Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) is a US cosmetics, perfume and toy seller with markets in over 140 countries across the world and sales of $9.9 billion worldwide as of 2007. Avon uses both door-to-door sales people (“Avon ladies,” primarily and a growing number of men) and brochures to advertise its products. In the United States, products may be found through eRepresentatives selling through online shops to customers all over the country. In addition to selling, Avon offers representatives the ability to be involved in the Leadership program, Avon’s network marketing opportunity, where Representatives recruit, mentor and train others to succeed.

www.AvonCompany.com

Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY), a Fortune 500 company, is North America’s second largest supermarket chain after Kroger Co., with, as of December 2009, 1,725 stores located throughout the western and central United States and western Canada. It also operates some stores in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Eastern Seaboard. The company is headquartered in Pleasanton, California. Supermarket News ranked Safeway No. 4 in the 2011 “Top 75 North American Food Retailers” based on 2010 fiscal year estimated sales of $41 billion. Based on 2009 revenue, Safeway is the 11th largest retailer in the United States.

www.safeway.com

Albertsons (officially New Albertsons, Inc.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based SuperValu, is a supermarket retailer that operates 463 grocery stores in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Louisiana, Nevada, Southern California, Florida and certain parts of Utah. Supermarket News ranked parent company SuperValu number five in the 2007 “Top 75 North American Food Retailers”.

www.Albertsons.com

The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) is an American retail supermarket chain founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It reported US$ 76.7 billion in sales during fiscal year 2009. It is the country’s largest grocery store chain and its second-largest grocery retailer by volume[4] and second-place general retailer in the country, with Wal-Mart being the largest. As of 2010, Kroger operated, either directly or through its subsidiaries 3,619 stores.

www.thekrogerco.com

Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI) is a foods supermarket chain based in Austin, Texas which emphasizes “natural” and organic products. As of September 2009, the company operates 302 stores: 291 stores in 38 U.S. states and the District of Columbia; six stores in Canada; and six stores in the United Kingdom.

www.WholeFoodsMarket.com

Donna Karan International Inc. offers men’s and women’s clothing, fragrances, and accessories. The company’s products include suits, dresses, jackets and coats, shirts, hats and gloves, handbags, shoes, and perfumes and scents. It sells its merchandise through its own retail stores, as well as through other retailers. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Donna Karan International Inc. operates as a subsidiary of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton.

www.donnakaran.ro

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.

The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, and today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world.

www.disney.com

The Union Pacific Railroad (reporting mark UP) (NYSE: UNP), headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. UP’s route map covers most of the central and western United States west of Chicago and New Orleans.

www.up.com

Time Warner (formerly AOL Time Warner) (NYSE: TWX) is the world’s second largest entertainment conglomerate in terms of revenue (behind Disney, News Corporation and Viacom), as well as the world’s largest media conglomerate, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc. and Time Inc., (along with the assets of a third company, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.) form the current Time Warner, with major operations in film, television and publishing. Among its subsidiaries are New Line Cinema, Time Inc., HBO, Turner Broadcasting System, The CW Television Network, TheWB.com, Warner Bros., Kids’ WB, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Adult Swim, CNN, DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network Studios and Castle Rock Entertainment.

www.timewarner.com

PwC (officially PricewaterhouseCoopers) is a global professional services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s second-largest professional services firm (after Deloitte) and one of the “Big Four” accountancy firms.

www.pwc.com