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West Elm Corporate Office

West Elm

West Elm was founded in 2002 by the Williams-Sonoma company. The company sells furniture, rugs, bedding, wall decor, and other household items. A catalog was released in 2003, followed by an actual retail location in Brooklyn, New York, later that year. The company acts as a subsidiary of Williams-Sonoma.

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While some items can be purchased in-store, larger items, such as sofas or mattress sets, are for visual purposes only and must be purchased online. The company has a large variety of items for sale on its eCommerce site. In addition to the US and Puerto Rico, the company has retail locations in Mexico, Canada, the Middle East, Australia, and England.

In September 2018, one local Canadian artist sued West Elm claiming that the company was stealing her artwork (which was sold in West Elm stores) for their sheet patterns.

The company recently teamed up with Casper, a start-up mattress company, in 2016. Their latest retail location opened in Providence, Rhode Island, in August of 2016. West Elm offers products that are “Fair Trade Certified”, which means items were made under good working conditions, with sustainable practices, by persons who were paid a living wage.

In September 2020, West Elm and designer Eileen Fisher launched a sustainable home design using recycled jeans as material.

West Elm Kids announced in January 2023 that it had partnered with Misha and Puff.

West Elm maintains a corporate office in Brooklyn, New York.

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Dick Blick Corporate Office

Dick Blick

Dick Blick, sometimes known as Dick Blick Art Materials or Blick Studios, was founded in 1911 by Dick Blick. The company was originally a mail order catalog for art and school supplies. Dick and his wife Grace packaged items in their kitchen and stored them in the pantry.

The company was purchased by Robert Metzenberg in 1948. It is still owned and operated by the Metzenberg family. The first retail location was in Illinois in 1974. By 1984, the company’s mail order catalog was a full 400 pages. Their eCommerce site was launched in 1997.

Today, the company has more than 50 retail locations, as well as their online eCommerce site. The company is the #1 provider of mail order art supplies in the US.

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Dick Blick acquired Utrecht Art Supply in 2013 and has plans to merge the two companies. The company maintains headquarters in Highland Park, Illinois.

Frontpoint Security Corporate Office

FrontPoint Security

FrontPoint Security was founded in 2007 by a trio of friends, current CEO Chris Villar, his climbing partner Peter Rogers, and friend Aaron Schumaker. They wanted to build a security company that not only used the latest in technology, but didn’t use fear mongering as its main selling point.

The company was listed in 2012 as one of the best places to work in Virginia for a second straight year. The company is also won Angie’s List first ever Super Service Award in 2013. They have an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau.

FrontPoint Security offers image sensors, motion sensors, panic alarms, keychain remotes, wireless indoor and outdoor cameras, talking remote touchpad, as well as water and heat sensors, carbon monoxide sensors, and glass break sensors.

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HoneyBaked Ham Corporate Office

HoneyBaked Ham

Honeybaked Ham was founded in 1957 in Detroit, Michigan, by Harry Hoenselaar. The company operates a chain of ham and other meats to go, along with sandwiches, stores in the US. Honenselaar would select hams by hand, then smoke them. Afterward, he spiral cut them so his special honey glaze would permeate the meat.

Today, the company has more than 200 franchises and approximately 100 company-owned locations across America. The company also has an eCommerce site, as well as popup stores located in major malls during the Thanksgiving/Christmas holiday season. In addition to ham, the company also offers turkeys, pot roast, and BBQ pork. Many locations also offer side dishes, such as coleslaw, sweet potatoes, or corn.

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While the company is privately owned, new CEO Dave Keil has stated that the company has revenue in the $500 million range. Three families, the Kurz family in Ohio, the Schmidt family in Michigan, and the Farbolin family in Georgia, who all owned part of the company, recently came together to form one corporation in 2015, under the name Honeybaked Ham Company, LLC. This consolidation allows the company to work together more easily and should allow for faster expansion.

Forbes reports that millennials love working for the company because they feel like family, not employees.

During National Sandwich Month (August) the company offers a BOGO free offer, even during the COVID crisis of 2020.

The company has purchased a new corporate headquarters that will serve as its customer support center for its customers as well as company-owned owned and franchise store locations. The new 22,660 square foot building on Mansell Road in Alpharetta was purchased for $2.29 million.

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Atlanta Bread Company Corporate Office

Atlanta Bread Company

Atlanta Bread Company was founded in 1993, when brothers, Jerry and Basil Couvaras purchased a Sandy Springs Sandwich shop. The company began franchise operations the following year. The company operates a chain of sandwich and bakery shops in the US.

The company grew very quickly and by 2006 had more than 232 franchises, as well as corporate owned locations. The Couvaras brothers were charged with fraud in South Africa in 2004 and paid more than $5.5 million in fines, but avoided jail time. The company suffered as a result, with most small business administration loans going into default. The company ranked #11 on the SBA’s list of 25 Worst Franchises.

CEO Jerry Couvaras states that the company is back on track, however, and growing once more, but this time, more slowly. Today the company has about 50 locations, but they are hiring once more and making plans to re-open some of their former locations in 2017.