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Black Rifle Coffee Company Corporate Office

Black Rifle Coffee Company

Former Green Beret Evan Hafer founded Black Rifle Coffee Company in 2014. Hafer states that he has always had a deep love for a variety of coffee flavors and was probably the only soldier in Iraq who received shipments of different flavored coffee packages.

Once he completed his tour of duty, Hafer spoke with his friend Mat Best, former Army Ranger, about teaming up to make both coffee and a clothing line geared towards veterans.

History

The company sells Brazilian slow roasted coffees, mugs, stickers, shirts, and jackets. Hafer states that they hope to open 100 stores around the US via franchising in the next 5 years.

Hafer made news when he pledged to hire 10,000 veterans after Starbucks offered to hire 10,000 refugees. Black Rifle currently has 102 employees and a 50% veteran hiring rate.

The company says that it roasts more than 1 million pounds of coffee each year and has an annual revenue of $30 million after only 4 years in business.

Black Rifle Coffee is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and announced in April 2018 that they were investing $6 million in a roasting facility in Manchester, Tennessee.

Shark (Vacuums) Corporate Office

Shark

Shark Vacuum, also known as Shark Ninja, actually got its start about 100 years ago in Europe making sewing machines. The business expanded to Canada, where 3rd generation CEO Mark Rosenweig, decided to make an offshoot of the company and move it to Massachusetts. Rosenweig developed a unique type of vacuum cleaner, as well as a blender called The Ninja in 2003.

The company created a different type of easy to use, lightweight vacuum called The Shark. This vacuum quickly became so popular that within 5 years, it outsold the previous #1 selling vacuum made by Dyson.

History

It was rumored in 2017 that the company was up for sale and later that same year, CDH Funding, a private equity firm, invested $1 billion in the company for a significant equity interest.

In early 2018, the company introduced their robotic vacuum to compete with company’s such as Roomba. In the May 2018 edition of New York Magazine, the Shark Ion robotic vacuum was listed as the best such vacuum for picking up pet hair.

In August 2020, Amazon customers stated that the Shark vaccum beat Dyson’s hands down.

The corporate office for Shark is currently found in Needham, Massachusetts.

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UGG Corporate Office

UGG

UGG was founded in 1978 by Austrailian surfer Brian Smith and his friend Doug Jensen in Santa Monica, California. Smith and Jensen first applied to be the United States distributors for the Western Australian sheepskin boot manufacturer, Country Leather. Unhappy with the quality of the boot, Smith decided to remodel the boot with improvements. He called it UGG and with an investment of $20K from family members, the company was in business. They sold 28 pairs in their first year.

Jensen sold his share to Smith the following year. The company struggled for a bit, until their boots were worn by the US Olympic Team in 1994. In 1995, Deckers Brand acquired the company for $14.5 million. Deckers began to expand the company internationally and experienced double-digit growth in the late 1990’s, but when the boot was featured on Oprah’s “Favorite Things” episode in 2003, the company had a staggering amount of growth, causing them to open a store for the first time in the SoHo district of New York.

History

In 2012 the company reached $1 billion in sales. The brand is often the target of copy-cat production, with thousands of fake UGG boots being confiscated each year in multiple countries, including the US.

While the company announced in early 2018 that they had reached revenue of $1.5 billion, investors are concerned that the brand is no longer popular and that the lack of diversification will cause problems in the near future.

UGG products, since they are made from animal skins, have been the subject of boycotts from various animal rights groups including PETA and the Animal Liberation Movement.

Headquarters for UGGS is located in Goleta, California.

HBO Corporate Office

HBO

HBO was founded by Charles Dolan, who devised a system of underground cables to deliver closed circuit tourist information to hotels in the New York metro area. In 1973, Time Warner purchased a 20% interest in Dolan’s company.

This was the humble beginnings of what would become one of the largest and best-known pay cable channels.

History

In 1975, HBO became the first television channel to operated 24/7 via a satellite system. By 1980, HBO was carried by cable providers to all 50 US states.

The 1990’s saw increasing success with shows such as Tales from the Crypt and The Larry Sanders Show. HBO gained in popularity with nearly every new show produced including The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire, and True Detective.

The network provides seven 24-hour multiplex channels, including HBO Comedy, HBO Latino, HBO Signature, and HBO Family. It launched the streaming service HBO NOW in April 2015 and has over 2 million subscribers in the United States as of February 2017.

In October 2018, the company announced that it would offer a streaming service similar to Netflix with HBO as its base sometime in 2019.

In 2016, the company had annual revenue of $5.89 billion and an operating income of less than $2 billion. Company headquarters remain in New York, New York. HBO operates as a subsidiary of Warner Media.

Choice Furniture Corporate Office

Choice Furniture

Choice Furniture was founded by Fadi Sahouri in Rockford, Illinois, in 2010. The company sells quality furniture for every room of the house, as well as patio and outdoor furniture.

Beginning with a small, single location, the company has grown to 2 large showrooms and announced in late October of 2018 that the company would remodel and take over the former Bergner’s furniture location in the CherryVale Mall. The new location will be three times the size of the location on State Street and will occupy both the first and second floors.

History

Choice Furniture has also begun a seasonal program called Furniture for Families in Need. Sahouri wanted to give back to the community by offering free furniture, including set up and delivery, for needy families. In 2016, the company gave furniture to the 20 families who applied. In 2017, there were more than 1,000 applications. Sahouri managed to narrow it down to 30 families and said that he might try to increase the number of families he can donate to in 2018.

Company headquarters for Choice Furniture is located in Rockford, Illinois.

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