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HOTT: together with its subsidiaries, operates as a mall- and Web-based specialty retailer in the United States. The company operates Hot Topic and Torrid store concepts, as well as an e-space music discovery concept, ShockHound. Its Hot Topic stores sell music/pop culture-licensed merchandise, including tee shirts, hats, posters, stickers, patches, postcards, books, novelty accessories, CDs, and DVDs; and music/pop culture-influenced merchandise comprising women's and men's apparel and accessories, such as woven and knit tops, skirts, pants, shorts, jackets, shoes, costume jewelry, body jewelry, sunglasses, cosmetics, leather accessories, and gift items. The company's Torrid stores offer casual and dressy offerings, which include jeans, fashion tops, sweaters, pants, jackets and dresses, hosiery, shoes, intimate apparel, and fashion accessories for plus-size young women. The company's ShockHound concept, a music Web site at shockhound.com, facilitates people of various ages to purchase MP3s and music merchandise, share their music interests, read the latest music news, and enjoy editorial content about their favorite artists. As of January 30, 2010, it operated 680 Hot Topic stores in the United States and Puerto Rico, and 156 Torrid stores in 35 states. Hot Topic, Inc. also sells merchandise on its Web sites, hottopic.com and torrid.com. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in City of Industry, California.

CBK: through its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer of women's apparel in the United States. The company offers women's apparel in sizes 4 to 16, and petite sizes under Christopher & Banks brand; and sizes 14W to 26W under C.J. Banks brand. Its stores provide knit tops, woven tops, jackets, sweaters, skirts, denim bottoms, and bottoms of other fabrications, as well as jewelry for women ranging from 40 to 60 years of age. As of May 29, 2010, the company operated 795 stores in 46 states, including 532 Christopher & Banks stores, 261 C.J. Banks stores, and two dual stores. It also operates e-Commerce Web sites, www.christopherandbanks.com and www.cjbanks.com. The company was formerly known as Braun's Fashions Corporation and changed its name to Christopher & Banks Corporation in July 2000. Christopher & Banks Corporation was founded in 1956 and is based in Plymouth, Minnesota.

FL: operates as a retailer of athletic footwear and apparel. The company has two segments, Athletic Stores and Direct-to-Customers. The Athletic Stores segment offers athletic footwear and apparel under various formats, including Foot Locker, Lady Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, Footaction, and CCS. This segment offers footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessories, as well as casual wear for various activities, including basketball, running, training, walking, toning, and fitness for young males, women, and children. The Direct-to-Customers segment, through its affiliates, sells athletic footwear, apparel, equipment, team licensed, and private-label merchandise through catalogs and Internet Websites. As of March 9, 2010, Foot Locker, Inc. operated 3,500 stores in North America, Europe, and Australia. It also franchises its Foot Locker stores in the Middle East and the Republic of Korea. As of January 30, 2010, the company had a total of 22 franchised stores. Foot Locker, Inc. was founded in 1879 and is based in New York, New York..