The fight against these debilitating diseases and societal ills touches us all, and there's so much passion in their stories, their challenges, and their triumphs," said Taylor.
SmileMakers is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Staples, Inc. For example, we plan to enhance SmileMakers' product offering to their customers through the addition of Oriental Trading products.
Credited with creating the "treasure box" giveaway concept in dentist offices, SmileMakers offers a selection of nearly 9, toys, stickers, and novelty supplies that are especially popular among medical and dental practices.
Products are sold via the company's catalogs and www. SmileMakers was founded in , and its operations include a fulfillment center in Ontario, Canada, in addition to its principal fulfillment center in Spartanburg. Oriental Trading expects to complete the acquisition by mid-April. This marks the company's second acquisition in the last ten months.
In June , Oriental Trading acquired Minneapolis-based MindWare, a manufacturer, wholesaler, and direct retailer of educational games, toys, and books for kids of all ages. Omaha, Neb. We look forward to helping the MindWare team grow their brand and accelerate the pace at which they bring fantastic products to market. Over half of MindWare's revenue is generated from exclusive, proprietary toys, games, and books the company has created.
During the past two years, MindWare's proprietary products received 46 awards from nine different parenting organizations and publications, including Germany's highly prestigious "Spiel des Jahres" Game of the Year award for Qwirkle, a fun and educational game requiring tactical maneuvers and well-planned strategy. Most recently the company's Mine Shift game received the Mensa Select Award, one of the most prominent awards in the toy industry.
With its broad customer base and large-scale, world-class technology and operations platform, Oriental Trading is clearly an excellent home for our educational products. MindWare products are sold via the company's catalogs and www. Select MindWare products will appear in Oriental Trading's catalogs and on the www. Its diverse product line includes educational toys, games, brainteasers, creative play activities, building sets, coloring books and more!
The company was founded in with a small retail store in Minneapolis and has evolved into a direct-to-consumer catalog and website, along with its own wholesale division. MindWare's proprietary products are to be found on the shelves of over 30, retailers worldwide. Consumers, educators and retailers have come to recognize MindWare as a trusted resource for their families, students and customers.
As part of the festivities, Oriental Trading customers who register on the Oriental Trading Company website and upload photos of their luau celebrations will be eligible to win an ultimate luau celebration for friends and family.
In addition, each week registrants will be entered into a drawing to win special luau party packs full of fun Oriental Trading luau products. To inspire entrants, Oriental Trading Company's party experts are posting tips, project ideas and fun photos on the company website, and luau-themed products are on sale throughout the month.
We're inviting our customers to have fun and get creative as they send us photos of their luau celebrations. Entries will be accepted throughout the month of May. Entrants are asked to register at www.
Each week in May, ten entrants will receive special luau party packs full of Oriental Trading products. At the end of the contest, two grand prize winners will be chosen to receive an ultimate luau celebration for friends and family. The transaction is expected to close by the end of November and is subject to the termination of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act and other customary closing conditions.
We are delighted to have them join the Berkshire Hathaway family and continue their quest to make the world more fun. They have had several changes to ownership in the past, but OTC has a permanent home with Berkshire Hathaway.
Berkshire Hathaway recognizes the growth potential of our business and provides a permanent foundation for our long-term strategic initiatives to expand our product lines and leverage our world-class technology and operations platform. For over 80 years Oriental Trading Company has made it easy and affordable for everyone to celebrate, have fun, and express creativity throughout their lifetime.
The company offers over 40, products—more than half of which are exclusive—at guaranteed lowest prices through its website and catalogs. Berkshire Hathaway and its subsidiaries engage in diverse business activities including property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, utilities and energy, freight rail transportation, finance, manufacturing, retailing and services.
A and BRK. Certain statements contained in this press release are "forward looking" statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of These statements are not guaranties of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those forecasted.
Today, Oriental Trading announces a new, enhanced version of the free app, available on iTunes, for the upcoming Christmas season. The streamlined usability and convenience of mobile shopping continues to resonate with consumers. Oriental Trading Company recognizes this revolutionary digital shift and is continually working to provide customers with innovative tools to make their shopping experience easy and fun.
Since its initial launch in September, the Oriental Trading app has proven to be popular with consumers, consistently ranking among the most downloaded free catalog apps in the iTunes app store.
Interactive enhancements to this newest version of the Oriental Trading iPad app include a Trim the Tree feature, holiday costume runway, enhanced zoom capability, increased social networking functionality, favorites lists, fun activities for families, plus many others. To provide additional savings for mobile shoppers, Oriental Trading has included a free shipping offer within the app. The upcoming episode marks a number of "firsts" for the hit CBS reality series. This is also the first time all of the front-line jobs highlighted in the show occur within the same facility.
Taylor worked alongside veteran employees within Oriental Trading Company's , square foot, state-of-the-art fulfillment center, receiving a firsthand look at what it takes to process thousands of orders each day. Due to their efforts and productivity improvements, Oriental Trading is able to offer an outstanding customer experience, as well as guaranteed lowest prices on all our products. The primary services provided by the company include allowing customers to have a retail presence in order to purchase various kinds of value-priced party supplies, arts and crafts, toys and novelties and school supplies, that are marketed and sold by the company itself.
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Oriental Trading Company Headquarters. If you experience any accessibility issues, please contact us. Oriental Trading Company has one simple mission: to make life more fun.
For individuals, nonprofits, churches and schools, our budget-friendly buys provide countless reasons to share smiles while making all of life's moments more special. With more than 60, unique products, we're the nation's largest direct retailer of value-priced party supplies, toys and crafts as well as a leading provider of fundraising products. Whether you're a mom hosting a birthday bash that's a smash, a Sunday School teacher shopping for cool crafts or a business owner looking for unique rewards to recognize your team, we've got thousands upon thousands of ways to create good times galore.
Our history with fun is one that spans for the better part of the last century. Founded in in Omaha, Nebraska by Japanese American, Harry Watanabe, Oriental Trading was one of the nation's first wholesale providers of novelties and gifts. Harry's naming of the company reflected the geographic area and trading routes of the business. By the 's, we were a major supplier to the carnival trade and expanded immensely in the succeeding decades through catalogs, direct marketing and eventually the Internet.
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