Corporate Office

Royal Bank of Canada Corporate Office

Royal Bank of Canada was founded in 1864 in Nova Scotia by a group of 8 businessmen who wanted to offer banking services for the fishing and timber industries. The original name of the bank was Merchants Bank of Halifax. The bank grew to include maritime services. When the Newfoundland bank collapsed, the company expanded to New Foundland.

With their expansion to Newfoundland, the bank changed its name to the Royal Bank of Canada and they moved headquarters to Montreal, Canada, in 1901.

Today, the company is a multinational financial services company and the largest bank in Canada. The bank serves over 16 million clients and has more than 80,000 employees worldwide.

The bank’s personal and commercial banking operations are branded as RBC Royal Bank in English and RBC Banque Royale in French and serve approximately ten million clients through its network of 1,209 branches.

In June 2019, the Royal Bank of Canada and Microsoft announced that they were creating a joint venture called “Go Digital” to help businesses confront the challenges of going digital.

In July 2019, the company stated that they believed the natural gas “glut” will continue at least through 2020, with China about to become the largest consumer of propane.

In 2011, RBC was the largest Canadian company by revenue and market capitalization. It was ranked at No. 50 in the 2013 Forbes Global 200 list. The company has operations in Canada, and 40 other countries.

Royal Bank of Canada

With their expansion to Newfoundland, the bank changed its name to the Royal Bank of Canada and they moved headquarters to Montreal, Canada, in 1901.

History

Today, the company is a multinational financial services company and the largest bank in Canada. The bank serves over 16 million clients and has more than 80,000 employees worldwide.

In June 2019, the Royal Bank of Canada and Microsoft announced that they were creating a joint venture called “Go Digital” to help businesses confront the challenges of going digital.

In July 2019, the company stated that they believed the natural gas “glut” will continue at least through 2020, with China about to become the largest consumer of propane.

CoverGirl Corporate Office

CoverGirl was founded in 1961 by the Noxzema Chemical Company. Originally having only 6 products, the makeup was marketed as being a “medicated” makeup line with Noxzema’s face cream ingredients of menthol, camphor, and eucalyptus.

Model and actress Jennifer O’Neil, who was 15 in 1963, began working for CoverGirl as their model. Her 30-year product endorsement made CoverGirl the top-selling brand of makeup in the US. Cybill Shepard was another model for the company, advertising the more natural look of the 1960s and 1970s, establishing the “girl next door” look.

The company has used numerous models for their makeup lines, including singer Katy Perry, comedian and talk show host Ellen Degeneres, along with long-time model Christie Brinkley, who greatly increased company sales when her advertising campaign debuted in 1985.

The company was once one of the largest global brands to conduct animal testing, but this is no longer true.

CoverGirl hired a male model for their makeup line and New York resident James Charles was recently named one of the 25 Most Influential People on the Internet by Time Magazine.

The company was acquired by Coty, Inc., in 2016.

CoverGirl launched an entire line of cosmetics specifically for women of color in late 2018.

The company also opened its first store in Times Square, New York, in 2018, which features augmented reality, where clients can “try on” various makeup looks via a computer program.

CoverGirl Lash Blast mascara has been the top-selling mascara for 15 years, selling one product every 7 minutes, according to CoverGirl.

Headquarters are located in New York, New York

CoverGirl

History

The company was once one of the largest global brands to conduct animal testing, but this is no longer true.

CoverGirl hired a male model for their makeup line and New York resident James Charles was recently named one of the 25 Most Influential People on the Internet by Time Magazine.

The company was acquired by Coty, Inc., in 2016.

CoverGirl launched an entire line of cosmetics specifically for women of color in late 2018.

The company also opened its first store in Times Square, New York, in 2018, which features augmented reality, where clients can “try on” various makeup looks via a computer program.

CoverGirl Lash Blast mascara has been the top-selling mascara for 15 years, selling one product every 7 minutes, according to CoverGirl.

Headquarters are located in New York, New York

Tesco Corporate Office

Tesco can trace its roots back to 1919 when Jewish immigrant Jack Cohen began selling wartime surplus items from a market stall on the east side of London. In 1924, Cohen purchased tea from Thomas Edward Stockwell and decided to use the first two initials of Stockwell’s name and the first two letters of his own name to create the name Tesco for his company. He began to call his company Tesco starting in 1924.

During the 1950s and 1960s, Tesco began to expand tremendously, mainly through acquisitions, until it owned more than 800 locations. The company started to expand the range of products it sold during the 1960s to include household goods and clothing under the Delamare brand, and in 1974 opened its first petrol station.

Today, Tesco is an international company with stores in 11 countries. While the company pulled out of the US in 2011, they have done tremendously well in other countries, including India, Poland, and Thailand. While the company began as a UK grocer, it has since moved on to become a major department store brand that rivals Walmart in their selection of products.

Tesco is listed on the London stock exchange under the symbol: TSCO. In early 2019, the company stated that they planned to cut more than 15,000 jobs as a part of a restructuring plan.

Like many other companies, Tesco is feeling pressured by internet giant Amazon and plans to try out till-less stores where shoppers can come in, pick their items, and walk out with billing for items being tallied by a mobile phone app.

The company began a massive recall in mid-July 2019, of various food items after discovering bits of metal and other contaminants in the packaging.

Tesco employs more than 450,000 people, with 340,000 jobs being located in the UK.

Tesco

History

Tesco is listed on the London stock exchange under the symbol: TSCO. In early 2019, the company stated that they planned to cut more than 15,000 jobs as a part of a restructuring plan.

The company began a massive recall in mid-July 2019, of various food items after discovering bits of metal and other contaminants in the packaging.

Tesco employs more than 450,000 people, with 340,000 jobs being located in the UK.

Legal and General Group Corporate Office

Legal and General Group, often referred to as simply Legal and General, was founded back in 1836 by Sergeant John Adams and five other lawyers. Originally named the New Law Life Assurance Agency, business clients were restricted to those in the legal profession.

The group expanded in the UK and soon began to acquire overseas life assurance companies, purchasing a pensions business from the Metropolitan Life Assurance Company of New York in the 1930s. The company changed its name to Legal and General in the 1970s.

Today, Legal & General Group provides various insurance products and services worldwide. It operates in Legal & General Retirement, Legal & General Investment Management, Legal & General Capital, Legal & General Insurance, and General Insurance segments. The LGR sector offers annuity contracts with guaranteed income for a specified time; longevity insurance products for company pension schemes; and lifetime mortgages. The LGIM sector provides index fund management; active fixed income and liquidity management; corporate pension scheme solutions; and real estate funds. The LGC sector offers investment strategy and implementation, and direct investment services. The LGI sector protection products, such as health, disability, critical illness and accident; individual term assurance; savings and death benefits; and annuities. The GI segment provides household and accident, sickness, unemployment, and pet insurance products.

In June 2019, the company began selling off their shares of US companies that were deemed to be “laggards” when it came to addressing climate change, including ExxonMobile and MetLife.

Legal and General also praised Amazon‘s blockchain system for bulk pension deals and stated that they planned to introduce a blockchain model based on Amazon’s system to manage and record bulk annuities for its insurance division.

The corporate office for Legal and General remains in London, United Kingdom.

Legal and General Group

History

In June 2019, the company began selling off their shares of US companies that were deemed to be “laggards” when it came to addressing climate change, including ExxonMobile and MetLife.

The corporate office for Legal and General remains in London, United Kingdom.

Marcolin Eyewear Corporate Office

Giovanni Marcolin had an idea in 1961; gold plated eyewear. By 1967, Marcolin had opened his own factory to produce their own brand of eyewear and the following year, Marcolin began exporting to the US.

Tody, Marcolin is the #2 eyewear manufacturer in the world. The company manufactures eyewear for multiple companies, with the latest agreement in June 2019, with Adidas. Also in June 2019, Marcolin renewed their contract with Harley Davidson to continue to produce their eyewear products.

Licensed brands that the company manufactures eyewear for include: Adidas, Atelier Swarovski, Bally, Candie’s, Calvin Klein, Catherine Deneuve, Columbia, Covergirl, Diesel, DSquared2, Emilio Pucci, Ermenegildo Zegna, Gant, GUESS, Harley-Davidson, Just Cavalli, Kenneth Cole New York, Kenneth Cole Reaction, Lacoste, Marciano, Moncler, Nike Vision, Nine West, Nautica, Rampage, Roberto Cavalli, Skechers, Sportmax, Swarovski, Timberland, Tod’s, Tom Ford, Victoria’s Secret, Victoria’s Secret PINK, as well as their own label.

The company outfits all of the Victoria’s Secret “Angel” models with their eyewear brand, as well as manufacturing for Victoria’s Secret brand Pink.

In 2015, the company closed all offices around the US, including the corporate office located in Scottsdale, Arizona, to consolidate all offices in Somerville, New Jersey. The move comes about 15 months after the company acquired Viva International, who had large offices located in Somerville.

Headquarters are now located in Somerville, New Jersey.

Marcolin Eyewear

History

The company outfits all of the Victoria’s Secret “Angel” models with their eyewear brand, as well as manufacturing for Victoria’s Secret brand Pink.

Headquarters are now located in Somerville, New Jersey.