Fortune Magazine

Fortune is a global business magazine.

It was published by Time Inc.'s.

It was found by Henry Luce.

It was found 80 years ago in 1930.

It has information about business, consisting of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated, grew to become Time Warner.

Its the world largest media conglomerate.

A quate from Henry Luce : "We will not be over-optimistic. We will recognize that this business slump may last as long as an entire year."

Fortune was an oversized 11"×14".

At first it was $1 price because nobody had yet decided how much to charge.

There were 30,000 subscribers who had already signed up to receive that initial 184-page issue.

For many years Fortune was published as a monthly.

The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks the top 500 U.S.

Fortune 1000 is a reference to a list maintained by the American business magazine Fortune, The list is of the 1000 largest American companies.

P.F Chang's

The long name its P. F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc.

Its an American restaurants chain.

The headquarter now its at Scottsdale, Arizona.

It was found in Scottsdale, Arizona at 1993, 17 years ago.

It was found by Paul Fleming.

The restaurants serve American Chinese cuisine.

The menu originally planed by by chef Philip Chiang.

"P. F. Chang's" is the namesake of Paul Fleming (P. F.) and Philip Chiang (whose surname is simplified to Chang.)

It has more than 200 restaurants.

It has restaurants at United States, Mexico, and Kuwait City.

Its known for the gluten-free diet.

It was Intolerance Group of North America.

It is highly recommended that you do not eat this type of food if you do not want to develop hypertension.

It had got some awards for restaurant designs.

These include its locations in Seattle, Washington; Las Vegas, Nevada; Fort Worth and San Antonio, Texas; and Walnut Creek, Rancho Mirage, San Jose, Palo Alto and Long Beach, California.

Dunkin' Donuts

Its an international donut and coffee retailer.

It was found 60 years ago in 1950.

Dunkin' Donuts was found in Quincy, Massachusetts by William Rosenberg.

The headquarter now its at Canton, Massachusetts.

The world's largest coffee and baked goods chain.

It has about 2.7 million customers per day.

It has 8800 stores in 31 countries.

It has 6400 stores around the USA.

Most of the stores are franchises.

There are not any Dunkin Dounts in California and a notice on the company's web site states that franchises are not being offered in that state, there is no reason for it now.

75 franchisees exist west of the Mississippi River, mostly in Arizona, Nevada and Texas.

Dunkin' Donuts, along with Baskin-Robbins, is owned by Dunkin' Brands Inc.

It can sometimes be found at gas stations, supermarkets, mall and airport food courts, and Walmart stores across the region.

Randy's Donuts

Randy's Donuts found at Inglewood, California near Los Angeles International Airport.

It was found in early 20th Century.

There is a 32.5 foot long donut in the roof of any locations.

They also made it drive-in.

There is a 24 hours location in San Diego.

It was found 57 years ago in 1953.

There was over 10 locatons around 1950s.

There are some other known donit places like, Kindle's Donuts in Los Angeles, the Donut King II in Gardena, Dale's Donuts in Compton, and Bellflower Bagels in Bellflower.

The material used in swimming pools.

It was found by Wendell.

It was sold to Taco Bell in 1984.

At first the name was "Wendell".

In 1976 Gary Kindle purchased the store and named it "Randy's Donuts and Sandwiches".

The building was featured in the movies Earth Girls Are Easy, Mars Attacks!, The Golden Child, Into the Night, Coming to America.

It has also been featured in the music videos for Randy Newman's "I Love LA.

There are about 350 locations.

Tully's Coffee

Its a coffee retailer based in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Tully's Coffee its speciality coffees, espresso, baked goods, pastries, and coffee-related supplies.

It also has locations in Japan and South Korea.

It has the highest sale in grocery and supermarket stores in the US.

There's a running joke in Seattle that the easiest way to find a Tully's is to stand in front of a Starbucks and turn around.

The busiest location its inside the Boeing Everett.

Now its owned by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters.

The first store opened in Kent, WA at 1992, 18 years ago.

The founder was Tom Tully O'Keefe.

He made the company to expand Starbucks coffee.

In 2006 it made its first net profit.

It has about 100 coffee places in about 5 states.

899 employees.

H&M

H&M is a Swedish clothing company.

Known for the fast fashion clothing.

Offerings for women, man, teens, and children.

It has about 2000 stores around 37 countries.

It has about 76000 employees.

It was found in 1974, 63 years ago.

It was found by Erling Persson.

At first it had only women clothing ant called Hennes.

The long name for H&M its H & M Hennes & Mauritz.

Then it took the name Mauritz Widforss and it got a man line of clothing.

After a year he renamed it to Hennes & Mauritz.

His son Stefan became CEO in 1990 and Chairman of the Board in 1998.

Today its all around Asia, Europe, China, Turkey, India, and USA.

The headquarter its now at Stockholm, Sweden.

It has nearly 200 stores in the USA.

Revlon

Revlon is a cosmetics company.

It was found 78 years ago in 1932.

It was found by Charles Revson and his brother Joseph.

Charles Lachman a chemist also helped who contributed "L" in the Revlon name.

They started with one product a new type of nail enamel.

They started sailling at department stores and drug stores.

In 6 years the company became a multimillion dollar organization.

By 1940 Revlon added a lipstick line also.

By the end of the war, Revlon was listed as one of America's top five cosmetic houses.

Revlon bought the company Graef & Schmidt.

The headquarter now its at USA, NY.

It was found at New York.

It has about 6800 employees.

It has about 540 stores.

The stock now its &1.4.

Versace

The first Versace boutique opened in Milan, Italy.

It was found 32 years ago in 1978.

Today its the world's international fashion house.

Versace has clothing, accessories, fragrances, makeup and home furnishings under the various brands of the Versace Group.

Gianni Versace was the one who made the company but he was killed by Andrew Cunanan in 1977. His sister Donatella Versace took care of the company and his older brother Santo Versace became the CEO (chief executive officer).

Donatella's daughter Allegra Versace also took care of 50 percent of the company from 2004.

There is a hotle in Milan, Italy call the Palazzo Versace.

Its mostly known for the jewelry, watches and sunglasses.

The biggest store in the USA its in NY.

It has about 1800 stores in the world.

From 2006 they started saleing in Asia.

Tuesday Morning

Its a discount gift and home accessory.

The headquarter its now in Dallas, Texas.

It was found 36 years ago in 1974.

Its known for the deep discounts.

It has about 842 stores in the US in 47 states.

The stores are open in 330 days in the year.

It took the name Tuesday Morning because it opened the first Tuesday of the month.

It was found by Morgan Fairchild.

It has about 10800 employees.

The stock now its $4.40.

LeSportsac

LeSportsac is an American handbag, luggage, and accessories company.

Now its owned by Accessory Network Group.

It was found 36 years ago at 1974.

In 2005 the Accessory Network Group company purchased LeSportac.

It sale at North America, South America, Europe, and the Middle East.

It can be found at Macys, Lord and Taylor also at their store.

It sale over 20 countries.

The biggest store now its at NY.

It made the first store in Hawaii at 2001.

It was found by Steve Jacaruso.

Its known becuse all the handbags are water prove.

Bebe

Bebe its an American clothing retailer.

It was found in 1976, 34 years ago.

Bebe stand for, "to be or not to be".

It was found by Iranian-born Manny Mashouf who came to the US in the early 1970's.

The first Bebe store was opened in San Francisco.

It has the line of women's apparel and accessories.

There is also BebeSPORT and 2b Bebe brands.

Bebe has about 312 stores wich 215 of them are Bebe stores, 32 are 2b Bebe stores, and 64 of them are BebeSPORT stores.

The stores are at US, Colombia, Canada, Israel, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Turkey, and UAE.

The BebeSPORT was opened in 2003.

The 2b Bebe store is the clearence store, BebeSPORT clothing is available in 2b Bebe stores too.

It has about 4433 employees.

The stock now its 6.02.

New Balance

New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. (NBAS), is simply known for New Balance.
Its a foorwear based in Boston, Massachusetts.

It was found at 1906, 104 years ago.

Its one of the biggest sport brand in the world.

Its also at UK for Euroupen market.

The brand its like Nike and Adidas.

The majority use its at China and Vietnam.

it was found by William J. Riley, he was 33 English man.

It was shoes at first.

He came up with the name, "New Balance" by observing chickens in his yard and demonstrated the way his arch supports worked by keeping a chicken foot on his office desk to demonstrate.

83 years ago (1927) Riley hired Arthur Hall to be the salesman and in 1934 he became the business partner.

In 1956, Hall sold the business to his daughter Eleanor and her husband Paul Kidd.

They sold the same brand up to 1960.

Then they found "Trackster", the world's first running shoe.

They were also aailable at YMCA.

They became known at Tufts University and Boston University.

People used the shoes at cross-country and all high schools around the world.

In 1972 Jim Davis bought the company.

At that time there were only 6 people making the shoes.

Today 30% of the brand shoes sale in Europeanmarket.

The headquarters now its at Boston, Massachusetts.

It has 4,180 worldwide employees.

Buckle

Its a footwear and accessories for young man and women.

It was a man's clothing at first.

It was made in 1948, 62 years ago in Kearney, Nebraska.

The fist store was made by David Hirschfeld and it got the name "Mills Clothing".

45 years ago his son Dan took his place.

In 1967 it got the name "Brass Buckle".

33 years ago it started having clothing for women.

At 1991 it got the name Buckle.

In 1992 the company became for NASDAQ (an American stock exchange).

In 1997 it moved to New York Stock Exchange.

The Stock symbol its BKE.

Its known for the jeans, because of the diffrent look.

It has about 6700 employees.

Over 370 sores in the USA, 39 states.

The headquarter its at Kearney, Nebraska.

The stock now its $27.

Godiva Chocolatier

It was found in Belgium 84 years ago in 1926.

Godiva was purchased by Turkey's Yıldız Holding a food company.

Now its ownd by Ülker a Turkey food prodoct in 2008.

It has more than 450 shops in the U.S, Canada, Europe and Asia.

It has more than 10000 flavors.

Godiva also sales truffles, coffee, cocoa.

It became known because it had an offer for parties, wedding for gist baskets.

They have packaging for major holidays.

It was found in an Eupian country.

It was found by Joseph Draps.

The first store in the US opened in NY 38 years ago in 1972.

By 2007 it had sold up to $500 million.

By 2008 it had sold up tp $850 million.

The simble its a wight horse because it stand for beauty.

It has about 320 emploees.