American Greetings Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of greeting cards and other social expression products in the United States and internationally. The company provides greeting cards, gift packaging products, party goods, stationery, giftware, and custom display fixtures. It also distributes social expression products, including electronic greetings; and a range of graphics and digital services and products through various electronic channels, including Web sites, Internet portals, instant messaging services, and electronic mobile devices. In addition, the company creates and licenses its intellectual properties, such as the Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake characters. Its domestic greeting card brands include American Greetings, Recycled Paper Greetings, Papyrus, Carlton Cards, Gibson, Tender Thoughts, and Just For You, as well as DesignWare party goods, Plus Mark gift wrap and boxed cards, and AGI In-Store display fixtures; and Internet and wireless brands comprise AmericanGreetings.com, BlueMountain.com, Egreetings.com, and Cardstore.com. The company distributes its products through mass merchandisers, chain drug stores, supermarkets, card and gift shops, department stores, military post exchanges, variety stores, and combo stores, as well as through its Website Cardstore.com. American Greetings Corporation was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

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