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Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Type	Private
Industry	Retail, greeting card, television
Founded	Kansas City, Missouri, United States (January 10, 1910; 113 years ago (1910-01-10))
Founder	Joyce Hall
Headquarters	2501 McGee Street, Kansas City, Missouri , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Donald J. Hall Jr. (Executive Chairman) David E. Hall (Executive Vice Chairman) Mike Perry (President & CEO)
Products	Greeting Cards Gift Wrap Party Goods Giftware Stationery Electronic Greetings Keepsake Ornaments Media/Entertainment
Brands	Rainbow Brite Shirt Tales
Revenue	US $4.0 billion (2016)
Owner	Hall family
Number of employees	16,000
Subsidiaries	Crayola DaySpring Greeting Cards Hallmark Business Connections Hallmark Channel (Crown Media Holdings) Feeln Hallmark eCards Hallmark Ink and Main Press Hallmark Gold Crown Stores Halls Sunrise Greetings Hallmark Baby

Hallmark Cards, Inc. is a private, family-owned American company in Kansas City, Missouri. It was created in 1910 by Joyce Hall. Hallmark is the oldest and biggest manufacturer of greeting cards in the United States. In 1985, the company was awarded the National Medal of Arts.

Employees

Worldwide, Hallmark has over 27,000 employees; 20,000 of them work in the United States. About 5,600 of them are full-time employees. About 2,700 Hallmark employees work at the Kansas City headquarters.

Images for kids

Hallmark corporate headquarters entrance.
Hallmark corporate offices.
A Hallmark Store in Toronto Eaton Centre.
Hallmark birthday cards
A Hallmark Gold Crown franchise in Evansville, Indiana.
A Crayola pack of 64 crayons.

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