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Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE:PEI) or PREIT, has been hit particularly hard by the wave of retail bankruptcies commonly referred to as the retail apocalypse. It's a shopping mall operator with ownership interests in properties across the United States, and significant exposure to chains including Sears Holdings, Macy's, and J.C. Penney. As such, it's had to use creative means to adjust for the current retail reality.

MonoType (NASDAQ:TYPE) is in the business of licensing typefaces, commonly referred to as fonts. The company boasts the world's largest library of typefaces, which include well-known fonts such as Times New Roman and Helvetica. The company also sells software used to render fonts on devices and applications for creative professionals to design their own fonts and branding. The world of licensing fonts isn't a fast-growing one, and MonoType has historically used acquisitions to bolster its revenue.