10 Brands You Won't See After 2014

3. Alaska Air

Alaska Airlines is the seventh largest American airline, based in Seattle. It operates to more than 100 destinations. There has been speculation that Delta might buy Alaska Air for its West Coast routes. The rumors have pushed Alaska Air shares higher.

Alaska Air is currently busy, operating its services to West Coast markets. It has also begun to challenge carriers in East Coast markets, including several cities in Florida. The Revenue and net income have risen steadily over the past five years and Alaska Air often ranks highest in the customer satisfaction among traditional carriers.

4. Russell Stover

Russell Stover started supplying candies, chocolates and confectionaries in the United States with his name only. Russell Stover Candies is the third largest candy maker in America. It may sell Stover for as much as $1 billion.

Stover makes around $600 million in revenue with 10percent operating margins. However, the list of possible buyers is much longer than that.

5. Shutterfly

Founded in 1999, Shutterfly is an Internet-based image publishing service based in Redwood City, California..It continues to dominate the online photo printing industry, the exposure of free sharing and online storage sites such as Instagram, Facebook and Dropbox.

It had 2.55 million customers in the first quarter of 2014, compared to 2.25 million the same quarter last year. The revenue rose from 22percent year over year to more than $783 million.

While Facebook does not generate revenue directly from this service, its users uploaded 350 million photos a day last year. Shutterfly shares fell 18% over the past 12 months, against an almost 20% gain in the S&P 500 .With its shares down Shutterfly has become an attractive acquisition target in the online storage business with limited exposure to paying customers for printed photos, cards or calendars.

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