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| Type | Public (NYSE: AM) |
| Founded | 1906 |
| Founder | Jacob Sapirstein (1885-1987) |
| Headquarters | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| Key people | Morry Weiss - Chairman; Zev Weiss - CEO & Director; Jeffrey M. The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting An entrepreneur is a person who has possession over a company enterprise, or Venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator An executive director is the senior manager or Executive officer of an Organization, company, or Corporation. Weiss - President, COO & Director |
| Industry | Greeting card publisher |
| Products | Greeting cards, gift wrap, party goods, giftware, stationery, electronic greetings, calendars & educational products |
| Revenue | $1. President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. A chief operating officer or chief operations officer ( COO) is a Corporate officer responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the Corporation An executive director is the senior manager or Executive officer of an Organization, company, or Corporation. For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" A greeting card is an illustrated folded card featuring an expression of friendship or other sentiment Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need A greeting card is an illustrated folded card featuring an expression of friendship or other sentiment Stationery has historically meant a wide gamut of materials Paper and Office supplies, Writing implements Greeting cards etc The word Calendar consist of two words 1 Cal ( in Pashto means Year in Hindi and Persian is Sal- also means Year In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 9 billion |
| Net income | $84. Net income is equal to the Income that a firm has after subtracting costs and Expenses from the total Revenue. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 4 million |
| Employees | 18,000 |
| Website | www.AmericanGreetings.com |
American Greetings Corporation, Inc. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages NYSE: AM is the world's largest publicly-traded greeting card company. The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. A greeting card is an illustrated folded card featuring an expression of friendship or other sentiment It is based in Cleveland, Ohio and sells paper greeting cards, electronic greeting cards, party products (such as wrapping papers and decorations), and electronic expressive content (e. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state g. , ringtones and images for cellphones). In addition to the American Greetings brand, the company owns the Carlton Cards, Tender Thoughts and Gibson brands of greeting cards.
American Greetings is also famous for their toy design and licensing division, Those Characters From Cleveland (now American Greetings Properties). The most-popular copyrighted properties owned by this division include Strawberry Shortcake, the Care Bears, The Get-Along Gang and Holly Hobbie. Strawberry Shortcake is a licensed character owned by American Greetings, originally used in Greeting cards and expanded to include Dolls The Care Bears are a set of characters created by American Greetings in 1981 for use on Greeting cards. The Get Along Gang were characters created in 1984 by American Greetings ' toy design and licensing division Those Characters from Cleveland (now American Greetings Properties Holly Hobbie (born 1944 is an American writer and illustrator and the name of a fictional character based on this person American Greetings also holds an exclusive license for Nickelodeon characters. Nickelodeon (commonly referred to as Nick) is an American Cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel
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History
Founded in 1906 by Polish immigrant Jacob Sapirstein (1885-1987), who sold cards from a horse-drawn cart, American Greetings has been run by members of the family since its inception. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Irving I. Stone (Sapirstein's oldest son, who changed his surname to Stone) was stuffing envelopes at age five, handling the business during his father's illness when he was nine, and worked for the company fulltime on leaving high school. He was succeeded as CEO by his son-in-law Morry Weiss in 1987, and took the title "Founder-Chairman" previously held by his father, when Weiss became chairman in 1992, before dying in 2000. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) In 2003 Morry Weiss's sons Zev and Jeffrey became CEO and President respectively; Morry Weiss remains Chairman. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. In early 2007, American Greetings replaced Kellogg's as the sponsor for Dragon Tales. Kellogg Company (often referred to as simply Kellogg or Kellogg's, or even more formally Kellogg's of Battle Creek) is an American multinational Dragon Tales is an animated children's television series chronicling the adventures of two siblings Max Emmy and their neighbor Enrique and their dragon friends Cassie American Greetings has also branched out onto the Internet, and owns a network of websites. On October 25, 2007, it announced the purchase of Webshots from CNET for $45 million in cash. Webshots is a large free online Photo sharing site owned by American Greetings.
Licences
- Care Bears
- Get-Along Gang
- Holly Hobbie (original)
- Holly Hobbie & Friends
- Madballs
- Mary Oku Yummy
- My Pet Monster
- Paintbox Studios
- Peppermint Rose
- Popples
- Pretty Freekin Scary
- Strawberry Shortcake
- Sugar Sonic
- Sushi Pack
- TinPo
- Twisted Whiskers
Cartoonists
References
See also
- Cardmaking
- Carlton Cards - American Greetings' Canadian branch. The Care Bears are a set of characters created by American Greetings in 1981 for use on Greeting cards. The Get Along Gang were characters created in 1984 by American Greetings ' toy design and licensing division Those Characters from Cleveland (now American Greetings Properties Holly Hobbie (born 1944 is an American writer and illustrator and the name of a fictional character based on this person Holly Hobbie (born 1944 is an American writer and illustrator and the name of a fictional character based on this person Madballs were a series of toy rubber balls with strange and disgusting faces created by AmToy, a subsidiary company of American Greetings in the mid-1980s My Pet Monster is a Plush Doll first produced by American Greetings in 1986 Popples was a series of fictional characters created by Those Characters From Cleveland (TCFC a subsidiary company of American Greetings, and the plush toys were Strawberry Shortcake is a licensed character owned by American Greetings, originally used in Greeting cards and expanded to include Dolls Sushi Pack is a children's Saturday morning cartoon that is aired on CBS ' Kewlopolis animated cartoon block Twisted Whiskers is a design for greeting cards developed and licensed by American Greetings since 2001 Robert Dennis Crumb (born August 30, 1943) often credited simply as R Ask Shagg is a syndicated daily Comic strip drawn by Peter Guren and distributed by Creators Syndicate. Cardmaking is the Craft of handmaking Greeting cards Many people with interests in allied crafts such as Scrapbooking and Stamping have begun Carlton Cards Limited is the Canadian branch of American Greetings. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
- Carlton Cards Retail - American Greetings' store management. Carlton Cards Retail Inc is a subsidiary of American Greetings and owns and operates its card and gift stores throughout the USA and Canada.
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