Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. engages in the retail and direct marketing of vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements, herbs, sports nutrition formulas, homeopathic remedies, natural pet food, low carb foods, diet and weight management supplements, and other health and beauty aids primarily in the United States. It sells its products through its retail stores, as well as through its catalog and Websites, primarily vitaminshoppe.com. Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. sells its products under its Vitamin Shoppe, BodyTech, and MD Select brand names, including Ultimate Man, Ultimate Woman, and Whey Tech, as well as under national brands, which include Solgar, Twinlab, EAS, and Nature’s Way. As of March 9, 2010, it operated 447 stores in 37 states and the District of Columbia. Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. was formerly known as VS Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. in November 2009. Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in North Bergen, New Jersey.

Group 1 Automotive, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the marketing and sale of automotive products and services. It offers new and used vehicles and related financing, vehicle maintenance and repair services, replacement parts, warranty, insurance, and extended service contracts. The company has operations located in major metropolitan areas in the states of Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas in the United States; and in the towns of Brighton, Hailsham, and Worthing in the United Kingdom. As of June 23, 2010, Group 1 Automotive owned and operated 101 automotive dealerships, 136 franchises, and 25 collision service centers in the United States and the United Kingdom that offer 32 brands of automobiles. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Empire Music distributes musical instruments, books, and related accessories to music educators in Canada and the US. Products include various books and instruments related to the Suzuki method of music education and theory, bells, drums, guitars, recorders, ukuleles, and xylophones (they even carry stepping stone-style xylophones and giant floor piano keyboards). It carries brands Suzuki Orff, Aulos Recorders, Challenger, and Emus. The company has been trading for more than a half-century.

Internet Brands was founded in 1998 as CarsDirect.com. CarsDirect quickly gained popularity with consumers and advertisers, winning numerous industry awards, such as one of the "50 Best" websites in the world by Time Magazine, a "Top 100 Classic Website" by PC Magazine, and a "Top Site for Buying or Selling Anything" by PC World. But that success was only a seedling. In 2005, the company began an enormous transition - from a single vertical to a diversified, platform company that would scale much larger. In 2006, the company changed its name to Internet Brands and started to accelerate its diversification and growth. On November 16, 2007, Internet Brands became a public company, listing on the NASDAQ exchange with ticker symbol INET.In 2008 and 2009, the company continued to grow its EBITDA profitability and its "same store" revenue at double digits, despite the recession.

Spicers is nothing to sneeze at -- the company is a leading office products and equipment wholesaler in the UK and France, where most of its 20-plus distribution centers are located; it also holds strong market positions in Ireland, France, and the Benelux countries, and is developing its business in Germany, Italy, and Spain. The company's 18,000 products, which are sold to office products dealers via its numerous catalogs and Web site, include office equipment, furniture, and janitorial supplies sold under major manufacturers' brands as well as its own brand, 5 Star. Spicers accounts for about one-third of the revenues of its packaging and paper parent company, DS Smith.

iParty Corp. engages in the sale of party goods and services through its retail stores in New England and Florida, the United States. Its stores feature approximately 20,000 products comprising paper party goods, Halloween costumes, greeting cards, and balloons, as well as merchandise, such as pinatas, tiny toys, masquerade, and Hawaiian Luau items. iParty Corp. also offers party planning advice and relevant information services, as well as licenses the name iParty.com to a third party. As of December 26, 2009, it operated 26 stores in Massachusetts, 7 in Connecticut, 6 in New Hampshire, 3 in Rhode Island, 3 in Maine, 1 in Vermont, and 5 stores in Florida. iParty Corp. was founded in 1998 and is based in Dedham, Massachusetts.

Founded in 1914 by Jacob Perelman, the firm was run by three generations of his family until 2007 when Dale Perelman, his grandson, stepped down. Brian Eckstein, the company's former CFO, was named president at that time. King's of New Castle (better known as King's Jewelry) doesn't sell the Crown Jewels but instead provides less renowned diamond, gemstone, and gold jewelry, as well as watches and giftware, from about 35 stores (down from about 50 in 2007) in Pennsylvania, Ohio,West Virginia, and Maryland. Like those of its larger rivals Zale and Kay Jewelers, the regional jewelry chain's stores are mostly mall-based. King's also sells jewelry online and by catalog and offers repair and appraisal services.

PaperCo, established in 1987, has a network of about 30 sales and distribution centers and operates throughout the UK. The Paper Company Limited is a subsidiary of Australia-based PaperlinX. The Paper Company (PaperCo) is among the UK's top four national paper distributors in terms of size and sales. PaperCo carries about 80 branded and generic products, including a growing range of recycled grades, that cover about 18,000 lines of coated and uncoated printing papers and laser, inkjet, and copier papers. The Paper Company Limited also operates specialist divisions that supply paper reels and display materials.

Titan Machinery Inc. owns and operates networks of full service agricultural and construction equipment stores. It engages in new and used equipment sales; parts sales; repair and maintenance services; and equipment rental and other activities. Titan Machinery Inc. sells and services agricultural equipment, including application equipment and sprayers, combines and attachments, hay and forage equipment, planting and seeding equipment, precision farming technology, tillage equipment, and tractors for uses ranging from large-scale farming to home and garden uses. It also sells and services construction equipment, which include articulated trucks, compact track loaders, compaction equipment, cranes, crawler dozers, excavators, forklifts, loader/backhoes, loader/tool carriers, motor graders, skid steer loaders, telehandlers, and wheel loaders for commercial and residential construction, road and highway construction, and mining applications, as well as new and used equipment. In addition, the company provides repair and maintenance services, including warranty repairs, on-site repairs, scheduled off-season maintenance, and training programs. Further, it retails Case IH Agriculture equipment, New Holland Agriculture, Case Construction, and New Holland Construction equipment through its stores. Titan Machinery Inc. serves farmers, construction contractors, public utilities, municipalities, and maintenance contractors, as well as single machine owners and large farming/contracting firms. As of January 31, 2010, it operated a network of 72 agricultural and construction equipment stores, including 3 outlet stores in North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Minnesota. Titan Machinery Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota.

Business is "floor"ishing at CCA Global Partners. Formerly named Carpet Co-op, the company operates more than a dozen independent businesses and more than 2,700 locations in North America and abroad. Its largest units are flooring retailers Carpet One, with more than 1,000 locations in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the US, and Flooring America, with about 550 stores in the US and Canada. CCA Global's other specialty retail operations include The Bike Cooperative, with some 300 memeber stores, and lighting products seller Lighting One. In addition to its retail lines, the company provides mortgage banking and business services. Chairman Howard Brodsky and Alan Greenberg founded the co-op in 1984.

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