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词条 John Sands (company)
释义

  1. Distributor

  2. See also

  3. References

  4. External links

John Sands is an Australian printing company and former distributor of games and computer hardware that is now a wholly owned subsidiary of American Greetings.[1]

In 1851, John Sands and Thomas Kenny founded Sands and Kenny in Sydney. The firm later became Sands, Kenny & Co., and then John Sands Ltd.[2]

American Greetings acquired John Sands from Amcor in December 1995 as part of a global expansion.[3]

Distributor

John Sands acted as a distributor for Milton Bradley from the 1960s to the 1990s, releasing board games in Australia including Foxy, The Game of Life, Wonderland, Mix & Match, Stay Alive, Upwords and I Wish I Were.

John Sands Electronics, based at 6 Bay Street Port Melbourne, also distributed Sega computing hardware into the Australian market, including the hardware and software of the Sega SG-1000 game console and SC-3000 computer.

See also

  • Sands Directory

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://johnsands.com/about-us/|publisher=John Sands|accessdate=6 November 2015}}
2. ^{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last= Walsh |first= G. P. |authorlink= |year= 1976 |id2=sands-john-4536 |title= Sands, John (1818–1873) |accessdate= 6 November 2015}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=AMERICAN GREETINGS TO BUY AUSTRALIAN CARD UNIT|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/05/business/company-news-american-greetings-to-buy-australian-card-unit.html|accessdate=1 December 2016|agency=AP|publisher=The New York Times|date=5 December 1995}}

External links

  • {{Official|http://johnsands.com/}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sands, John}}

3 : Companies established in 1851|American Greetings|1851 establishments in Australia

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