Eric Colton

Hot Topic, Inc. provides retail stores that specialize in apparel, accessories, gifts and music. Its products include woven and knit tops, skirts, pants, shorts, jackets, shoes, costume jewelry, body jewelry, intimate apparel, sunglasses, cosmetics, leather accessories and gift items. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in City of Industry, CA.

Bombay & Co., Inc. manufactures and retails home furniture and accessories. The company offers unassembled reproductions of 18th and 19th century English furniture. Its products include collections for the home and office, carpets, lamps and lighting fixtures, bed and bath accessories, garden and patio furnishings, artwork, collectibles, and gift items. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Borders Group, Inc. owns and operates bookstores and music stores. It operates through its subsidiaries, Borders, Inc. and Walden Book Company, Inc., which operates stores selling books, music and movie superstores and mall-based bookstores. The company operates a proprietary e-commerce Web site www.borders.com. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

NewZoom, Inc. develops and operates an automated retail platform for vending machines. The firm provides solutions for device management, In-Store retail and satellite retail. The company was founded by Gower Smith and Michael Gill in 2002 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. provides education services. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Part of ESL Investments, Inc., Pace Membership Warehouse, Inc. is a company that operates warehouse. The company is based in Tucson, AZ.