Consumer Goods

Purple Mattress Corporate Office

Brothers Tony and Terry Pearce started their own manufacturing business in 1989 making wheelchairs and carbon fiber sporting goods. Over the years, the brothers developed 23 patented items for cushioning materials, fluids, and hyper-elastic polymers used in the manufacturing of shoes, toys, and medical devices.

In 2013, they created a machine called Mattress Max, which both manufactures and molds large pieces of elastic polymers into mattresses. Thus began the creation of the Purple Mattress.

The company also makes pillows, seat cushions and back cushions for chairs and other purposes, along with adjustable beds, platforms for their mattresses, sheets, and mattress protectors.

On July 27, 2017, Purple announced a merger with Global Partner Acquisition Corp (GPAC) with a value of $1.1 billion. Purple sells mostly online, but competition is stiff. In early 2018, the company began offering their product at Mattress Firm locations.

Company headquarters for Purple are located in Alpine, Utah.

Purple Mattress

In 2013, they created a machine called Mattress Max, which both manufactures and molds large pieces of elastic polymers into mattresses. Thus began the creation of the Purple Mattress.

History

The company also makes pillows, seat cushions and back cushions for chairs and other purposes, along with adjustable beds, platforms for their mattresses, sheets, and mattress protectors.

Company headquarters for Purple are located in Alpine, Utah.

Bausch + Lomb Corporate Office

Bausch + Lomb can trace its roots back to 1853 when two German immigrants to the US, John Bausch, and Henry Lomb made a small workshop which manufactured monocles. The business was so successful that by 1861, they were also manufacturing rubber eyeglass frames, as well as other eyewear products.

The company continued to grow substantially over the decades that followed. In 1945, Bausch + Lomb even refined the optics for the CinemaScope, which made movies more popular and caused theaters to double the width of their screens in movie houses.

Today, the company is best known for contact lenses, contact lens solutions, eye drops, and vitamins for the eyes. Bausch + Lomb operate as a subsidiary of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International. This global company operates in 36 countries and has more than 13,000 employees.

In July 2018, the company was waiting for approval from the FDA to produce a low-concentrated formula of loteprednol ophthalmic corticosteroid which can be used for the treatment of post-operative inflammation and pain following ocular surgery. The product is expected to be approved sometime in 2019.

Company headquarters are located in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

Bausch + Lomb

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Company headquarters are located in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

LoveSac Furniture Corporate Office

LoveSac was founded in 1995 by current CEO Shawn D. Nelson. He started his business by making bean bag chairs and selling them to other University of Utah students. After learning Chinese while on a religious mission, Nelson put this skill to use to purchase material directly from China for his first large order. In 2005, he won a $1 million investment on Richard Branson’s reality TV show “The Rebel Billionaire.”

The company is best known for its gigantic bean bag “chairs” that are so big, they can double as couches or even beds. LoveSac also makes sectional sofas that can be rearranged into various configurations, change seat covers, and exchange parts that become damaged, rather than purchase a new set.

LoveSac filed for bankruptcy in 2006 but emerged that same year. In 2012 it was named the Fastest Growing Furniture Company in the US by Furniture Today magazine and in June of 2018, the company went public on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol: LOVE.

The company currently has 60 store locations, though most sales are done online.

Headquarters are located in Stamford, Connecticut. LoveSac reported sales of $101.8 million for the fiscal year ending February 4, 2018.

Lovesac Furniture

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The company currently has 60 store locations, though most sales are done online.

Headquarters are located in Stamford, Connecticut. LoveSac reported sales of $101.8 million for the fiscal year ending February 4, 2018.

BirchBox Corporate Office

BirchBox was founded in 2010 by two graduates of the Harvard Business School, Hayley Barna and Katia Beauchamp in New York City. The company operates an online monthly subscription service which features cosmetics and grooming products.

In July 2014, the company opened its first brick and mortar location in New York’s trendy SoHo district. By September of 2015, BirchBox had more than 1 million subscribers and 800 brand partners.

The products include skincare items, perfumes,organic-based products, and various other types of cosmetics. There are 4 to 5 sample sized products in each box, with the idea being that clients will love the product so much they will purchase the full sized version.

Hayley Barna left the company in 2015. Declining sales forced the company to lay off approximately 15% of the staff. Walgreens purchased a minority share in the company in October of 2018.

In January 2018, hedge fund Viking Global Investors purchased a majority share of the company, assuring employees that there were no plans for layoffs or job cuts.

Headquarters for BirchBox is located in New York, New York.

BirchBox

In July 2014, the company opened its first brick and mortar location in New York’s trendy SoHo district. By September of 2015, BirchBox had more than 1 million subscribers and 800 brand partners.

History

Hayley Barna left the company in 2015. Declining sales forced the company to lay off approximately 15% of the staff. Walgreens purchased a minority share in the company in October of 2018.

In January 2018, hedge fund Viking Global Investors purchased a majority share of the company, assuring employees that there were no plans for layoffs or job cuts.

Headquarters for BirchBox is located in New York, New York.

Roku Corporate Office

Roku actually got its start from Netflix in late 2007. Netflix was about to release its own streaming service set-top box when the CEO wondered what would happen if Netflix released the box and other devices, such as DVD players or game systems, would not allow Netflix to run on their devices.

This became the idea that is now called Roku. Roku devices stream Netflix, as well as other channels and services directly to customer’s TV sets. The device has been through multiple changes, with each new update being called a “generation.” Currently, the latest model is the 7th generation, released in September 2018.

Roku is actively searching for more media companies to put their content on their platform, with a portion of the ad revenue benefiting Roku. The company already has a large number of providers that stream on Roku including Hulu, Amazon Video, PlayStation Vue, Redbox, YouTube, and Time Warner Cable.

In 2017, a Mexican court banned the sale of Roku products after Mexican TV station Televisa complained that the devices were easily hacked and allowed subscription channels to be illegally streamed. Roku made changes to their devices and the ban was lifted in late 2018.

Company headquarters are located in the same building as NetFlix, in Los Gatos, California.

Roku

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Company headquarters are located in the same building as NetFlix, in Los Gatos, California.