DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,810

DIRECT BRANDS INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF DVD DIRECT ACQUISITION, LLC
MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 13, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Direct Brands Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of DVD
Direct Acquisition LLC, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (Direct
Brands). The workers' firm is a direct-to-consumer marketer of
books, DVDs, and merchandise. Workers at the Mechanicsburg,
Pennsylvania facility are separately identifiable by services
supplied. The subject worker group is engaged in activities
related to the supply of customer service support services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm is acquiring from a foreign country the supply of a service
like or directly competitive with the customer service support
services supplied by the subject workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Direct Brands.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Direct Brands Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of DVD Direct Acquisition LLC,
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, who were engaged in activities
related to the supply of customer service support services, meet
the worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:


"All workers of Direct Brands Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of DVD Direct Acquisition LLC, Mechanicsburg,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 12, 2012 through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 17th day of July, 2013


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance