In the late 1980s he mounted proxy fights against a maker of baby items (baby bottles, plastic toys) called the First Years.
Also among Groh's favorites is Wellington, Fla.-based BE Aerospace, a maker of aircraft interior items such as seats, food and drink equipment, oxygen delivery systems and lighting.
In the highest profile bet to date, Amazon in 2012 paid $775 million for Kiva Systems, a maker of robots that move items around warehouses.
The Herm?family shareholders -- the Puechs, Guerrands and Dumases -- announced the holding-company plan on Dec. 5, after Mr. Arnault disclosed in October that he had acquired a 17.1 percent stake in the company, a maker of luxury handbags, scarves and other items.
As a maker of artisan jewelry, I have bought many items on eBay in the loose beads category, and I can tell you that there are thousands of items being sold as gemstones that either are not gemstones at all (usually glass) or are labeled as one gemstone (such as jade) when they are in fact another stone of far less value (such as dyed quartz).
Ridgely Evers and his wife, Colleen McGlynn, of DaVero, a maker of olive oil and other specialty food items, left for Mexico on the day after Christmas.
Many consumers in places like China and Russia may have seen only these ads from Vuitton, Mr. Beccari said, and may be unfamiliar with the brand's less-flashy heritage as a maker of trunks, suitcases and other travel-related items.
Consumer goods giant Unilever, a maker of branded soaps, foodstuffs and personal care items and also one of the world's biggest online advertisers, has fired a warning shot across the bows of social media giants by threatening to pull ads from digital platforms if they don't do more to mitigate the spread of what it dubs "toxic" online content — be it fake news, terrorism or child exploitation.
Venice Maid, a maker of canned pasta, will join several other well-known supermarket items owned by International Home Foods, a subsidiary of the private investment firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc.
LIZ CLAIBORNE INC., New York, a clothing retailer that is expanding its product range to include furniture, said it had reached agreements with Richloom Fabrics Group, a maker of textiles and Lexington Home Brands, a maker of furniture, to make items for the Liz Claiborne Home Collection.
