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Melissa & Doug 
Type Private Industry Toys Founded 1988 Founder(s) Melissa and Doug Bernstein Headquarters Wilton, Connecticut, United States Website melissaanddoug.com Melissa & Doug is an American manufacturer and purveyor of children's toys.[1][2][3] The company was founded by Melissa and Doug Bernstein in their basement in 1988.[4][5] It is headquartered in Wilton, Connecticut.[6] It is especially noted for wooden puzzles and similar types of high-end educational toys. Though originally made in the United States, its products are now mostly manufactured by Chinese suppliers.[5][7]
A 2006 profile on the company reported that it had about 200 employees in the United States and 1,000 in China, and that the company has had double digit growth every year for the prior 18 years.[8]
References
- ^ http://alumnimagazine.uconn.edu/smmr2007/around.html
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- ^ http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=25744319
- ^ http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/072907/lif_187415860.shtml
- ^ a b http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/12/02/2007-12-02_parents_find_they_cant_boycott_china_mad.html
- ^ http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=8920430
- ^ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MS&p_theme=ms&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11D9D82030F2AF78&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
- ^ http://www.allbusiness.com/manufacturing/transportation-equipment/4113030-1.html
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