BEST RETAIL CHAIN SPECIALTY IN PET SUPPLIES AND GROOMING

PetSmart, Inc. is a retail chain operating in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico engaged in the sale of specialty pet supplies and services such as grooming and dog training, cat and dog boarding facilities, and daycare. PetSmart also offers a varied selection of animals for sale and adoption such as birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and several breeds of small animals like guinea pigs, chinchillas, gerbils, hamsters and mice.

PetSmart was founded in 1986 and opened its first two stores in 1987 under the name PetFood Warehouse in the Phoenix area. In 1989, the name and logo changed from PetFood Warehouse to PETsMART. PetSmart continued to grow and in 1993 went public on the NASDAQ stock exchange listed under the symbol "PETM". In 1994, PetSmart formed PetSmart Charities, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending euthanasia and finding homes for homeless pets. Petsmart.com made its debut in 1996.

A PetSmart location in Traverse City, MI

In early 2000, PetSmart remodeled most of its stores in a plan they called "Eagle" which changed many stores from a front-half storefront, back-half warehouse feel to an all-over standard retail market. In August 2005, the company announced that it was rebranding its name from PETsMART to PetSmart. This move, which de-emphasized "Mart" and emphasized "Smart", was designed to announce its evolution from a pet supply store to a solutions-oriented company.

As of May 2010, PetSmart operated approximately 1,160 stores and about 165 locations with PetsHotels and Doggie Day Camps. Many PetSmarts also contain Banfield Pet Hospital veterinary offices

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BEST IN FASHIONABLE MEN'S CLOTHING

Topman is the stand-alone fashion business counterpart of Topshop that caters exclusively to men’s clothing. A part of the Arcadia Group, which also owns Burton, Miss Selfridge, Wallis, Evans, British Home Stores and Dorothy Perkins, Topman has a chain of high-street men's clothing stores located throughout the United Kingdom and has a presence on just about every UK High Street, and in Ireland main street outlets in six cities and towns. Topman was created in the UK towards the end of the 1970s to provide a new approach to menswear retailing. Since its creation, Topman has also built an international presence, including concession outlets in boutique stores in Chicago, New York & Japan. As well as two entire floors at the ‘world’s largest fashion shop’, in Oxford Circus, London. Recently, Topman has entered Canada with exclusive shops at The Bay in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.

Topman's main product offerings are fashionable men's clothing, covering everything from men's formal suits to informal indie-rock-influenced casual-styling ranges, along with footwear and fashion accessories. Topman also sells a specially-designed range of clothing at their flagship London store in an area named 'Lens'. Its current offerings included items by Dexter Wong Ltd, Fred Perry, Licentious, Siv Stoldal, Carolyn Massey, Material Boy, Mjolk and 'Topman Design'.

Over recent years, Topman has collaborated with young designers such as Kim Jones, Markus Lupfer and Peter Jensen as well as launching its own premium label ‘Topman Design’. After showing seasonally to the menswear press arena, Topman joined forces with Fashion East to produce 'MAN', a menswear event that takes place on schedule at the London Fashion Week, showcasing new menswear design as well as the Topman Design collection.

In 2008, Topman collaborated with new label The Look Presents, the creation of rock-fashion author Paul Gorman and Soho boutique owner, Max Karie, to launch 'the Look Presents'.

This comprised three collections:

• A range of T-shirts by the 70s label Wonder Workshop which was launched in June 2008.

• A T-shirt collection by Nigel Waymouth, founder of the King's Road store Granny Takes a Trip, which was launched in August 2008.

• Priceless, the ready-to-wear capsule collection by Antony Price, designer for Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry and Duran Duran which was launched in October 2008.

• Stella McCartney for Topman, the accessory and ready-to-wear collection was launched in November 2009.

Topman SouthGate, Bath

A combined Topshop and Topman inBradford.

Topman was nominated for the ‘Menswear Design of the Year’ award by the British Fashion Council, winner of ‘Best Fashion Retailer’ at the Maxim Style Awards for 2005 and winner of ‘Best High Street Retailer’ at the 2007 FHM Fashion and Grooming awards.

In 2011, Topman worked closely with Teenage Cancer Trust. The company worked in collaboration with children from the charity to produced a range of sunglasses designed by them whilst supporting the 'Rock your Shades' campaign in May 2011.

In late 2011, Topman also debuted its line of male grooming products, featuring two men's fragrances, hair and body wash, anti-perspirant, hair putty and body spray.

Towards the end of 2011, Topman began to release issues of its online magazine Topman Generation centering art, music and fashion.

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BEST IN MEDIA PRODUCTION SOFTWARE

Sony Creative Software (originally Sony Media Software upon the purchase of Sonic Foundry) is a subsidiary of Sony, focused primarily on their line of media production software. Additionally, they produce a series of audio loops, sound effects and other media for use with their software.

Sony Creative Software inspires artistic expression with its award-winning line of products for digital video, audio, andmusic production, as well as industry-leading technology for DVD production and Blu-ray Disc™ authoring. Sound Forge™ Pro, ACID™ Pro, and Vegas™ Pro software have defined digital content creation for a generation of creative professionals. These signature product lines continue to advance media production by providing powerful, accessible tools. Today, there is a Sony Creative Software application for every level of expertise, including a full line of consumer software based on the company's professional applications. In addition, Sony Creative Software produces the extensive Sony^® Sound Series collection of royalty-free loops and samples, Sony Pictures Sound Effects Series exclusive sound effects, and Vision Series video creation assets. Further, the company provides the industry-leading tools for enterprise-level Blu-ray Disc™ production: Blu-print^®, DoStudio Authoring, and DoStudio Encoder software. The company’s customers span the globe and include professionals in the film, television, video game, and recording industries, as well as students, educators, and hobbyists.

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