Margaret T. Monaco

Stage Stores, Inc. engaged in the management of retail shops and department stores. The firm offered private label apparel, accessories, cosmetics and shoes. It operated under the following brand names: Bealls, Goody's, Palais Royal, Peebles and Stage. The company was founded in 1988 and was headquartered in Houston, TX.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. engages in the provision of access to trade books and other content across its multi-channel distribution platform to its customers. It operates through Barnes & Noble Retail (B&N Retail), and NOOK segments. The B&N Retail segment focuses in the retail bookstores under the Barnes & Noble Booksellers trade name, which includes also publishing operations, Sterling Publishing. The NOOK segment refers to the digital business, offering digital books and magazines for sale and consumption online comprises of digital content such as eBooks, digital newsstand and sales of NOOK devices and accessories to B&N Retail. The company was founded by Leonard S. Riggio in December 1986 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

KECALP Inc (KECALP) is a venture capital subsidiary of Merrill Lynch Group Inc founded in 1981. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Merrill Lynch Ventures LLC is a venture capital firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a division of the Merrill Lynch Global Markets & Investment Banking Group and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC).