Rise and fall of Philips

Philips, ones one of the biggest consumer electronics companies in the world with products in almost every market. From TV’s to vacuum cleaners and from computer chips to there own…

AND1

If you were the a kid in the late 90s or early 2000s like me, there’s a good chance you loved watching people like the Professor, Spyda, or Escalade and…

HEB

Heb is a successful chain of grocery stores in Texas. They’re generally liked in their area. It would be interesting to see why they’re successful.

Reddit

valued at $3 billion usd

Discover Financial Services

Started as an offshoot of Sears in the mid-1980’s Discover credit cards are now technically the most accepted cards in the world. They operate their own payment processing network, have…

UnitedHealth Group

How did UnitedHealthcare get so large? Most people probably don’t even know what UnitedHealthcare is, but don’t let that fool you. UnitedHealth Group is one of the largest companies in…

American Apparel

The clothing business had an interesting take on being sweatshop-free and used provocative marketing. But that mixed with a combination of other factors led to its demise.

Sleep Number

This company started very small, grew and aquired parents and other companies, nearly died in 2008, and is one of two profitable mattress manufacturers in 2018. The only mattress company…

Tootsie Roll Industries

Independent company with some interesting brands Charleston Chew, Blow Pop, Andes, Jr. Mints, Dubble Bubble, Dots, Charms. I’m surprised it hasn’t been acquired. Has done well on stock market, still…