Bowen Associates manages accounts investing on a long term, five to fifteen year, basis in retail trade and restaurant growth companies. These companies typically have volumes per store 50-100 per cent greater then any direct competitor, internally financed five year growth of at least 15 per cent and strong incentive systems for store level management.

Mr. Bowen has been closely involved with Home Depot from eight stores. Walmart from 200 stores, Price Company, the innvotator of the Costco concept, from six stores as well as Cheesecake Factory, Bed, Bath and Beyond, P.F. Changs, Lone Star Steakhouse and Saloon, Ryans Family Steakhouse, Buffets Inc., Carrefour (France), Kwik Fit (U.K.), Topps Tiles (U.K.), Pizza Express (U.K.), CIFRA (Mexico) (now WalMart de Mexico). Hornbach (Germany), Carmax, Lululemon Athletica, Lifetime Fitness, Dick's Sporting Goods and many others.