Gifts

Harriet Carter Corporate Office

Harriet Carter started a home based mail order business out of her kitchen in 1958 in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Carter’s children helped to package and fill orders. Some of the first orders for the company were decorative wood switch plate covers, which were made and stained to order, in the family basement.

Today, the company has grown substantially. From the original 4 page catalog, the company now prints more than 100 pages and typically ads 1,000 items each year to their inventory.

Harriet Carter still sells via mail order catalogs, but also has an online business as well. The company is known for selling gifts, household items, and useful items or tools for the home including kitchen utensils, candles, and “As Seen On TV” items.

Harriet Carter reduced staff and considered going out of business in 2019 but instead changed to an eCommerce business.

In October 2020, the company sold its showroom and a large warehouse.

The company maintains a corporate office in Montgomeryville, Pennslyvania.

Harriet Carter

History

Today, the company has grown substantially. From the original 4 page catalog, the company now prints more than 100 pages and typically ads 1,000 items each year to their inventory.

Harriet Carter reduced staff and considered going out of business in 2019 but instead changed to an eCommerce business.

In October 2020, the company sold its showroom and a large warehouse.

The company maintains a corporate office in Montgomeryville, Pennslyvania.

Shirokiya Corporate Office

Shirokiya was founded in what is now Tokyo, Japan, in 1662 by Hikotaro Omura. This is one of Japan’s oldest retail stores. The original name, Shirokiya Gofukuten, would last for several hundred years. The company started off as a dry goods store, but over time, it expanded and added clothing and other popular items. By 1903, the company had several locations.

The earthquake of 1923 destroyed the original store and a fire in 1932 engulfed another location. Word War II took most of the owners’ assets, however, the company began to use common Western marketing techniques to obtain more sales and this enabled the company to rebuild.

To avoid a hostile takeover, the company was sold to the seven executives of the store in Hawaii. Today, this is the only remaining store, however, this store has been extremely successful, with more than $40 million in revenue in 2007.

Shirokiya offers almost all things Japanese including beer, meals, snacks, gifts, cosmetics, jewelry, books, DVDs, cakes, fashion eyewear, and massage items.

Shirokiya

History

Shirokiya offers almost all things Japanese including beer, meals, snacks, gifts, cosmetics, jewelry, books, DVDs, cakes, fashion eyewear, and massage items.

NewFrog Corporate Office

Founded in 2009, NewFrog.Com, often referred to as simply NewFrog, is an E-commerce webiste with more than 20,000 items for the consumer including video games, consumer electronics, computer accessories, audio equipment, jewelry, iPod and iPhone accessories, Android phone accessories, communication products and car alarm systems.

NewFrog is based in China but has an office in Dallas, Texas. The company has 400 employees, more than 19,000 page views each day, ranks as #2 on Google’s top 10 page list and an annual revenue of $5 million.

The company accepts PayPal only and is listed as a McAfee Secure Website.

NewFrog

The company accepts PayPal only and is listed as a McAfee Secure Website.

History

Tuesday Morning Corporate Office

Tuesday Morning was founded in 1974 by Lloyd Ross in Dallas, Texas. The company offers upscale, discount merchandise from famous manufacturer’s who are closing out items such as furniture, luggage, clothing, children’s toys, pet items, jewelry, apparel and bedding.

From the single store in Dallas, Tuesday Morning has grown to 820 stores in 41 states across the U.S. The company has more than 9,000 employees and had $906 million in revenue in 2014.

Tuesday Morning has had some frequent changes in their CEO lately but recently named Michael Rouleau as CEO in 2014. The company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol TUES.

In May 2023, the company announced that it would close all remaining stores by May 13th, 2023. The company has never had an e-commerce business and it is unknown if it will reopen online only.

Tuesday Morning

From the single store in Dallas, Tuesday Morning has grown to 820 stores in 41 states across the U.S. The company has more than 9,000 employees and had $906 million in revenue in 2014.

History

In May 2023, the company announced that it would close all remaining stores by May 13th, 2023. The company has never had an e-commerce business and it is unknown if it will reopen online only.

Etsy Corporate Office

Etsy was founded in June of 2005 in New York by Rob Kalin, Jared Tarbell, Chris Macguire and Him Schoppik. The company is a peer to peer e-commerce website which mainly sells handmade, custom made, and vintage items including jewelry, wedding items, clothing and decorative items for the home. The company also sells materials and crafts for making items. In addition to these items, the company sells a small selection of unique, commercially made items but mostly focuses on items that cannot be found in brick and mortar stores.

Etsy has 804 full time employees, 1.5 million sellers and 22.6 million buyers around the world. The company generated $1.93 billion in revenue in 2014. Etsy is publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol Etsy:US. Etsy is based in New York but has offices in almost every country in the world.

Etsy