Global Protection

Location: Boston
2002 Revenue: $3.3 million
Growth (1998-2002): 176%
FT/PT employees: 21/4

Though Davin Wedel's condom company derives 55% of its sales from nonprofit health groups, recent growth has come from retailers like CVS. To penetrate this channel, Wedel is launching One, a new brand featuring distinctive circular packaging and outré artwork. One label bears a woman's naked posterior; another shows two men kissing.