GNC is owned by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Board Plan, its affiliate Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II, and management. GNC filed to go public in September 2010.What's good for the customer is good for GNC Acquisition Corporation (formerly General Nutrition Centers). GNC operates the world's leading nutritional-supplements retail chain devoted solely to items such as vitamins and dietary products. The company also makes Rite Aid private-label products. It sells its products online, as well, through a partnership with drugstore.com. GNC has 2,800 company-owned retail stores in the US and Canada; 1,900 store-within-a-store sites in Rite Aid's drugstores; and 2,220 franchised stores in 47 countries.

Harvey is a leading manufacturer and distributor of high quality building products. Founded in 1961, Harvey is a privately held, growth-oriented corporation headquartered in Waltham, MA. Harvey manufactures superior quality, attractive windows, doors and patio rooms right here in the Northeast. We recently constructed a state-of-the art manufacturing facility featuring additional automation, an in-house testing lab, and a dedicated recycling area to help preserve our natural resources. Harvey is one of the few US manufacturers who design all of its own window products.

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty retailer in the action sports, fashion, and music influences of the California lifestyle. The company sells casual apparel; and a selection of accessories and footwear to teens and young adults. It operates mall-based chain of retail stores under the Pacific Sunwear and PacSun names. Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. also operates an e-commerce Website at pacsun.com, which sells PacSun merchandise online. As of January 30, 2010, it leased and operated 894 stores in 50 states and Puerto Rico. Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is based in Anaheim, California.

The Robert Allen Group is a leading designer and marketer of fabrics and home furnishings under numerous brand names, including Robert Allen, Robert Allen @ Home, Ametex, and Beacon Hill. Each line serves a particular price point and market niche. Also, the Robert Allen Contract division works to customize fabrics and designs for corporate, hospitality, and healthcare customers. In 2002 The Robert Allen Group was acquired by family-owned Decor Holdings.

Brantano keeps the whole family on its feet. Brantano NV provides a wide variety of women's, men's, children's, and sports shoes. Brentano also offers accessories such as handbags, wallets, insoles, and shoe care items. Its shoes range in price from 25-125 Euros. Brantano NV provides shoes under its own brands and international brands, including NIKE, Clarks, and Reebok. Brantano sells its footwear in about 285 stores in Belgium, including Luxembourg, and the UK, as well as about a dozen franchises the Middle East. Brantano NV plans to expand its operations in other European countries. Netherlands-based Macintosh Retail Group acquired the Belgian shoe retailer in early 2008.

Paul Stuart, Inc. was founded in 1938 by Ralph Ostrove and was named after his then 7-year-old son, Paul Stuart Ostrove. Where would the Mad Men of Madison Avenue be without the classic menswear of Paul Stuart? The traditional upscale clothier on Madison Avenue in New York City sells high-end men's and women's specialty apparel to the office crowd. The company also has a store in Chicago, about 70 in-store shops and three freestanding stores in Japan, and a store in Korea. As part of its upscale services, Paul Stuart offers custom suit making. Paul Stuart launched its awaited Phineas Cole collection, a "curated" line, in fall 2007.

Walgreen Co., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of a chain of drugstores in the United States. The company’s drugstores sell prescription and non-prescription drugs, and general merchandise. Its general merchandise comprises household products, convenience foods, and seasonal items, as well as personal care, beauty care, candy, and photofinishing products. The company offers its products and services through drugstores, as well as through mail, telephone, and the Internet. As of August 31, 2010, it operated 8,046 locations in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Walgreen company also owns 37 strip shopping malls. Walgreen Co. was founded in 1901 and is based in Deerfield, Illinois.

The Cato Corporation operates as a fashion specialty retailer for fashion and value conscious females principally in the southeastern United States. Its stores offer an assortment of apparel and accessories, including dressy, career, and casual sportswear; dresses; coats; shoes; lingerie; costume jewelry; and handbags. As of January 30, 2010, the Cato Corporation company operated 1,271 women’s fashion specialty stores in 31 states under the Cato, Cato Fashions, Cato Plus, It’s Fashion, and It’s Fashion Metro brand names. The Cato Corporation also provides its own credit card and a layaway plan for customers to purchase its merchandise. The Cato Corporation company was founded in 1946 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. operates as an importer and specialty retailer of imported decorative home furnishings and gifts in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It operates retail stores under the name of ‘Pier 1 Imports’. These stores offer various furniture, decorative home furnishings, dining and kitchen goods, bath and bedding accessories, candles, gifts, housewares, seasonal assortments, and other specialty items for the home. The company’s decorative accessories include decorative wood accents, lamps, vases, dried and artificial flowers, baskets, ceramics, dinnerware, bath and fragrance products, candles, bedding, and seasonal and gift items. Its furniture products comprise furniture and furniture cushions to be used in living, dining, office, kitchen and bedroom areas, sunrooms, and on patios, as well as consists of wall decorations and mirrors. As of August 28, 2010, the company operated 1,048 stores in the United States and Canada, as well as operated 36 locations in Mexico. Pier 1 Imports, Inc. was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

PharMerica Corporation operates as an institutional pharmacy services company in the United States. It offers services to healthcare facilities and provides management pharmacy services to hospitals. The company purchases, repackages, and dispenses prescription and non-prescription pharmaceuticals in accordance with physician orders and delivers such medication to healthcare facilities for administration to individual patients and residents. PharMerica Corporation also provides pharmacy products and services to residents and patients in skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and other long-term alternative care settings. In addition, it offers consultant pharmacist services for customers to comply with the federal and state regulations applicable to nursing homes. Further, PharMerica Corporation offers various ancillary services, such as infusion therapy products and services; and hospital pharmacy management services, including hospital pharmacy operations, regulatory and financial management services, and clinical pharmacy programs to various hospitals. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 98 institutional pharmacies in 41 states and provided pharmacy management services to 86 hospitals. PharMerica Corporation is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. PharMerica Corporation (NYSE: PMC) operates independently of Kindred Healthcare Inc. and Amerisourcebergen Corp. as of August 1, 2007.

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