American Greetings

American Greetings Corporation, LLC is a privately owned American company and is the world's second largest greeting card producer behind Hallmark Cards. Based in Sedalia, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City, the company sells paper greeting cards, electronic greeting cards, party products (such as wrapping papers and decorations), and electronic expressive content (e.g., ringtones and images for cell phones). In addition, the company owns the Carlton Cards, Tender Thoughts, Just For You, and Gibson brands.

American Greetings's former toy design and licensing division, initially called Those Characters From Cleveland, subsequently renamed American Greetings Properties and now separately owned as Cloudco Entertainment, includes copyrighted properties such as Care Bears, Topsy and Tim, Super JOJO, The Get Along Gang, Popples, and Holly Hobbie. American Greetings also holds an exclusive license for Nickelodeon characters.