Blyth, Inc.
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Blyth Incorporated | |
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Type | Public (NYSE: BTH) |
Founded | 1976 |
Headquarters | Greenwich, Connecticut |
Key people | Robert B. Goergen, Sr., Founder, Chairman and CEO |
Industry | Home decorative, home fragrance |
Products | Candles, photograph albums, gourmet coffee and tea |
Revenue | ▲$1,254.26 million USD (2006) |
Employees | 5,500 |
Website | Main Corporate |
Blyth, Inc. is a Greenwich, Connecticut based marketing and manufacturing company that sells personal and decorative products. The company reported having 4,000 employees as of January 2007 and is incorporated in Delaware. In 2001, it was the largest candlemaker in the United States.[1]
Subsidiaries include Candle Corporation Of America, which owns the Sterno product brand and the PartyLite direct sales business. Additionally they own Midwest Company, which includes Seasons of Cannon Falls SOCF and Colonial Candle Colonial, as well as CBK in Union City, Tennessee CBK
[edit] References
- ^ Michael Maiello, "Blyth: Blyth Spirit," Forbes, Jan. 2001.
[edit] External links
- Corporate website
- NYSE listing
- Yahoo Finance overview
- Interview with Robert B. Goergen, Sr., Founder, Chairman and CEO at Twist.com.