Mr. Blumenfeld: Sport Supply Group is the largest direct marketer and distributor of sporting goods equipment to institutional clients in the United States. We sell to over 100,000 clients in virtually every ZIP code in the United States, and we sell a packaged offering of equipment and uniforms. So the company acts more or less as a one-stop shop for the industry. Its intent as a company is to act as a portal or a gateway to institutional clients, which are schools, parks, YMCAs, boys clubs, churches, anybody that buys sporting goods in bulk and also to the online community - partners like walmart.com, samsclub.com, GSI Commerce and those kinds of people.
TWST: You've grown through a series of acquisitions and strategic partnerships. At this point, what types of alliances make sense for you to continue growing?
Mr. Blumenfeld: As you mentioned, we have done some recent transactions, and we can touch on them, but future growth can take on any number of components. We think the business is a solid and stable top-line grower organically, and we think we'll demonstrate that here in fiscal 2010, which just started for us June 30. Beyond that, acquisitions can take on the form of branded equipment companies, but they can also take on the form of distributors, regional or national, that are in a similar space. And there is a full pipeline that exists in both of those categories that we are taking a look at.
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