Sanrio Company, Ltd., primary business is making and marketing what the firm calls social communication gifts. The company also operates restaurants and two theme parks in Japan, produces movies, and publishes books and magazines -- all based on its multitude of cute characters. Sanrio licenses or sells thousands of items -- including Hello Kitty stationery, school and desk accessories, clothing, cosmetics, and room decor -- that turn up for sale around the world. Over 4,000 stores sell the products in the Americas alone, including some 200 Sanrio boutiques. CEO Shintaro Tsuji founded Sanrio in 1960.

Founded in 1824, Reed & Barton enjoys a reputation as one of the country’s foremost marketers of fine tableware and giftware. Recognized for design excellence and the highest quality workmanship, Reed & Barton offers an array of exceptional products that satisfy a broad range of tastes. Today the Reed & Barton name graces fine flatware, dinnerware, crystal, giftware, and picture frames, as well as a wide variety of expertly-made handcrafted flatware and jewelry chests. Reed & Barton is also the exclusive distributor of Belleek Fine Parian China in the United States. Reed & Barton products can be found in fine department stores, specialty gift shops and jewelers nationwide, as well as online through a variety of e-merchants.

American Achievement Corporation (AAC) is the leading provider of products that forever mark the special moments of people’s lives. As the parent company of well-known brands such as ArtCarved®. Balfour®, Keepsake®, and Taylor Publishing, AAC legacy is based upon the delivery of exceptional, innovative products, including class rings, yearbooks, graduation products, achievement publications and affinity jewelry through in-school and retail distribution.In business for more than 90 years and employing more than 2,500 people in more than eight facilities, AAC is recognized as one of the nation’s oldest and largest distributors of commemorative jewelry and recognition products. AAC’s products are available through a variety of distribution methods, including direct sales to students in high schools and college bookstores, national jewelry retailers, independent jewelry stores and mass merchandisers.

Wilson is the world's leading manufacturer of ball sports equipment. The company core sports are tennis, baseball, American football, golf, basketball, softball, badminton and squash. The Wilson business is structured into three business areas: Racquet Sports, Team Sports and Golf. Headquartered in Chicago, in the United States, Wilson employed 1,919 people at the end of 2006. Wilson dedicated sales network serves customers in over 100 countries.

Miraphone is known as a leader in the high end professional instrument market, carrying a reputation for high-quality craftsmanship and progressive innovation and will continue to uphold this level of tradition and dedication with new ideas, new products and improvements.

In the forest of collectibles, The Boyds Collection bears are watching. It sells resin, porcelain, and plush renditions of bears and other animals, including its Bearstones figurines and its J.B. Bean & Associates line of fully-jointed bears and other animals. It also sells other collectibles and home decor items, such as stationery and picture frames. Boyds has boasted licensed products via deals with NASCAR and Coca-Cola. Products are designed to appeal to older women (although it has added items for men). The company products are sold primarily in US gift shops and department stores, as well as through catalogs and trade shows. In 2008 Boyds granted Enesco a license to design, make, and market some of its products.

Sony Deutschland (also known as Sony Germany) is the German arm of consumer electronics giant Sony Corporation and a primary subsidiary of Sony Europe. The company, which was founded in 1970, sells professional and consumer audio, video, communications, and computer products, along with accessories such as batteries, displays, and digital camera sensors and modules. Sony Deutschland has struggled with sluggish sales and growing losses in recent years. With Germany considered to be one of Sony's most important European markets, Sony has significantly expanded its advertising budget for Sony Deutschland.

General Magnetics Limited located in the heart of Singapore, is a boutique manufacturer of optical media and audio cassette under its label General®.The company began in 1973 with audio cassette assembly and in the 80's vertically integrated its manufacturing include injection moulding. In the late 1980s, it became Singapore's first CD manufacturing facility. Eventually expanding its production to recordable CD and DVDs.

Zapf Creation AG is Europe's leading manufacturer of play and functional dolls and accessories. The company is worldwide represented by own subsidiaries and employs 242 people (31.12.2008). Zapf Creation reported sales of € 104.4 million for the fiscal year 2008.Headquartered in Roedental/Coburg (Germany), Zapf Creation markets branded play concepts that consists of dolls and a world of matching accessories that are developed to a high standard of quality, design, safety and play value.The branded play concepts of Zapf Creation set no limits to a girls' imagination, following the Company's philosophy, "Setting free a child's imagination". Playing with dolls also addresses social skills such as loving, caring, empathy and accepting responsibility, thereby supporting a child's personal development.

Established in 1945 in Wedemark, Germany, Sennheiser is the acknowledged world leader in microphone technology, RF-wireless and infrared sound transmission, headphone transducer technology, and in the development of active noise-cancellation.Sennheiser Electronic Corporation (SEC) is the U.S. wholly-owned subsidiary, with headquarters in Old Lyme, Connecticut. SEC represents all Sennheiser products in the United States. It distributes a variety of other pro audio lines, including Neumann, K+H, and HHB. Sennheiser commitment to the world of audio is simple: Sennheiser offer products that provide the finest combination of performance and value available anywhere, and back them up with superlative service.

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