Stephen Du Mont

USBid is the premier e-commerce provider of content, community, and commerce for the electronic component sourcing community. Their vast inventory, complemented by leading-edge commerce solutions and highly personalized customer support, provides unmatched opportunities for buyers and sellers to fulfill their sourcing requirements. USBid is a global e-commerce marketplace where manufacturers and distributors can merchandise their inventories to buyers desiring to conveniently purchase electronic components online. Components manufactured by many of the world's leading semiconductor and electronics companies are listed on their site. Representative manufacturers include Intel, AMD, Motorola, International Rectifier, Intersil, Mitsubishi, Maxim, and Analog Devices. USBid's web-based solutions enable their buyers to reduce procurement cycles, access global inventories, lower transaction costs, and compare available parts. Sellers have the ability to list and fully manage their inventories, which results in lower overhead costs, higher inventory turns, new market penetration, and maximized profits. USBid's current e-commerce solutions represent the state-of-the-art in online component sourcing.

Stride Rite Corp. manufactures and markets children's footwear. The firm also markets athletic and casual footwear for children and adults. Its brands include Keds, Grasshoppers, Robeez, Saucony, Hind, Sperry Top-sider and Tommy Hilfiger. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.