Hallmark Cards Business Development

The Walt Disney Company is a diversified international entertainment company (Disney, 2010) with ownership of many media outlets including radio, cinema, television and literature as well as consumer products such as stationary and toys. The Disney brand has huge recognition globally especially in the category of children’s entertainment with over 80 years of productions in this sector. With an obvious predominance and market leadership in children’s entertainment and consumerism, The Disney Company has an unparalleled capability to reach

NBCUniversal owns and operates an upscale portfolio world-renowned theme parks and a suite of leading Internet-based firm.

The Limited, Inc. is comprised of a unique family of brands. Since the grand opening in 1963, the Company has grown to over 5,633 stores and 13 retail

Disney/ABC Television Group is an integral part of the Walt Disney Company 's Media Networks line of business segment. The Media Networks segment comprises an array of broadcast, cable, radio, publishing and digital businesses across two divisions – the Disney/ABC Television Group and ESPN Inc. (The Walt Disney Company, 2015). The television properties include the ABC Television Network, ABC Owned Television Stations Group, ABC Entertainment Group, Disney Channels Worldwide, ABC Family as well as Disney/ABC Domestic Television and Disney Media Distribution

Goodwill Industries has been the service provider for Trailways Camp since 2012, which provides an overnight camping experience for adults with developmental and physical disabilities. The camp was founded by Sharon & Jerry Miller of the Robert V. and Benjamin G. Miller Fund and serves more than 60 campers three times a year. However, with the increasing demand in our service area, we want to reach out to more of those in need who can benefit from this opportunity so they can learn to reach their full potential and become more independent.

Many cord cutters have been awaiting the arrival of Hallmark Channel to a streaming service. There are few channels left that offer quality family entertainment, Hallmark Channel is one of them. Hallmark features original movies, primetime scripted series, annual specials, seasonal programming and lifestyle programming. The channel also shows classics series like “I Love Lucy,” “The Middle,” “Golden Girls,” and “Frasier.”

The Founder and CEO, Chantel Waterbury, began a successful 15 year career in jewelry design and merchandising shortly after college. She worked for such retail giants as Target and Macy as well as famous jewelry name brands like Tiffany and Cartier.

The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world and is headquartered in Burbank, California, USA. It was established by Walt and Roy Disney in 1923. Since its inception, Disney has grown vastly so that operational areas now include theme parks, motion pictures, television dramas and consumer products.

Henry and Hillel Hassenfeld founded Hasbro in 1923, it started out selling textile remnants and quickly moved to school supplies. Over the years it has evolved into one of the largest and most successful toy companies in the world. Also, since 2009, Hasbro has reached out to the film and television industry. The television side is “Hasbro Studios,” and “Allspark Pictures” for the film side. These include some big hits like, TRANSFORMERS, MY LITTLE PONY, and GI JOE. Hasbro’s headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and the company employee’s about 5,000 people as of 2016. In 2013 Hasbro made some big moves and big changes, hiring a new Chief Financial Officer and new Chief Commercial Officer. Also, followed by in 2014 and 2015 hiring a new President, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Global Operations and Business Development Officer, and Chief Executive Officer. Thus, from 2013 Hasbro has increased its revenues by $366 million. Going from $4,082 to $4,448 in just three years. Also in 2015 the franchise brands, which include, (Transformer, Nerf, Play-Doh, Monopoly… etc.) grew 7% and represented 52% of 2015 revenues (Investor Presentation, 2016).

The Walk Disney Company is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with five business segments: Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, The Walk Disney Studios, Disney Consumer Products, and Disney Interactive. Disney provides a large variety of entertainment to a wide variety of audience members. Disney’s view with their social media is that their fans can interact with their many characters and role models on any platform.

The Disney Company was founded in 1923. The company’s foundation was studio entertainment. Disney distributes pictures under Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Miramax Films, Buena Vista and many more. Everyone knows Disney movies, Bambi, Cinderella, Beauty & the

Internationally, the company operates toy stores under the name Toys R Us. It also sells merchandise through its Internet sites and through mail order catalogues. Its products include:

Company was founded in 1982 and now sells their products in 55 countries, including many countries in Europe, North- and South America, China and Asia.

▪ Founded 1984 ▪ 2009 Revenue: $11.1 billion ▪ 2009 Net Income: $1.89 billion ▪ Employees: 12,000

Amy McConville, a friend and financial consultant of Wendy Beaumont, the president of Friendly Cards Inc., needs to come up with some suggestions concerning the financing of Friendly's expansion. Amy has been doing research on the firm and money is tight right now. The cost of financing growth right now is high and Friendly Card's is projecting 20% growth in sales next year and even more the following year. The company has never been without financing problems. The business is capital intensive and has had to rely on its good relations with its banks and suppliers to achieve success. Friendly's bankers have begun to feel uneasy about how much the company is relying on debt capital