Exhibit 10.38

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Alloy, Inc.

Offer Letter

February 20, 2006

Gary J. Yusko

9 Nottingham Road

Livingston, NJ 07039

Dear Gary:

On behalf of Alloy, Inc. (the “Company”), I am very pleased to provide you with
the terms and conditions of your employment by Company. The following sets forth
the proposed terms and conditions of the Company’s offer to employ you. We hope
that you choose to join the Company and look forward to a mutually beneficial
relationship.

1. Position: Your initial position will be Chief Financial Officer based out of
our office located in New York, NY. Your location is subject to change at the
discretion of the Company. Should a location change be greater than 60 miles
from its current New York City location, the Company will pay for normal and
reasonable re-location costs. As the Company’s employee, we expect you to devote
your full time and energies to the business and affairs of the Company, and to
perform any and all duties and responsibilities associated with this position
and as may be reasonably assigned to you by the Company. In addition to your
primary duties, you shall perform such other services for the Company as may be
reasonably assigned to you from time to time by the Company consistent with your
CFO position. Your performance will be reviewed on a periodic basis as long as
you remain employed by the Company. You acknowledge that you will be named as an
“Executive Officer” as well as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer and
Principal Financial Officer in the filings made by the Company pursuant to the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), and as such you will be subject to various requirements and restrictions
imposed on executive officers by the Exchange Act and Company policies,
including the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, the
“short-swing” profit rules of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act and the policies
about trading in Company securities set forth in the “Securities Trades By
Alloy, Inc. Personnel” policy statement.

2. Starting Date/Nature of Relationship: If you accept this offer, your
employment with the Company shall commence on March 6, 2006. Except as expressly
set forth herein, this letter does not create an employment contract or other
agreement and is not a promise of employment for a specific period of time.

151 W 26th Street • New York, New York 10001 • 212.244.4307 • 212.329.8444 [fax]
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You understand that your employment is at-will and either party may terminate
the relationship with or without cause at any time.

3. Compensation and Benefits: Your initial base pay shall be $242,000 per annum,
($9,307.69 on a bi-weekly basis). This level of base pay will be reviewed at
least annually.

(a) In addition to your compensation, you will be eligible to receive a bonus
tied to profit improvement and split 50/50 between cash and restricted stock
with such restricted stock subject to the Company having a right of repurchase
which right lapses equally over a three year period. Any restricted stock
issuance shall be subject to the plan under which such restricted stock was
issued and shall be contingent upon you executing a restricted stock agreement
with the Company.

(b) In addition, you shall receive an initial grant of 55,000 stock options with
a 10-year term. These options will vest one-third per year on the anniversary
date of the date of grant, will have an exercise price equal to the fair market
value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant and shall be subject to
the terms and conditions of the plan under which they were issued.

(c) If the Company terminates you without Cause (as hereinafter defined), you
will be eligible for 1 year’s base salary as severance. In addition, any options
that have been allocated but not vested would become immediately exercisable and
any restricted stock that has been issued, but still subject to rights of
repurchase will continue to vest on its regular schedule.

(d) In addition to your compensation, you will be entitled to receive the
various benefits offered by the Company to its employees. Benefits offered may
be modified or changed from time to time at the discretion of the Company. Where
a particular benefit is subject to a formal plan, eligibility to participate in
and receive any particular benefit of the plan is governed solely by the
applicable plan document. Should you ever have any questions, you should ask
Alloy’s Human Resources Department for a copy of the applicable plan document.

(e) If there is a Change of Control (as hereinafter defined) and subsequent to
that Change of Control the Company significantly reduces your role or
responsibilities then you would be eligible for 1 year’s base salary as
severance should you decide to resign. In addition, in this scenario any options
that have been allocated but not vested would become immediately exercisable and
any restricted stock that has been issued, but still subject to rights of
repurchase will continue to vest on its regular schedule.

Definition of “Cause”. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean
(i) you have willfully failed, refused or habitually neglected to carry out or
to perform the reasonable duties required of you hereunder and such performance
continues for a period of more than 30 days after notice has been provided to

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you; (ii) your conviction of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude,
either in connection with the performance of your obligations to the Company or
which otherwise shall adversely affect your ability to perform such obligations,
shall materially adversely affect the business activities, reputation, goodwill
or image of the Company; or (iii) breach of the terms of the Non-Competition
Agreement between the Company and you dated as of the same date (the
“Non-Competition Agreement”).

Definition of “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following
events: (i) any “Person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of
the Exchange Act) becomes the “Beneficial Owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under
said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50%
or more of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding
voting securities (excluding for this purpose the Company or its Affiliates or
any employee benefit plan of the Company) pursuant to a transaction or a series
of related transactions which the Board of Directors does not approve; or (ii) a
merger or consolidation of the Company whether or not approved by the Board of
Directors, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting
securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to
represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting
securities of the surviving entity or the parent of such corporation) at least
50% of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the
Company or such surviving entity or parent of such corporation outstanding
immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the
Company approve an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all
or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

4. Confidentiality: The Company considers the protection of its confidential
information, proprietary materials and goodwill to be extremely important.
Consequently, as a condition of this offer of employment and your subsequent
employment, you are required to sign the Non-Competition Agreement enclosed with
this letter.

5. Miscellaneous: This letter, together with the Agreement, constitutes our
entire offer regarding the terms and conditions of your employment by the
Company. It supersedes any prior agreements, or other promises or statements
(whether oral or written) regarding the offered terms of employment. The terms
of your employment shall be governed by the law of the State of New York,
without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of laws. By accepting this
offer of employment, you expressly agree that any action, demand, claim or
counterclaim concerning any aspect of your employment relationship with the
Company shall be resolved by a judge alone, and you waive and forever renounce
your right to a trial before a civil jury. Company and/or Alloy reserves the
right to alter any of the terms of employment set forth in this letter as needed
except the Company can not reduce the initial base salary, or eliminate
provision 3 (c) and 3 (e) of this letter.

151 W 26th Street • New York, New York 10001 • 212.244.4307 • 212.329.8444 [fax]
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You may accept this offer of employment and the terms and conditions hereof by
signing the enclosed additional copy of this letter and the Agreement, which
execution will evidence your agreement with the terms and conditions set forth
herein and therein.

I am delighted to offer you the opportunity to join our Company, and we look
forward to your joining us.

 

ALLOY, INC.

By:  

/s/ James Johnson

  James Johnson – COO

Accepted and Agreed:

By:  

/s/ Gary J. Yusko

  Print Name:    Gary J. Yusko

Date: 3/1/06

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• www.alloymarketing.com