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Halls Corporate Office

Halls is the store division of Hallmark Cards. The Halls and Hallmark line was founded in 1916 by Joyce Hall in Kansas City, Missouri. Hall originally sold greeting cards from a display case in the lobby of a Kansas City store. The company soon moved to their own store and slowly began adding other merchandise to their line in addition to the very popular greeting cards.

Building a new store in the Crown Center began in 1973. Crown Center replaced the original downtown Halls store. Halls stores feature a wide variety of clothing, jewelry, wedding items, shoes, children and infants clothing, as well as china and crystal glassware.

In 2013, Halls consolidated their two stores into the new Crown Center. The new Crown Center officially opened September of 2014. Halls employs 10,500 full time employees and almost 20,000 part time employees. The company had annual revenue in 2015 of $3.7 billion.

Halls

Halls is the store division of Hallmark Cards. The Halls and Hallmark line was founded in 1916 by Joyce Hall in Kansas City, Missouri. Hall originally sold greeting cards from a display case in the lobby of a Kansas City store. The company soon moved to their own store and slowly began adding other merchandise to their line in addition to the very popular greeting cards.

Building a new store in the Crown Center began in 1973. Crown Center replaced the original downtown Halls store. Halls stores feature a wide variety of clothing, jewelry, wedding items, shoes, children and infants clothing, as well as china and crystal glassware.

In 2013, Halls consolidated their two stores into the new Crown Center. The new Crown Center officially opened September of 2014. Halls employs 10,500 full time employees and almost 20,000 part time employees. The company had annual revenue in 2015 of $3.7 billion.

History

The Land of Nod Corporate Office

The Land of Nod was founded in 1996 in Highland Park, Illinois, by Scott Eirinberg and Jamie Cohen, who originally made furniture out of Eirinberg’s basement. The company designs and sells children and baby furniture, toys, lighting, and bedding products.

The company partnered with Crate and Barrel in 2000 to help increase the distribution of their products. In addition to the Crate and Barrel stores, the company has 3 retail locations, as well as an active eCommerce site. Almost all of The Land of Nod’s furniture and designs are created in house.

Mr. Eirinberg left the company in 2011, and Cohen followed suit in 2012. Today, The Land of Nod is a subsidiary of Crate and Barrel.

The Land of Nod

The Land of Nod was founded in 1996 in Highland Park, Illinois, by Scott Eirinberg and Jamie Cohen, who originally made furniture out of Eirinberg’s basement. The company designs and sells children and baby furniture, toys, lighting, and bedding products.

The company partnered with Crate and Barrel in 2000 to help increase the distribution of their products. In addition to the Crate and Barrel stores, the company has 3 retail locations, as well as an active eCommerce site. Almost all of The Land of Nod’s furniture and designs are created in house.

Mr. Eirinberg left the company in 2011, and Cohen followed suit in 2012. Today, The Land of Nod is a subsidiary of Crate and Barrel.

History

WeVeel Corporate Office

WeVeel designs, markets, manufactures, and distributes scented markers, stationary, paint, bubbles, and other toys and novelty items that inspire creativity in children. The company was founded by Jason Lane.

The company markets under the brands Chalk-A-Doos, First Art, Gelbies, Scentos Blendy Pens, Scentos Dough, Scentos Markers, Scentos Novelty Pens, Scentos Scentos, Scentos Sprayza, Scentos Stationary, Scentos Sweet Shop, Scentos Sugar Rush, Scentos Trio, and Twistios.

WeVeel sells its products through such major retailers as Walmart, Office Depot, Target, Michael’s, Toys R Us, Costco, and Meijer. Products are available internationally through Tesco and Sainsbury’s and the company has offices in China and Hong Kong.

WeVeel is #27 in the 2014 Inc. 5000 list of Fastest-Growing Private U.S. Companies with a three-year growth rate of 8,240% and $9 million in revenue in 2013. The company is #3 in the Inc. list of Top Consumer Products & Services Companies and #1 in Top Texas Companies.

WeVeel

WeVeel designs, markets, manufactures, and distributes scented markers, stationary, paint, bubbles, and other toys and novelty items that inspire creativity in children. The company was founded by Jason Lane.

The company markets under the brands Chalk-A-Doos, First Art, Gelbies, Scentos Blendy Pens, Scentos Dough, Scentos Markers, Scentos Novelty Pens, Scentos Scentos, Scentos Sprayza, Scentos Stationary, Scentos Sweet Shop, Scentos Sugar Rush, Scentos Trio, and Twistios.

WeVeel sells its products through such major retailers as Walmart, Office Depot, Target, Michael’s, Toys R Us, Costco, and Meijer. Products are available internationally through Tesco and Sainsbury’s and the company has offices in China and Hong Kong.

History

WeVeel is #27 in the 2014 Inc. 5000 list of Fastest-Growing Private U.S. Companies with a three-year growth rate of 8,240% and $9 million in revenue in 2013. The company is #3 in the Inc. list of Top Consumer Products & Services Companies and #1 in Top Texas Companies.

The Bon-Ton Corporate Office

The Bon-Ton was founded in 1898 when Max Grumbacher and his father, Samuel, opened S. Grumbacher & Son, a one-room dry goods store and millinery in York, Pennsylvania.

The store grew and in 1929 the company was incorporated as S. Grumbacher & Son, Inc. Max’s son, Max Samuel, joined the family business two years later in 1931.

Bon-Ton opened a second store in Hanover, Pennsylvania, 1946.

The company started to expand more rapidly when it acquired Eyerly’s in Haggerstown, Maryland in 1948 and McMeen’s in Lewistown, Pennsylvania in 1956.

Today The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. is a chain of 275 department stores which are operated under seven nameplates including Bon-Ton, Elder-Beerman, and Carson Pirie Scott.

The stores sell name-brand and private-label women’s, men’s, and children’s clothing.

The Bon-Ton is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol BONT, is #719 on the Fortune 1000, has 25,800 employees, and had $2.834 billion in revenue in 2016.

The Bon-Ton

The Bon-Ton was founded in 1898 when Max Grumbacher and his father, Samuel, opened S. Grumbacher & Son, a one-room dry goods store and millinery in York, Pennsylvania.

The store grew and in 1929 the company was incorporated as S. Grumbacher & Son, Inc. Max’s son, Max Samuel, joined the family business two years later in 1931.

Bon-Ton opened a second store in Hanover, Pennsylvania, 1946.

History

The company started to expand more rapidly when it acquired Eyerly’s in Haggerstown, Maryland in 1948 and McMeen’s in Lewistown, Pennsylvania in 1956.

Today The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. is a chain of 275 department stores which are operated under seven nameplates including Bon-Ton, Elder-Beerman, and Carson Pirie Scott.

The stores sell name-brand and private-label women’s, men’s, and children’s clothing.

The Bon-Ton is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol BONT, is #719 on the Fortune 1000, has 25,800 employees, and had $2.834 billion in revenue in 2016.

Zappos Corporate Office

Nick Swinmurn founded Zappos in 1999 as Shoesite.com.

Swinmurn raised $2 million from investment firm Venture Frogs to launch the company.

Just a few months after the launch, Swinmurn changed the name of the company from Shoesite.com to Zappos, which was a play on the Spanish word for shoes, zapatos.

In 2000 Zappos had $1.6 million in revenue.

The company grew quickly, with $70 million in revenue in 2003, $840 million in 2007, and $1 billion in sales in 2008.

In 2009 Zappos was acquired by Amazon in a $940 million stock and cash deal.

Today Zappos is the #1 online shoe retailer and stocks 3 million pairs of shoes, handbags, apparel, and accessories.

Zappos.com

Nick Swinmurn founded Zappos in 1999 as Shoesite.com.

Swinmurn raised $2 million from investment firm Venture Frogs to launch the company.

Just a few months after the launch, Swinmurn changed the name of the company from Shoesite.com to Zappos, which was a play on the Spanish word for shoes, zapatos.

History

In 2000 Zappos had $1.6 million in revenue.

The company grew quickly, with $70 million in revenue in 2003, $840 million in 2007, and $1 billion in sales in 2008.

In 2009 Zappos was acquired by Amazon in a $940 million stock and cash deal.

Today Zappos is the #1 online shoe retailer and stocks 3 million pairs of shoes, handbags, apparel, and accessories.