therapies and over-the-counter (OTC) medications. Operating out of Doylestown,…
5524 East 4th Street Tucson, Arizona 85711 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Providence's mission is to ensure the provision of accessible, effective, high quality community-based counseling and social services as an alternative to traditional institutional care. Providence is dedicated to ensuring that all clients have access to professional community-based care, proven treatment methods and comprehe…
6 Connaught Place London W2 2EZ United Kingdom Company Perspectives: The Group's strategy continues to focus on improving the returns on its invested capital, principally through organic growth and prudent investment but also through refining the business portfolio through selective acquisitions and disposals when attractive opportunities arise. Lowering the Group's overall cost of capital and op…
900 West Shore Road Port Washington, New York 11050 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Many of the world's most successful companies rely on us for insight on what is selling, where and why so that they can understand and leverage the latest trends. The NPD Group, Inc., is a global market research firm operating out of Port Washington, New York. Long reliant on the use of diaries to track consumer beha…
Spode, Church Street Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1BX United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Spode's craftsmen have been designing and manufacturing some of the finest ceramics ever produced for over 200 years. The Porcelain and Fine China Companies Ltd. is better known for its world-famous china brands, Spode and Royal Worcester. Based at the Spode works in Stoke-on-Trent, where the company has been produci…
Sanctuary House 45-53 Sinclair Road London W14 0NS United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Sanctuary is a diversified international music group specialising in the ownership and commercial exploitation of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). We are committed to continued growth and to taking advantage of genuine opportunities globally for enhancing shareholder value and to developing long-term caree…
4445 Willard Avenue, Suite 800 Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815-3699 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: THE CREDO: The Ritz-Carlton Hotel is a place where the genuine care and comfort of our guests is our highest mission. We pledge to provide the finest personal service and facilities for our guests who will always enjoy a warm, relaxed, yet refined ambience. The Ritz-Carlton experience enlivens the senses,…
1241 Main Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Like most things that are built to last, your banking relationship wi th NBSC will tend to appreciate with age. For nearly 100 years, longe r than most banks have been in business, the thing that has set NBSC apart has been our strong customer relationships. We've helped busine sses and individuals in South Carolina Pros…
11 Burbidge Street, Suite 101 Coquitlab, British Columbia V3K 7B2 Canada Company Perspectives: We've built our company on determination, innovation and trust. For n early a century and a half, we've been pioneering new fresh produce v arieties, nurturing direct relationships between the world's leading growers and North American retailers, cultivating sophisticated deliv ery networks and setting …