Ken Perkins

Founded by Ken Perkins in 2004, Retail Metrics LLC is a research firm headquartered in Swampscott, Massachusetts. The firm provides aggregated, mean level, monthly same store sales estimates for publicly traded U.S. retailers. They provide analysis and context to the monthly sales data based on economic developments, earnings and pre-announcement information, surprise factors and by identifying trends within segments of the retail industry.

Part of Woodbridge Co. Ltd. /New/, First Call Corp. is a company that provides specialized information and publishing services and products. The company is based in Boston, MA. The company was founded by Jeffrey P. Parker.

Founded in 1994 Alpha Equity Research, Inc. is a broker/dealer located in North Hampton, New Hampshire. They use the Alpha Sector System, proprietary discipline for identifying positive money flow in 36 industry sectors of the US equity market. As a real-time decision tool, Alpha Sector guides portfolio managers to over-weight positive sectors and avoid negative sectors in order to produce high relative total returns. The Alpha Sector System is a stock allocation system that includes large-cap, mid-cap, small-cap and alpha value.

Part of Penney OpCo LLC, Woodward & Lothrop Holdings, Inc. operates department stores. The company is based in Alexandria, VA. Woodward & Lothrop Holdings was acquired by Old COPPER Co., Inc. on August 30, 1995 for $684 million.

Toys "R" Us, Inc. engages in the distribution and retail of toys and baby products. The firm's products include Hello Kitty City Cruiser, Bugaboo Cameleon and Bugaboo Donkey Strollers, Buckyballs high-powered magnet sets and Hug and Tugs, Puppy and Monkey. It offers a selection of private label merchandise under names such as Babies "R" Us, Journey Girls, Imaginarium, Fast Lane, You and Me, Just Like Home, True Heroes, Totally Me!, Dream Dazzlers, and Fao Schwarz. The company was founded by Charles P. Lazarus in February 1948 and is headquartered in Wayne, NJ.