A leading American discount retailer, Dollar General operates over 15,000 stores in 44 states, selling branded and private-label products across a wide variety of categories. In fiscal 2018, 78% of net sales came from consumables (including paper and cleaning products, packaged and perishable food, tobacco, and health and beauty items), 12% from seasonal merchandise (such as toys, greeting cards, decorations, and gardening supplies), 6% from home products (for example, kitchen supplies, small appliances, and cookware), and 5% from basic apparel. Stores average roughly 7,400 square feet, and about 75% of Dollar General locations are in towns of 20,000 or fewer people. The company emphasizes value, with more than 80% of its items priced at $5 or less.

Dollar Tree operates discount stores in the United States and Canada, including over 7,000 shops under its namesake banner and more than 8,200 Family Dollar locations. The eponymous chain features branded and private-label products at a fixed $1 price point (CAD 1.25 in Canada). About 49% of Dollar Tree stores' fiscal 2018 sales came from consumables (including food, health and beauty, and household paper and cleaning products), 47% from variety items (including toys and housewares), and 5% from seasonal and holiday merchandise. Family Dollar features branded and private-label goods at prices generally ranging from $1 to $10, with consumables constituting 76% of fiscal 2018 sales, seasonal and electronic items (including prepaid phones and toys) 9%, home products 8%, and basic apparel 6%.

Marvell Technology designs integrated circuits primarily for data storage, networking, and communications. Historically, the firm focused on storage, where it is still a key supplier to hard-disk drive and solid-state drive makers but has strategically emphasized networking to offset declining HDD technology. The firm has since diversified and supplies chips to the networking and consumer electronic spaces. Marvell outsources its production to third-party foundries.

The third- largest American off-price apparel and home fashion retail firm, with 675 stores as of the end of fiscal 2018, Burlington Stores offers an assortment of products from over 5,000 brands through an everyday low price approach that undercuts conventional retailers' regular prices by up to 65%. The company focuses on providing a treasure hunt experience, with a quickly changing array of merchandise in a relatively low-frills shopping environment. In fiscal 2018, 23% of sales came from women's ready-to-wear apparel, 22% from accessories and footwear, 20% from menswear, 16% from youth apparel and baby, 15% from home decor, and 5% from coats. All sales come from the United States.

Tech Data Corp is a wholesale distributor of technology products. It acts as an intermediary in the technology supply chain by bringing products from technology vendors to market and providing customers with logistics capabilities. The firm's customers include value-added resellers, direct marketers, retailers, and corporate resellers. Nearly half of its product mix is broadline products including notebooks, desktops, and printers; the rest includes data center, software, mobility, and consumer electronics products. More than half of the firm's revenue is generated in the Americas and the rest from Europe.