Headquarters

About.com Corporate Office

About.com was founded in 1997 by Scott Kurnit as the Mining Company. The original goal of the company was to have a site that covered 1,800 topic areas, but after five years of operation the number was reduced to 700.

In 1999, during the internet bubble, the company changed its name to About.com.

Primedia bought the company in 2000 for $690 million.

In 2005 the company was sold again, this time to the New York Times Company.

In 2007 About.com acquired ConsumerSearch for $33 million.

In 2008 About.com expanded to China with Abang.com.

Today About.com hosts content on 78,000 topics with 3 million articles written by 900 human guides. The site currently has about 60 million visitors per month. About.com is owned by IAC/InterActiveCorp.

About.com

In 1999, during the internet bubble, the company changed its name to About.com.

Primedia bought the company in 2000 for $690 million.

History

In 2005 the company was sold again, this time to the New York Times Company.

In 2007 About.com acquired ConsumerSearch for $33 million.

In 2008 About.com expanded to China with Abang.com.

Party City Corporate Office

The first Party City store opened by Steve Mandell in East Hanover, NJ, in 1986. The company expanded through franchising, with the first franchised store opening in Hazlet, NJ in 1988.

During the 1990’s Party City expanded to become a nationwide chain. Sales reached $1 billion in 2004.

Amscan Holdings bought Party City in 2005. Amscan bought Factory Card & Party Outlet in 2007. Subsequently, both retail chains began to operate under the Party City name, which made the chain the largest party supplies retailer in the United States.

Today Party City has more than 850 company-owned and franchised locations and 400 Halloween-themed stores.

In early 2014 Party City filed an IPO, hoping to raise $500 million.

The company went public on the NYSE in 2014 and can be found under the ticker symbol: PRTY

Party City plans on operating pop-up stores called Toy City and Halloween City, trying to pick up sales after the closing of Toys R Us stores.

Company stock fell more than 15 percent after a worse than expected 3rd quarter earnings report in February 2019.

Headquarters for Party City are located in Elmsford, New York. As of 2015, the company reported more than 900 locations and annual revenue of $2.27 billion.

Party City

The first Party City store opened by Steve Mandell in East Hanover, NJ, in 1986. The company expanded through franchising, with the first franchised store opening in Hazlet, NJ in 1988.

History

During the 1990’s Party City expanded to become a nationwide chain. Sales reached $1 billion in 2004.

Today Party City has more than 850 company-owned and franchised locations and 400 Halloween-themed stores.

In early 2014 Party City filed an IPO, hoping to raise $500 million.

The company went public on the NYSE in 2014 and can be found under the ticker symbol: PRTY

Party City plans on operating pop-up stores called Toy City and Halloween City, trying to pick up sales after the closing of Toys R Us stores.

Company stock fell more than 15 percent after a worse than expected 3rd quarter earnings report in February 2019.

Headquarters for Party City are located in Elmsford, New York. As of 2015, the company reported more than 900 locations and annual revenue of $2.27 billion.

Restoration Hardware Corporate Office

Stephen Gordon founded Restoration Hardware in 1980 after he had trouble finding period hardware while restoring a Queen Ann-style house in Eureka, California.

The company went public in 1998 with 47 stores.

Today Restoration Hardware sells upscale home and outdoor furnishings, garden products, bath-ware, hardware, lighting, textiles, and baby and child products through 85 retail and outlet stores in 30 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada.

40% of the company’s sales are through catalog and e-commerce sales.

In 2008 Restoration Hardware was taken private by Catterton Partners and Tower Three Partners and went public again in 2012.

Restoration Hardware has 6500 employees and had $3.76 billion in revenue in 2021.

The company, rebranding as RH, also owns 14 restaurants that are located inside their store locations, including San Francisco, California, Dallas, Texas, and the new location recently opened in Santa Barbara, California.

RH maintains a corporate office in Corte Madera, California.

Restoration Hardware

Stephen Gordon founded Restoration Hardware in 1980 after he had trouble finding period hardware while restoring a Queen Ann-style house in Eureka, California.

The company went public in 1998 with 47 stores.

History

40% of the company’s sales are through catalog and e-commerce sales.

In 2008 Restoration Hardware was taken private by Catterton Partners and Tower Three Partners and went public again in 2012.

Restoration Hardware has 6500 employees and had $3.76 billion in revenue in 2021.

RH maintains a corporate office in Corte Madera, California.

H&R Block Corporate Office

Young Henry Bloch and his brother Leon wanted to open a family business when they got out of the army after WWII. Borrowing $5,000, the pair opened a small bookeeping shop in Kansas City, Missouri. Unfortunately, after just a few months, the business was not doing very well and Leon decided that he would rather go to law school. Henry wanted to keep trying, so he was about to place an ad for help in the local newspaper when his mother suggested that he hire his brother Richard instead since he knew about tax returns.

The pair began doing bookkeeping again, but this time around, also offering tax preparation services.

The new company was called the United Business Company.

In 1955, on the advice of a friend who worked for the local newspaper, the brothers ran an ad in The Kansas City Star for $5 tax services. The next day the office was full of tax clients, and H&R Block was born.

The company expanded by franchising to New York City in 1956, and the company grew quickly. The name was changed to Block, rather than Bloch, which the brothers thought was easier to remember and to spell. H&R Block went public in 1962, trading on the New York Stock exchange, under the symbol HRB.

Today H&R Block is a tax-preparation and and financial services company. The company has 25 million customers, which it serves through 11,000 company-owned and franchised locations in the United States and 1,600 locations in Canada and Australia.

The company competes for a share of the digital market with its online tax programs and software. Unlike other online companies, H&R Block has a program called the Best of Both, where clients enter their information and do their returns online and a Block tax professional reviews, edits, signs, and e-files the return for the client. Many clients claim they feel better about returns that an actual human, trained in tax return laws, has read and at least looked at.

Current CFO Tony Bowen says that the tax delay in 2020 and again in 2021 has had a tremendous impact on the company’s resources.

H&R Block is a member of the S&P 500, is #665 in Fortune 1000, has 2,400 employees, and had $3 billion in revenue in 2016. Headquarters for the company are still located in Kansas City, Missouri.

H&R Block

The pair began doing bookkeeping again, but this time around, also offering tax preparation services.

History

The new company was called the United Business Company.

Current CFO Tony Bowen says that the tax delay in 2020 and again in 2021 has had a tremendous impact on the company’s resources.

H&R Block is a member of the S&P 500, is #665 in Fortune 1000, has 2,400 employees, and had $3 billion in revenue in 2016. Headquarters for the company are still located in Kansas City, Missouri.

Fruit of the Loom Corporate Office

Fruit of the Loom brands has its roots in 1851, when brothers Benjamin and Robert Knight bought a mill and started to produce textiles in Warwick, Rhode Island.

In 1870 Congress passed trademark laws and one year later Fruit of the Loom was registered as an official trademark, making it one of the country’s oldest brands.

Fruit of the Loom’s main business focus is on underwear, activewear, fleece, and casualwear for women, men, and children, and women’s jeans.

The company is a global brand and has significant market share for basic apparel.

Fruit of the Loom also manufactures and sells the brands Russel, B.V.D., Funpals, FunGals, Screen Stars, and Underoos.

Fruit of the Loom filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection in 1999 after showing a loss of $576 million and its stock dropping from $44 to $1 per share.

Berkshire Hathaway bought the company from bankruptcy in 2002 for $835 million.

Today Fruit of the Loom has 32,000 employees and had revenue of $2 billion in 2013.

Fruit of the Loom

Fruit of the Loom brands has its roots in 1851, when brothers Benjamin and Robert Knight bought a mill and started to produce textiles in Warwick, Rhode Island.

In 1870 Congress passed trademark laws and one year later Fruit of the Loom was registered as an official trademark, making it one of the country’s oldest brands.

Fruit of the Loom’s main business focus is on underwear, activewear, fleece, and casualwear for women, men, and children, and women’s jeans.

History

The company is a global brand and has significant market share for basic apparel.

Fruit of the Loom also manufactures and sells the brands Russel, B.V.D., Funpals, FunGals, Screen Stars, and Underoos.

Fruit of the Loom filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection in 1999 after showing a loss of $576 million and its stock dropping from $44 to $1 per share.

Berkshire Hathaway bought the company from bankruptcy in 2002 for $835 million.

Today Fruit of the Loom has 32,000 employees and had revenue of $2 billion in 2013.