Baby

La La Ling Corporate Office

La La Ling calls itself a baby lifestyle boutique, not just a baby and kids clothing store. Founded in 2004 by Ling Chan, the company has become “the” place for celebrities and hip Los Angeles mothers to outfit their children.

What makes La La Ling different? In addition to the usual baby and children’s clothing, the store offers stock bedding, furnishings, hand-picked artwork for the nursery, and personalized gifts. La La Ling offers a personal shopping service, which can help customers put together the perfect baby shower gift.

The company is a partner of the LA Baby Show, which highlights the latest in kids items. More than simply infant and toddler items, the store also has items, including toys and furnishings, up to age 10.

The founder of La La Ling, Ling Chan, decided to look in a new direction and sold her store to her two employees, Celine Vacher & Kara Homsey, in 2012. In April 2015, La La Ling introduced their first original designs which have since become their best selling items.

Corporate office headquarters is located in Los Angeles, California.

Buy Buy Baby Corporate Office

Buy Buy Baby was founded by brothers Richard and Jeffrey Feinstein, sons of Bed Bath and Beyond co-founder Leonard Feinstein. After spending years working for their father’s company, the Feinstein brothers decided to try their hand with the same concept as Bed Bath and Beyond, but for infants and toddlers.

The first store was located in New York and opened in 1996. The company offers everything imaginable for pregnant mother-to-be’s, infants, and toddlers, including strollers, car seats, gear, travel products, furniture, bedding, decors, nursing and feeding products, bath and potty products, health and safety products, toys, learning products, clothing and accessories, gifts, and registry services.

The company grew quickly and by 2006, had 8 locations, as well as an active eCommerce site.

Buy Buy Baby was purchased by Bed Bath and Beyond in 2007 for $67 million and now operates as a subsidiary. Currently, there are 135 Buy Buy Baby locations. The company continues to expand, opening their 7th location in Canada in early 2018.

Due to the corona virus of 2020/2021, many Buy Buy Baby locations, such as this one in New York, are closing permanently.

Headquarters for Buy Buy Baby are located in Union, New Jersey.

Hallmark Corporate Office

Hallmark can trace its roots back to the postcard craze of 1903. After seeing one, Joyce Clyde Hallmark decided to make their own and add them to their store in 1910. Convinced that greeting cards would be more profitable than postcards, Hallmark added them to his lineup when he moved his store from Nebraska to Kansas City, Missouri.

Today, Hallmark is the leading manufacturer of greeting cards in the US. The company has branched out into other areas as well, including collectibles, Christmas figurines, ornaments, party goods, and collectibles, wrapping paper, as well as eCards. Hallmark also owns their own cable and television stations, making original movies. A premium subscription channel, called Feeln, is the main source of streaming Hallmark Hall of Fames movies.

In 2016, the company had annual revenue of $4 billion. This international company is still owned and operated by the Hallmark family and has headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri.

Baby Jogger Corporate Office

Baby Jogger was founded in 1984 by new father and committed jogger Phil Baechler. Baechler wanted to spend time with his son, but didn’t want to give up jogging. Realizing that most strollers had small wheels that would not withstand jogging speeds comfortably, he began tinkering, eventually designing a three wheeled stroller with larger wheels.

Today, Baby Jogger is one of the most popular brands of strollers and car seats. Company products are sold in almost every department store, toy store, baby store, and online store in the world.

As of December of 2014, the company was acquired by Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. for $210 million and operates as a subsidiary. Net sales in 2014 were $90 million. Newell Rubbermaid also owns Graco, another leading brand of baby strollers and baby items.

Rainbow Play Systems Corporate Office

Rainbow Play Systems was founded in Minnesota in 1985 by Gregory Foster. The company manufactures and distributes wooden children’s outdoor playgrounds.

The company started off very small, but quickly became popular around the world for their old fashioned playground type of equipment which can include swings, ladders, rope climbing, and slides. Some plastic items, such as liners for slides, are made in China, but the majority of the equipment is made in South Dakota at a 1.3 million square foot factory. At its peak the company employed more than 500 persons and had several shifts, but today it has been downscaled to approximately 125 persons and 1 shift. President Obama had a Rainbow Play System installed at the White House for his daughters.

Rainbow Play Systems are sold at stores around the world, including Toys R Us and Amazon. Company headquarters remain in Brookings, South Dakota.