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CONFIDENTIAL 1
RIVER WEST BRANDS LLC 141 WEST JACKSON BOULEVARD, SUITE 3620 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60604
PHONE: 312.834.0994 FAX: 312.834.1111 WWW.RIVERWESTBRANDS.COM
OVERVIEW
November 2007
A Brand Acquisition & Redevelopment Company
CONFIDENTIAL 2
Our Company
River West Brands LLC identifies, acquires, and re-engineers iconic brand intellectual property.
• Established: 2002
• Identifies & Acquires: Proprietary search techniques; RWB is typically owner of the intellectual property
• Re-engineers: Brand R&D, strategy; ultimately re-commercialization; new business model development
• Iconic IP: trademark and copyright focus (typically no hard assets); typically dormant / orphaned (limited sales), occasionally bankrupt cases
CONFIDENTIAL 3
River West Brand’s Approaches to Brand Re-launch
RIVER WEST BRANDS LLC
•Recruit best-in-class management teams
• Research
• Strategy development
• Preliminary design & programming
• Partner / coalition recruitment
• Finance & legal expertise
• Best practices & oversight
• Business development / pipeline
TRILLIUM BRANDS LLC
Cross Border Brands
Dedicated LLC
Structure: best practices and early stage development at parent level, dedicated focus at brand level
Corporate Partnership Licensing
Reserve Brands Inc.
Coleco Holdings LLC.
Metrecal Holdings LLC.
Selective Beauty Brands LLC
Potential Partnerships
CONFIDENTIAL 4
Coleco Case Study
Historical highlights:
1957 Establishment of the Connecticut Leather Company; entrepreneurial firm soon evolves into focus on toys/games, but the name sticks
1976 On the heels of Atari and “Pong” success, Coleco Inc. launches TELSTAR, 2nd home game console ever (called “TV Tennis” at the time)
Late 70s First mega-hit: COLECO HEAD-TO-HEAD® handheld devices; blazed the trail on the notion of fun, portable, interactive products
Early 80s Another blockbuster: the COLECOVISION®; superior tech/play features and the best licenses (eg. Donkey Kong, Pac Man, etc.) thrilled and delighted gamers; Coleco v. Atari = Coke v. Pepsi
Early-mid 80s Diversifying out of electronic gaming, Coleco launches CABBAGE PATCH, ALF dolls, FURSKIN plush bears, RAMBO dolls; several high profile deals (eg. SCRABBLE & TRIVIAL PURSUIT licenses)
Mid-late 80s Annual sales of Coleco Industries, Inc. top $750MM; ad spending tops $100MM annually; COLECO® branded products reach 60,000 stores nationwide via major marketing alliance with Coca-Cola Co.
1989 Burdened by financial mismanagement and declining CABBAGE PATCH volume, Coleco Industries, Inc. declares bankruptcy; acquired by Hasbro, which folds the “Coleco” name into its many other umbrella brands
2002-2004: River West Brands, an acquisition and redevelopment company specializing in dormant brands, rolls up IP rights to COLECO® and sub-brands such as COLECOVISION™ and HEAD-TO-HEAD®
2005-2007: Re-launch of the Brand at Retail and development of interactive gaming site
CONFIDENTIAL 5
Investing in Coleco 2.0