Elaine Rubin

iVillage, Inc. operates as an online information network for women. The company was founded by Robert H. Levitan and Candice Carpenter Olson and is headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Blue Nile, Inc. engages in the retail of diamonds and fine jewellery. Its merchandise consists of engagement and non-engagement products. The engagement product category includes gold or platinum engagement rings with a diamond centre stone and loose diamonds. The non-engagement product category includes rings, wedding bands, earrings, necklaces, pendants, bracelets, gifts, and accessories containing precious metals, diamonds, and gemstones or pearls. The company was founded by Ben Elowitz, Mark C. Vadon and Anne Raimondi in 1999 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Smart & Final Stores, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the food retail business. It operates through following segments: Smart & Final, Smart Foodservice, and Corporate/Other. The Smart & Final segment deals with both household and business customers. The Smart Foodservice segment focuses primarily on restaurants, caterers, and a wide range of other foodservice businesses. The Corporate/Other segment includes corporate overhead support expenses and administrative expenses incidental to the activities of the reportable segments, interest expense, and other costs associated with the company's debt obligations, equity earnings in its joint venture, and income taxes. The company was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Commerce, CA.

National Retail Federation operates membership organizations. Its channels of distribution include department, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet and independent stores. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Shop.org provides online marketing and merchandising information. It enables to share information about e-tailing and other non-store retailing channels. Shop.org also provides workshops, seminars, networking opportunities, research and e-commerce trade shows. It also publishes a weekly newsletter. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.