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TracFone Wireless Corporate Office

TracFone

TracFone has its roots back in 1996 when David Topp and F.J. Pollack began one of the first prepaid wireless companies in Miami, Florida. Originally named Topp Wireless, in February 1999, Topp received a major infusion of capital from Telefonos de Mexico, a.k.a. TelMex, Mexico’s largest telephone company. TelMex paid $57.5 million for a 55 percent controlling interest in the company. In 2000, the name was changed to TracFone.

Originally, the company was tied to using their own TracFone branded cell phones, which were locked to TracFone via their SIM card. In 2013, the company expanded and introduced its “Bring Your Own Phone” plan, which allows customers to use other, unlocked, GSM-based cell phones. Since 2015, the company has offered a variety of smartphone plans, with basic plans starting at $15 a month for 500 calling minutes, 500 text messages, and 500mb of data.

History

The company also operates under other names including Clearway Wireless for Business, Go Smart Mobile, Safelink, Simply Mobile, Straight Talk, Walmart’s Family Mobile, Total Wireless and Net10 Wireless

In June 2019, a court denied TracFone’s request to register the phrase “unlimited carryover” stating that the phrase was informational and not a program offered for all TracFone services.

In September 2019, Apple’s long-awaited iPhone 11 was released but only through pre-orders other than through TracFone service sold via Amazon.

Also in September 2019, the FBI served warrants to multiple companies, including TracFone, demanding subscribers’ personal information.

In April 2022, TracFone paid $13.4 million as part of a civil settlement to resolve allegations that TracFone violated the False Claims Act by signing up more than 175,000 ineligible customers in connection with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Lifeline Program (Lifeline).

Headquarters for TracFone remains in Miami, Florida.

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Lacoste Corporate Office

Lacoste

René Lacoste founded La Chemise Lacoste in 1933 with André Gillier, the owner and president of the largest French knitwear manufacturing firm at the time. These partners began to produce a revolutionary tennis shirt that Lacoste had designed and worn on the tennis courts with a crocodile logo embroidered on the chest. Starting in the 1950s, Izod produced clothing called Izod Lacoste for sale in the U.S. This partnership ended in 1993 when Lacoste regained exclusive U.S. rights to distribute shirts under its own brand. In 1977, Le Tigre Clothing was founded in an attempt to directly compete with Lacoste in the US market, selling a similar array of clothing, but featuring a tiger in place of the signature Lacoste crocodile.

In June 2007, the company began its first e-commerce site online. In 2016, Lacoste opened a flagship store in Budapest.

History

The company has been involved in a long-standing dispute regarding its logo with Hong Kong-based sportswear company Crocodile Garments. At the time, Lacoste used a crocodile logo that faced right (registered in France in 1933) while Crocodile used one that faced left (registered in various Asian countries in the 1940s and 1950s). Lacoste tried to block an application from Crocodile to register its logo in China during the 1990s, the dispute ended in a settlement, with Crocodile agreeing to change its logo, which now sports scalier skin, bigger eyes and a tail that rises vertically.

Lacoste has expanded from selling clothing to include a wide variety of consumer items, including perfume, sunglasses, shoes, and watches.

In 2019, the company opened a new concept store in Metro Vancouver, Canada.

Headquarters for the Lacoste USA branch are located in New York, New York.

Boots UK Corporate Office

Boots

John Boots founded Boots stores in Nottingham, UK, back in 1849. When John passed away in 1860, his 10-year old son Jesse helped his mother continue to operate the herbal medicine shop. In 1888 the company incorporated as the Boots Pure Drug Company.

Today, Boots is one of the largest retailers in the UK and Ireland, both in revenue and number of shops, with at least 2,500 locations. The company offers health and beauty products, hearing care services, optician services, and prescription drugs.

History

n 2009 Boots Superintendent Pharmacist Paul Bennett was interviewed by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee about the company’s sale of homeopathic medicines. He told the committee that the company had no evidence to suggest that homeopathic medicines are efficacious but Boots sold them anyway, for reasons of “consumer choice”. The comments attracted significant media attention.

In July 2017, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service revealed that Boots was selling the “morning after” pill, which is an emergency contraceptive medication, at four times the cost. The company refused requests to join rival pharmacy retail chains to cease profiting financially from this medication. In a written response to BPAS, Boots revealed that they were frequently contacted by individuals who disapproved of the dispensing of such medication, which might be viewed as “incentivising inappropriate use”, an assertion which campaigners described as “insulting and sexist”. By the end of January 2018, Boots confirmed that it was now offering the discounted price on this medication in all of its pharmacies.

The company announced that at the end of September 2019, they would start charging for delivery service. Customers are outraged, claiming that Boots is putting a tax on sick people who require medication and can’t get to the pharmacy.

A makeup artist is claiming racial discrimination after discovering that only products for black haircare contained security tags to prevent theft.

The head office remains in Nottingham, where is has been for 170 years.

Assurance Wireless Corporate Office

Assurance Wireless

Virgin Mobile USA offers lifeline mobile phone services which are subsidized by the United States government. This program offers a free wireless smartphone, 350 free local and domestic long-distance voice minutes, unlimited text messages, and 1 GB of data per month to people who meet eligibility requirements and live in a participating state. In addition to the standard services users receive, users may add additional voice minutes, text messages and international long-distance via pre-payment using a credit card, debit card, Virgin Mobile top-up card or PayPal.

Assurance Wireless users do not receive a bill, are not required to sign a contract and do not pay activation fees or recurring fees. Virgin Mobile is owned by parent company Sprint.

History

As of January 2013, Assurance Wireless service is available to qualifying residents of Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and West Virginia.

Although Assurance Mobile and Access Wireless had talked about merging the two services into a new company named i-Wireless, the talks were called off in 2017.

The FCC announced in August 2019 that it planned to increase the number of free data gigabytes from 2 to 8.75 but stated that the program would offer providers, such as Sprint, no increase in fees. Sprint and other providers balked at this increase and asked for an extension of the existing program until at least 2021.

In January 2022, Assurance Wireless announced that they would participate in the new Federal Affordable Connectivity Program to help low-income households afford wireless internet service in their area.

Headquarters for Assurance Wireless are located in Warren, New Jersey.

JEVS Care at Home Corporate Office

Jevs Care at Home

JEVS began back in 1941 when a group of 25 concerned individuals in Newark, New Jersey, founded the Jewish Employment and Vocational Services or JEVS. This organization was dedicated to helping refugees find their place in American society.

Today, JEVS Care at Home is an affiliate agency of JEVS Human Services. The company provides non-medical, in-home care to aging and disabled adults residing in Pennsylvania. JEVS is a non-profit organization that helps approximately 30,000 individuals each year through a variety of programs.

History

JEVS Human Services offers Care at Home, along with other programs, including education and career services, employment for those with disabilities, long term support and in-home care, young adult services, and behavioral health and recovery.

JEVS Care at Home and JEVS Human Services provides assistance to all persons, not only those of the Jewish faith.

Headquarters for JEVS is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.