For those of us who have a love/hate relationship with our sexy shoes, Foot Petals is a brand focused on the design, manufacturing, and distribution of designer “sole-ution” oriented products, everything she needs for feet, legs and shoes. Designed by a woman, for women, each product has been developed with the intention of making the career-minded, family-oriented, and active woman’s life both healthy and sexy. With its foundation in designer insoles and accessories, it is Foot Petal’s mission to empower women by making life’s inconveniences more comfortable with each step.

We specialize in innovative design and manufacturing solutions for the beauty industry. We provide clients with a rapid sampling and manufacturing process while creating high quality cosmetic brushes and sets.

The world’s most admired brands turn to Communispace Corporation, the leader in generating game-changing insights via private online customer communities. Founded in 1999, the company has created more than 350 customer communities for industry leaders such as Kraft, Hewlett-Packard, Charles Schwab, Hallmark, Unilever, GlaxoSmithKline, and Hilton Hotels Corporation. Headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts, the company has offices in Atlanta, Chicago, London, New York, San Francisco, as well as San Remo, Italy and Sydney, Australia.

GEKA stands for in-depth industry expertise, closeness to customers, flexibility and innovation. We recognize market trends and understand what the market and our customer expect. Whether for mascara, lip-gloss, eyeliner, nail lacquer or liquid shadow, GEKA provides the customer complete application, packaging and decoration systems.

Innovation; Quality; Expertise; Geka’s competitive advantages are yours.

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE: IFF), is a leading global creator of flavors and fragrances used in a wide variety of consumer products and packaged goods. Consumers experience these unique scents and tastes in fine fragrances and beauty care, detergents and household goods, as well as beverages, confectionery and food products. The Company leverages its competitive advantages of brand understanding and consumer insight combined with its focus on R&D and innovation, to provide customers with differentiated product offerings

COSMETIC ARCHITECTS, the foundation and structure of successful brands.

Building Brands thru innovative retail marketing, highly specialized education concepts, directed distribution strategies and a dynamic sales and education team.

Wells Fargo Securities provides corporate clients with creative financing solutions in the debt and equity capital markets and strategic advice on mergers and acquisitions.

TSG Consumer Partners is a private equity fund focused exclusively on branded consumer products. We work closely with management teams to build strong brands, and have partnered with such companies as Smashbox Cosmetics, Perricone MD, vitaminwater and MuscleMilk.

Moelis & Company is a global investment bank that provides financial advisory services and capital raising solutions to clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and other strategic matters.

Catterton Partners is a leading consumer-focused private equity firm that invests in all major consumer segments, including Consumer Products and Services, Food and Beverage, Restaurants and Retail, and Media and Marketing Services. Catterton has led investments in companies such as Frederic Fekkai, StriVectin, The Worth Collection and Restoration Hardware.

Peter J. Solomon Company, a leading independent investment banking firm well known for its consumer and retail practice, provides public and private clients with strategic & financial advisory services relating to mergers, acquisitions, financings, capitalization alternatives and restructurings.