Effective October 8 2007 Mr. Edmond Thomas was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Immediately prior to that Mr. Thomas served as President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Tilly's Inc. a privately owned company that operates 71 stores selling popular brands of action sports related apparel footwear and accessories. Mr. Thomas has served in this position since 2005. Mr. Thomas is currently the managing partner of The Evans Thomas Company LLC which is the general partner of AXIS Capital Fund I LP which provides advisory services for retail catalog and consumer goods companies along with investment in emerging growth retail companies. Mr. Thomas serves on the board of directors of Directed Electronics Inc. and Trans-World Entertainment Corporation.
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