Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc. operates as a regional broad line retailer in the central United States. The company operates ALCO stores that offer a line of merchandise consisting of approximately 35,000 items, including automotive, candy, crafts, domestics, electronics, fabrics, furniture, hardware, jewelry, pre-recorded music and video, and stationery products, as well as health and beauty aids, housewares, sporting goods, seasonal items, and toys. It also offers ladies', men's, and children's apparel and shoes. In addition, the company also operates Duckwall stores, which offer a limited selection of merchandise. As of February 16, 2010, it operated 258 stores in 23 states in the central United States. The company was founded in 1901 and is based in Abilene, Kansas.

The Kitchen Collection, Inc. sells discounted cookware, bakeware, small appliances, cooking tools and gadgets, kitchen products seen on TV, and decorative items through more than 295 Kitchen Collection and Le Gourmet Chef stores in 40-plus states, as well as on its website. It stocks both private-label and brand-name merchandise (including the Hamilton Beach line owned by The Kitchen Collection's parent, NACCO Industries). The company's stores are primarily located in factory outlet malls nationwide.

Netto has all of the ingredients for you to create your favorite omeletto or bruschetto, or to feed your hungry housepetto. The UK arm of Denmark's Dansk Supermarked, Netto Foodstores operates some 195 hard-discount grocery stores throughout England, all easily recognized by their trademark black Scottie. Netto's no-frills stores sell a limited range of food and non-food products (only 1,100 items) at deeply reduced prices. Its parent company has agreed to sell its UK subsidiary to grocery giant ASDA to better concentrate on its supermarket business in Scandinavia and Northern Europe. The $1.2 billion deal is expected to close in late 2010. Dansk Supermarked is 68% owned by Marsk Group.

Pilot offers a salve to those suffering from white-line fever. Its Pilot Travel Centers LLC, a joint venture between Pilot and CVC Capital Partners, runs more than 300 truck stops in some 40 states. Each features restaurant chains such as Subway, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell. Pilot has fuel islands large enough to service several 18-wheelers at a time and private showers. Pilot Truck Care Centers provide TLC for big rigs. The firm also owns and operates about 45 convenience stores under the Pilot Food Mart banner in Tennessee. James Haslam II got Pilot off the ground in 1958 as a gas station that sold cigarettes and soft drinks; now his son, CEO James Haslam III, pilots the firm. The Haslam family owns the company.

Sixth Avenue Electronics is the Premier Source for high-end electronics and accessories. We have the products you want, the products you need, and the experience and knowledge you should expect from a retailer. With firm roots in the consumer electronics industry and a growing chain of stores in New Jersey and New York, Sixth Avenue Electronics is paving the way into the future. Sixth Avenue Electronics has been serving our customers for over 22 years, consistently providing the kind of hassle-free shopping experience you deserve. A six time consecutive winner of Audio/Video International Magazine’s Retailer of the Year award, our leadership is empowered by our commitment to customer service and care.

Gate Petroleum company runs a chain of about 225 Gate Food Post stores in six Southeastern states, including Florida and the Carolinas, that sell gas and groceries and offer fleet management services. The firm is also a wholesale fuel distributor to customers throughout the Southeast. The company is also active in the real estate and construction materials businesses. In Florida Gate owns several private clubs, office buildings, and business parks. Subsidiary Gate Concrete has plants in about half a dozen states that make and sell concrete and building materials. CEO Herbert Peyton, who founded the company in 1960, owns the majority of Gate Petroleum.

Industria de Diseno Textil (Inditex) makes disposable chic fashions that are here today and gone tomorrow. The Spanish designer-cum-retailer uses technology and an armada of designers to master cheap chic. Inditex sells on a global scale, with some 4,430 shops in 75-plus countries under eight different banners: Zara, Oysho, Massimo Dutti, Pull and Bear, Bershka, Stradivarius, Zara Home, and Uterque. Located mostly in Europe, the firm's stores answer to popular trends by telling designers in Spain what customers are asking for locally. Inditex responds in about two weeks with new designs. Amancio Ortega Gaona, Spain's wealthiest businessman, founded Zara in 1975 and later created Inditex as a holding company.

deb shops specializes in junior and plus-sized merchandise for women aged 13 to 25. we operate more than 340 stores throughout the united states, as well as our on-line store at www.debshops.com. we offer our customer an extensive selection of items in many colors, styles and sizes. our corporate roots date back to the early 1930's, when the founders of our company operated joy hosiery, which was a women's foundation garment business. since the early 1970's, we have been focused on offering popularly-priced, fashionable, coordinated apparel to the junior-sized and fashion-conscious teen female. over the past 15 years, we have increased the range of sized we offer to 0 through 26. we want to be the store where our customer can shop for all of her apparel and accessory needs. to accomplish this we offer tops, bottoms, dresses, coats, lingerie, accessories, shoes and novelty items. our customers do not need to shop other retailers to complete her outfit. our products are highlighted in advertisements and editorials in national magazines such as seventeen and cosmo girl prom. we have also been chosen in the past for prom segments on national morning shows such as good morning america and the today show. our commitment to the special occasion dress business is unprecedented in the teen apparel market. we are extremely proud of our long, successful history. by remaining focused on providing current fashion and compelling values, we hope to continue creating our history in the years ahead.

BurnsCascade has been a leading industrial supplier of valves, controls, and instrumentation products for over 60 years. We have achieved great success by putting the needs of customers first and delivering on our promises. The company's focus on complete customer satisfaction and on providing the best long-term solutions to customer's challenges has contributed to its current position as one of the most successful industrial product suppliers in the Northeast. BurnsCascade is not just a valued supplier of industrial and commercial products – we serve as trusted business advisors and partners to our customers. We make product mastery, industry knowledge and exceptional customer service a priority for all of our employees. As a result our customers always know the answers to their questions are just a phone call away.

Champion Window Manufacturing is looking for a home-improvement boom as its window of opportunity. The company makes custom-built, vinyl-framed replacement windows and doors and sells them directly to homeowners through about 75 sales and installation offices in some 30 states. It also manufactures patio rooms, porch enclosures, and vinyl siding; remodels basements; and sells patio furniture made by third-party vendors. Champion Window, founded in 1953 by Alvin Levine and Arthur Stevens as a maker of aluminum storm windows, doors, and awnings, was owned by former executives Edward Levine (son of Alvin) and Bernard Barbash until mid-2007, when a private-equity investor gained control of day-to-day operations.

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