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| name = American Greetings Corporation, LLC | logo = American_Greetings_2017_logo.png | logo_size = 200px | logo_caption = | former_name = {{nowrap|Sapirstein Greeting Card Company}} | type = Private | industry = Greeting card | foundation = Brooklyn, Ohio, United States ({{Start date and age|1906}}) | founder = Jacob Sapirstein | location = 1 American Blvd[1] | location_city = Westlake, Ohio | location_country = United States | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = {{unbulleted list|John Compton (Chairman)|Joe Arcuri (President and CEO)|Erwin Weiss (Senior Vice President)|Gregory M. Steinberg (CFO)}} | products = {{unbulleted list|Greeting cards|Gift wrap|Party goods|Giftware|Stationery|Electronic greetings|Calendars|Educational products}} | brands = {{unbulleted list|Carlton|Tender Thoughts|Just For You|Gibson|Care Bears|The Get Along Gang|Popples|Holly Hobbie}} | num_employees = 27,500 (2012)[2] | owner = Clayton Dubilier & Rice (60%) Weiss Family (40%) | subsid = Carlton Cards | homepage = {{URL|ag.com}} }}American Greetings Corporation, LLC is a privately owned American company which is the world's largest greeting card producer.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} Based in Westlake, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, the company sells paper greeting cards, electronic greeting cards, party products (such as wrapping papers and decorations), and electronic expressive content (e.g., ringtones and images for cell phones). In addition, the company owns the Carlton Cards, Tender Thoughts, Just For You, and Gibson brands.[2] American Greetings's former toy design and licensing division, initially called Those Characters From Cleveland, subsequently renamed American Greetings Properties and now separately owned as Cloudco Entertainment, includes copyrighted properties such as Care Bears, Topsy and Tim, The Get Along Gang, Popples, and Holly Hobbie. American Greetings also holds an exclusive license for Nickelodeon characters. HistoryFounded in 1906 by Polish immigrant Jacob Sapirstein (1885–1987), who sold cards from a horse-drawn cart, American Greetings has been run by members of the family since its inception. Irving I. Stone (Sapirstein's oldest son, who changed his surname to Stone) was stuffing envelopes at age five, handling the business during his father's illness when he was nine, and worked for the company full-time upon leaving high school. He was succeeded as CEO by his son-in-law Morry Weiss in 1987, and Stone took the title "Founder-Chairman" previously held by his father, when Weiss became chairman in 1992, before dying in 2000. In 1993, American Greetings began sponsoring the Entertainment Tonight Birthdays, also in that same year, the company also introduced its new corporate mascot, the Birthday Bear, AG remained sponsor until 2000, when competitor Hallmark Cards assumed sponsorship. In 1999, the company bought rival Gibson Greetings and united the second and third largest U.S. greeting card makers.[3] In 2003, Morry Weiss's sons Zev and Jeffrey became CEO and President respectively; Morry Weiss remained Chairman. In early 2007, American Greetings replaced Kellogg's as the sponsor for Dragon Tales.{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}} American Greetings has also branched out onto the Internet, and owns a network of websites. October 25, 2007, it announced the purchase of Webshots from CNET for $45 million in cash.[4] In October 2005, American Greetings recalled its Sesame Street toy sunglasses sold from December 2003 through August 2005, because the lenses can separate from the frames, posing a choking hazard to young children.[5] In 2006, American Greetings celebrated its 100th anniversary. In 2010, American Greetings announced plans to move its headquarters from Brooklyn, Ohio to a new facility at Crocker Park within the nearby city of Westlake.[6] However, in 2013, the company announced it would delay moving its operations to Westlake. Construction had been scheduled to start in early 2013, and American Greetings said it was only delaying the $150 to $200 million project. In June 2012, American Greetings acquired assets from Clinton Cards PLC together with some of its subsidiaries.[7] American Greetings went private once again in 2013, thus removing itself from all the public markets, agreeing to pay $18.20 per share, valuing the company at $878 million.[8] In 2014, American Greetings sold its Brooklyn, Ohio headquarters to developers and began renting its current offices from the new owners until the move to Westlake.[9] American Greetings opened their new Westlake headquarters in September 2016.[10] American Greetings operates with four divisions:[11][12]
In 2018, The Weiss family sold a 60% majority stake of the company to the investment firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice. The Weiss Family will continue to operate as directors and shareholders of American Greetings as well as retaining ownership of Clintons in the U.K. and American Greetings Entertainment,[14] which was later renamed to Cloudco Entertainment.[15] On closing of the deal, David Scheible was named Chairman in place of Morry Weiss and president John Beeder was promoted to CEO (the former chairman and co-CEOs remaining on the board); later Scheible and Beeder were replaced by John Compton and Joe Arcuri respectively.[16] Strawberry ShortcakeIn July 2008, American Greetings announced the sale of its Strawberry Shortcake and Care Bears properties to DIC Entertainment (now part of Cookie Jar Entertainment). However, January 9, 2009 it announced that the planned sale had been canceled.[17] As a result, the properties remain under American Greetings' ownership as the company searches for a new buyer. March 24, 2009, MoonScoop offered to pay $95 million for the Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake properties and related rights held by Cookie Jar. Under that deal, American Greetings would pocket $76 million for the animation assets while Cookie Jar would get $19 million for its own rights.[18] March 30, 2009, Cookie Jar made a $76 million counter-bid for Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake. Cookie Jar had until April 30, 2009 to complete the deal. If Cookie Jar failed to close the deal, MoonScoop had until June 7, 2009, to complete its own deal with American Greetings.[18] In May 2009, American Greetings filed a $100 million lawsuit against Cookie Jar with Cookie Jar filing a $25 million countersuit against American Greetings over the Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake deal.[19][20] In August, 2009 MoonScoop filed a lawsuit against American Greetings over the Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake deal.[21][22] In February 2015, Iconix Brand Group acquired the rights to Strawberry Shortcake from American Greetings for $105 million.[23][24] DHX Media would eventually acquire the franchise in 2017 as part of their buyout of Iconix's entertainment assets, which also included an 80% majority stake in Peanuts owner Peanuts Worldwide.[25] Licenses(Note: Original creations by American Greetings now mostly owned by Cloudco Entertainment. Other properties were licensed from third parties, where indicated) {{col-begin}}{{col-break}}
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References1. ^http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20160928/NEWS/160929767/american-greetings-opens-new-westlake-headquarters {{more citations needed|date=April 2009}}2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/1238/0001193125-12-194474.pdf |title=American Greetings, Form 10-K, Annual Report| date=April 30, 2012 |publisher=Securities and Exchange Commission |accessdate=January 6, 2013}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F0AlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VqMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3203,1349932&dq=american+greetings&hl=zh-CN |title=American Greetings to buy rival |date=November 4, 1999 |accessdate=June 18, 2013 |work=Reading Eagle |agency=Associated Press}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1167/95015207009732/filing-main.htm |title=American Greetings, Form 8-K, Current Report |date=December 20, 2007 |publisher=Securities and Exchange Commission |accessdate=January 6, 2013}} 5. ^{{cite press release| title=CPSC, American Greetings Corp. Announce Recall of Sesame Street Sunglasses| url=http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2005/CPSC-American-Greetings-Corp-Announce-Recall-of-Sesame-Street-Sunglasses/| publisher=U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission| date=September 1, 2005| accessdate=December 8, 2014}} 6. ^{{cite journal |title=American Greetings may pull its world headquarters out of Brooklyn, Ohio |journal=The Plain Dealer |date=January 7, 2010 |first=Janet |last=Cho |location=Cleveland |url=http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/01/american_greetings_may_pull_it.html |accessdate=January 7, 2010 |quote=BROOKLYN, Ohio -- American Greetings Corp., the nation's largest publicly held greeting card manufacturer, is exploring moving its global headquarters from Brooklyn to another community - maybe even out of state - with lower taxes.}} 7. ^{{cite news|date=June 7, 2012 |title=US company American Greetings acquires Clinton Cards |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jun/07/american-greetings-snaps-up-clinton-cards |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6T823bsNS?url=http://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jun/07/american-greetings-snaps-up-clinton-cards |archivedate=October 6, 2014 |deadurl=no |df= }} 8. ^{{cite news |first=Janet H. |last=Cho |title=American Greetings' Weiss Family Aims to Take the Company Private Again, Via an $878 Million Offer for Outstanding Shares |url=http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/04/american_greetings_weiss_family_aims_to_take_the_company_private_again_via_an_878_million_offer_for_outstanding_shares.html |work=The Plain Dealer |date=April 1, 2013 |accessdate=April 4, 2013}} 9. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/07/american_greetings_sells_brook.html|title=American Greetings sells Brooklyn headquarters; Lichter, Semarjian plan 150-acre industrial park|date=1 July 2014|accessdate=9 May 2015|author=McFee, Michelle Jarboe|work=Cleveland.com}} 10. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20160928/NEWS/160929767/american-greetings-opens-new-westlake-headquarters|title=American Greetings opens new Westlake headquarters|date=2016-09-28|newspaper=Crain's Cleveland Business|access-date=2016-11-05}} 11. ^1 {{cite web|title=Company Overview of American Greetings Corp. |date=2014 |work=Bloomberg BusinessWeek |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=250037 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6T80RT0CJ?url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=250037 |archivedate=October 6, 2014 |deadurl=no |df= }} 12. ^{{cite web|last=McKee |first=Tyler |date=March 30, 2011 |title=Higher Prices Still In The Cards For American Greetings |publisher=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/investor/2011/03/30/higher-prices-american-greetings-hallmark/ |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6T81EKd1L?url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/investor/2011/03/30/higher-prices-american-greetings-hallmark/ |archivedate=October 6, 2014 |deadurl=no |df= }} 13. ^{{cite web|title=Company Overview of AG Interactive, Inc. |date=2014 |work=Bloomberg BusinessWeek |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=9448711 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6T80n4gil?url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=9448711 |archivedate=October 6, 2014 |deadurl=no |df= }} 14. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/clayton-dubilier--rice-to-acquire-majority-interest-in-american-greetings-300597654.html|title=Clayton, Dubilier & Rice to Acquire Majority Interest in American Greetings|last=Rice|first=Clayton, Dubilier &|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-13}} 15. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/american-greetings-entertainment-rebrands-as-cloudco-developing-hybrid-care-bears-feature-163187.html|title=American Greetings Entertainment Rebrands As Cloudco, Developing Hybrid 'Care Bears' Feature|website=Cartoon Brew|author=Amid Amidi|date=August 21, 2018|accessdate=August 29, 2018}} 16. ^[https://www.americangreetings.com/corporate/news/archives/american-greetings-names-joe-arcuri-ceo American Greetings, "American Greetings Names CPG Industry Veteran Joe Arcuri as CEO with Eye on Growth; Current Chief John Beeder to Retire March 1" ] 17. ^{{cite news| title=American Greetings wins case against MoonScoop over Strawberry Shortcake and Care Bears| last=Grant| first=Allison| date=November 26, 2012| url=http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/11/american_greetings_wins_case_a.html| work=The Plain Dealer| accessdate=2014-12-08}} 18. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2600/119312509067879/filing-main.htm |title=American Greetings, Form 8-K, Current Report| date=March 30, 2009 |publisher=Securities and Exchange Commission |accessdate=January 6, 2013}} 19. ^{{cite web |url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/746/0001193125-09-108011.pdf |title=American Greetings, Form 8-K, Current Report| date=May 12, 2009 |publisher=Securities and Exchange Commission |accessdate =January 6, 2013}} 20. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.cleveland.com/business/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/business-12/1242117045312680.xml&coll=2 |title=Brooklyn-based American Greetings accuses Cookie Jar Entertainment of bad faith in Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears deal |date=May 12, 2009 |work=The Plain Dealer |accessdate=May 12, 2009}} 21. ^{{cite web |url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/1711/0001193125-09-204944.pdf |title=American Greetings, Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report| date=October 7, 2009 |publisher=Securities and Exchange Commission |accessdate=January 6, 2013}} 22. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/08/moonscoop_sues_american_greeti.html |title=MoonScoop sues American Greetings over Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake |date=August 13, 2009 |work=The Plain Dealer |accessdate=August 16, 2009}} 23. ^{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2015/02/03/strawberry-shortcake-is-new-it-girl-for-iconix/|title=Strawberry Shortcake is new 'it' girl for Iconix |last=Atkinson|first=Claire|date=3 February 2015|work=New York Post|accessdate=7 February 2015}} 24. ^{{cite news|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/licensing-iconix-buying-strawberry-shortcake-105m-28686402|title=Snoopy Owner Iconix to Buy Strawberry Shortcake for $105M|author=Associated Press|date=3 February 2015|work=ABC News|accessdate=7 February 2015}} 25. ^{{cite web|title=DHX Media Acquires 'Peanuts' in $345 Million Purchase of Iconix|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/global/dhx-media-acquires-peanuts-in-345-million-purchase-of-iconix-1202422001/|website=Variety|accessdate=10 May 2017}} 26. ^{{cite web|last1=Philpot|first1=Robert|title=Kelly Clarkson launches greeting-card line|url=http://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/article17739197.html|website=star-telegram.com|publisher=Star-Telegram|date=April 7, 2015|accessdate=April 8, 2015}} 27. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.studioespinosa.com/workdetail.php?proid=57|title=Studio Espinosa Illustration|work=studioespinosa.com|accessdate=29 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224152140/http://www.studioespinosa.com/workdetail.php?proid=57|archive-date=2012-02-24|dead-url=yes|df=}} 28. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.unklbrand.com/stories/tinpo/|title=UNKL » TEES, TEES & MORE TEES|work=unklbrand.com|accessdate=29 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309041724/http://www.unklbrand.com/stories/tinpo|archive-date=2016-03-09|dead-url=yes|df=}} 29. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ukgreetings.co.uk/index.php |title=UK Greetings Greeting Card Gift Wrap Social Expression Publisher |work=ukgreetings.co.uk |accessdate=29 June 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509004937/http://www.ukgreetings.co.uk/index.php |archivedate=9 May 2015 |df= }} External links
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