Koss Headphones
Description
Koss makes sure you can turn up the volume without disturbing the neighbors. It makes stereo headphones, or "stereophones," and related accessories. Koss products include headphones for home and on-the-go. It also sells headphones for communications purposes (DJ, home recording, telephone). It has two subsidiaries: Koss Classics and Bi-Audio. Koss products are sold through more than 15,000 US retail outlets, including audio specialty stores, catalogs, discount stores, and national retailers, as well as to fire and police units. It has an international office in Switzerland. The Koss family -- including founder John Koss (inventor of stereo headphones) and his son, CEO Michael -- owns more than 75% of the firm.
Burton Snowboards
Description
| Burton Snowboards takes surfing to the slopes with its line of premium snowboards and snowboarding equipment. The company is the world's leading snowboard maker, controlling about 40% of the market. Burton Snowboards also produces and sells snowboarding apparel, boots, bindings, packs, luggage, eyewear, and outerwear. Brands include Burton snowboards; AK, Radar, and Ronin outerwear; R.E.D. protective gear; Anon opticwear; Gravis footwear; and Analog streetwear. Burton Snowboards operates a handful of factory outlet stores located in Massachusetts, Illinois, New York, Vermont (at the company's headquarters), and in Austria. The company is owned by its chairman, Jake Burton, a snowboarding enthusiast who founded the company in 1977. |
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