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Thrillist is an online media website covering travel. Thrillist was founded in 2004 by Ben Lerer and Adam Rich. In October 2016, Thrillist merged with internet brands The Dodo , NowThis News , and Seeker to form the digital media holding company Group Nine Media , which was acquired by Vox Media in 2022.
Douglas Robert Putman (born 25 March 1984) is a billionaire Canadian businessman, predominately trading in the retail sector across North America and Europe. Through his firm, Putman Investments, he owns numerous retail chains involving music, entertainment, toys and home goods.
Jay Foreman is an American businessman who lives and works in Boca Raton, Florida.He is president and CEO of Basic Fun!, [1] which began as The Bridge Direct in 2009. Basic Fun! and its related companies, Good Stuff, K'nex, Uncle Milton, and PlayHut, design, develop and market toys for children and adult collectors.
Ertl (formerly, the Ertl Company) is a former American manufacturing company and current brand of toys, best known for its die-cast metal alloy collectible replicas (or scale models) of agricultural machinery. Other products manufactured by Ertl include cars, airplanes, and commercial vehicles.
The first product that brought them attention was the Fuzzy Farm Puzzle, a wooden puzzle with texture. [9] An extensive line of wooden puzzles followed. [ 9 ] [ 1 ] In the late 1990s, the company expanded into wooden toys, arts & crafts, pretend play, plush toys, and more.
Basic Fun, a Florida-based toy design and development company that since 2019 has owned the Tonka toy brand, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as part of a financial restructuring plan.
On 24 April 2018, Smyths acquired Toys "R" Us shops in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. [11] In 2019, all the remaining shops in those countries were rebranded to Smyths. [12] In July 2022, Smyths acquired French toy chain PicWicToys in France out of receivership, taking over 41 shops, 2 warehouses and a head office. [13] [14]
1978 model Tonka bottom dump truck. Tonka has produced a variety of toys, including dolls (Star Fairies, Bathing Beauties, Maple Town, and Hollywoods).They have produced other toys, some aimed at girls (such as Keypers), [6] and others aimed at boys (such as Gobots, [6] Supernaturals, Rock Lords, Spiral Zone, Legions of Power and Steel Monsters).