Alliance Entertainment, LLC distributes music and video CDs, DVDs, games, and related products to some 3,000 merchants, including Target, Best Buy, Barnes and Noble, and Borders, as well as Internet retailers such as Amazon.com. Alliance also provides fulfillment, e-commerce, and related support services through its AEC Direct division. Its NCircle Entertainment unit licenses and distributes family entertainment titles based on such characters as Super Mario Bros. and My Little Pony. Alliance Entertainment was founded in 1990. Today it is owned by investment firms Platinum Equity and The Gores Group.

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.

Proftech was founded in 1980, but it was first conceived the company in a college paper Montiel wrote about recession-proof industries. No matter what the economic outlook, people will always need office supplies. That was president Jose Montiel's theory when he started Proftech, a major distributor of office products and supplies to customers throughout the US. The company offers next-day delivery with no minimum order. Aside from the customary pens and notepads, Proftech supplies innovative products such as SMART Technologies' "smart board" and its own oil clean-up material, HTP. The company's products are distributed through about 50 facilities nationwide and can be ordered over the phone or online.

Founded in 1935, the luxury retailer is still owned and operated by the Fina Family. Michael C. Fina sells only the finest to to-be-weds and their wedding guests nationwide. The company offers high-end gifts, home furnishings, tableware, jewelry, and timepieces through catalogs, the Internet, and a store on Fifth Avenue in New York City. The company has an agreement with leading wedding information publisher The Knot, whereby Michael C. Fina is its exclusive provider of china, crystal, and silver. The company's featured brands include Kate Spade, Kosta Boda, Lenox, and Vera Wang. In addition, Michael C. Fina operates its own bridal and gift registry service through its website.

Sports Endeavors gets a kick out of more than just soccer. Through its catalogs and websites, the company offers equipment and apparel for soccer, lacrosse, and rugby players. Its Eurosport unit operates SOCCER.com, which receives more than 2 million visitors a month, and its Eurosport catalog has the widest circulation of any US soccer publication. Sports Endeavors also operates the Great Atlantic Lacrosse Company, which sells through its eponymous catalog and LACROSSE.com, and the World Rugby Shop, which sells through its website and catalog of the same name. Sports Endeavors was founded in 1984 by brothers Mike (CEO) and Brendan (COO) Moylan.

IKON was acquired by Japan's Ricoh, a key supplier, in 2008 for $1.6 billion. IKON Office Solutions works to ensure that when it comes to buying business equipment, customers say, "I can and I will." A subsidiary of office equipment giant Ricoh, IKON sells and services its parent's brand of office equipment, including copiers, printers, scanners, fax machines, and more, throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. IKON Office Solutions, Inc. also offers such services as document management outsourcing, electronic file conversions, facilities management, and training. Customers are primarily large and small businesses and government agencies.

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.

As we begin our 29th year in business, I want to say thank you to all of our customers who have contributed to our great success over the past 28 years. 2009 was filled with unprecedented economic change that will alter the auto industry forever. As a result, 2010 will be filled with all new challanges for us. I want you to know as your Ford, Lincoln and Mercury dealer I will continue to do business the same way that I always have; by treating my customers with respect and fairness. I know that Ford Motor Company and Allan Vigil Ford Lincoln Mercury are positioned to succeed, and it's only with your help that we can do it

Founded in 2001, Floor and Decor Outlets of America, Inc. company has ambitious plans to equal the market share of big-box rivals Home Depot and Lowe's in its markets. Floor and Decor Outlets of America is cashing in on the home improvement craze. The hard-surface flooring and accessories retailer operates 20-plus stores in half a dozen states, including California, Florida, and Texas. Floor and Decor Outlets of America, Inc. stocks a selection of hardwood floors, flooring tiles (ceramic, granite, marble, porcelain, slate, travertine), decorative bathroom items (sinks, glass and wall tiles), and the tools necessary to perform flooring jobs (grout, mouldings, wet saws). By bypassing distributors, Floor and Decor can offer its products at 20% to 50% less than its competition.

Safeguard Business Systems wants to make sure small businesses get the supplies they need to stay in business -- and maybe even become less small. Safeguard Business Systems oversees the distribution of printed products (business cards, forms), office supplies (toner cartridges, file folders), and logo-branded apparel and promotional items (pens, bags) to more than 600,000 customers throughout the US and Canada. It operates through a network of about 360 local distributors. Safeguard Business Systems is a subsidiary of small business services provider and check printer Deluxe. Safeguard Business Systems was founded in 1956.

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