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Maui And Sons
Maui and Sons, Inc. (abbreviated Maui & Sons) is an American surf and skateboard apparel company which specializes in surfwear and skater clothing products. The clothing, equipment and others products are designed for snowboarders, skateboarders and surfers. The company also produces a line of apparel for women and children under the licenses "Maui Girl", "Maui Kids", and "Maui Princess". History Maui and Sons was established by three surfers from Malibu, California in 1980. Having previously tried various businesses that failed (including a cookie company), the group decided to create a surf apparel brand, and named it "Maui & Sons." The company's namesake is the Hawaiian island of Maui. In 1989, Maui & Sons was sold to Richard Harrington. Years later, an agreement would be reached between Cherokee and Maui & Sons, to expand sales of the brand into most parts of the United States and Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |