The Bradford Exchange was founded by J. Roderick MacArthur in 1973. In need of a figurine to complete your latest collection? The Bradford Exchange can help. The company, doing business as CollectiblesToday.com, is the e-commerce arm of The Bradford Group, one of the world's largest trading centers for collectibles. The company also sells products of affiliated companies, including The Hamilton Collection (plates, dragon collectibles), Hawthorne Village (villages, trains), Ashton-Drake Galleries (dolls), and Ardleigh Elliot (music boxes), as well as Precious Moments decorations, Elvis memorabilia, personalized jewelry, and works from artists such as Norman Rockwell and Thomas Kinkade.

Emerging Vision, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates a chain of retail optical stores and franchises optical chains in the United States and Canada. Its stores offer eye care products and services, such as prescription and non-prescription eyeglasses, eyeglass frames, ophthalmic lenses, contact lenses, sunglasses, and a range of ancillary items, as well as provide professional eye examinations to the public. The company and its franchisees operate retail optical stores under the trade names of Sterling Optical, Site for Sore Eyes, Kindy Optical, and Singer Specs. As of December 31, 2009, it owned and operated 135 Sterling stores, including 6 company-owned stores and 129 franchised stores located in 14 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In addition, the company engages in the optical purchasing group business that offers its members with vendor discounts on optical products for resale. Further, it provides eye care benefits to covered participants under the Insight Managed Vision Care name; and operates a specialized health care maintenance organization, which employs licensed optometrists to provide services in offices located in Sterling stores situated in California. Emerging Vision, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Lookers sells the kind of cars that get noticed. The company operates through about 100 franchised auto dealerships in the UK. It also does business as the Charles Hurst Group in England and Northern Ireland and as Taggarts in Scotland. The company sells new and used vehicles from such brands as Aston Martin, Bentley, Citroën, Honda, Jeep, Toyota, and Volkswagen. Lookers also sells motorcycles from two dealerships. In addition to its franchise operations, the company's business lines include aftermarket auto parts (FPS Distribution) and used car supermarkets (Bristol Trade Centre and Ian Shipton Cars). Lookers was founded in 1908. Millionaire car trader Tony Bramall holds about a 20% stake in the company.

Backcountry.com is an online retailer of outdoor and backcountry gear. The company sells products for activities such as skiing, backpacking, camping, snowboarding, rock climbing, kayaking, and mountaineering. Its offerings include more than 400 brands, such as Burton, K2, The North Face, Oakley, and Rossignol. Backcountry.com was founded in 1996 by CEO Jim Holland and president John Bresee. Backcountry.com is a subsidiary of Liberty Media, which owns more than 80% of the online retailer's equity.

FrightCatalog.com is the epicenter of ghastly goods. As one of the fastest growing online and catalog retailers of peculiar products, we go to the ends of the earth (and then some) to bring you the very best. In our book, creepy is as creepy does... and we've got you covered, from horn to tail. FrightCatalog.com has been catering to all of our great customers since 2000. Since then we've made it a point to stay on the cutting edge, filling our warehouse with fabulous finds to awaken your inner Halloween spirit throughout the year. While we relish in our nightmarish fun, we're bound to our customers' satisfaction. We offer quality products at competitive prices and with our 110% price match guarantee, we've got the competition scared stiff.

Gameplay GB Ltd. sells new video games at discounted prices for popular platforms, such as the PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii. Games from a variety of studios are distributed through Gameplay's Web site to European and other countries around the world, including Australia, Japan, and the US. In 2004 the company was acquired by THE GAME GROUP, which has become a leading software and game retailer in Europe.

Before Old Navy, there was the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM). Active-duty military personnel, reservists, retirees, and their family members can shop and gas up at more than 100 NEXCOM retail stores (brand-name and private-label merchandise ranging from apparel to home electronics), more than 155 NEXCOM Ships Stores (basic necessities), and its 100-plus Uniform Support Centers (the sole source of authorized uniforms). NEXCOM also runs about 40 Navy Lodges (motels) in the US and about half a dozen foreign countries. NEXCOM receives tax dollars for its shipboard stores, but it is otherwise self-supporting. Most of the profits fund morale, welfare, and recreational programs (MWR) for sailors.

Hutchison Whampoa Limited operates in the ports and related services; property and hotels; retail; energy, infrastructure, finance, investments, and others; and telecommunications businesses. The company’s Ports and Related Services segment engages in the investment, development, and operation of ports in Europe, the Mainland China, north and south Asia, Australia, the Americas, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Africa. This segment has interests in 50 ports comprising 306 berths. The company’s Property and Hotels segment invests in and develops office, commercial, industrial, and residential premises in the Mainland China, Hong Kong, and internationally. It also operates and manages hotels. The company’s Retail segment operates retail stores that sell personal care, health, beauty, luxury perfumery, cosmetic, and food and wine products, as well as consumer electronics and electrical appliances. This segment also manufactures and distributes bottled water and beverages. The company’s Energy, Infrastructure, Finance, Investments, and Others segment owns interests in energy and infrastructure projects principally in Hong Kong, the Mainland China, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Canada, and the United Kingdom. This segment also engages in other ventures and activities, including the manufacture, distribution, and retail of healthcare, traditional Chinese medicine, and pharmaceutical products; property investment; manufacture of consumer electronic products; retail product sourcing and licensing; and Internet, publishing, outdoor media, and television and entertainment businesses. The company’s Telecommunications segment provides telecommunications and data services, including 3G video mobile services, fixed-line services, fiber optic broadband networks, and radio broadcasting services in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Macau, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Hutchison Whampoa Limited is based in Central, Hong Kong.

Alvarez Lincoln-Mercury began when president Ramon Alvarez, the son of a family from Tijuana that founded Baja California's first airline, purchased floundering Riverside Lincoln-Mercury in 1996 and renamed it. Within months the dealership was at the top in sales for the region after tapping into the Hispanic market.As its name implies, Alvarez Lincoln-Mercury sells new Lincolns and Mercurys, but also high-end car make Jaguar through its dealership in Riverside, California. The dealership also sells many models of used cars. Its Web site lets visitors search inventory, price cars, arrange for a service appointment, order parts, and apply for financing.

Chairman Bernard Arenson founded the company in 1975. The Arenson family, including president Perry and VP Susan, own Bernard Arenson. Bernard Arenson, which does business as Arenson Office Furniture, sells office furniture to its customers in the San Diego area. Its products include desks, executive seating, tables, filing cabinets, shelving, modular systems, and related products. Bernard Arenson also offers space planning, installation, and product delivery services. Arenson Office Furniture distributes products manufactured under such brand names as Holga, HON, Maxon, and OFS. It also sells executive and guest seating made by La-Z-Boy.

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