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Funko headquarters in Everett, Washington. Funko was founded in 1998 by toy collector Mike Becker at his home in Snohomish, Washington. [5] He started the business after failing to find an affordable coin bank of the Big Boy Restaurants mascot, instead licensing the rights to make his own coin banks from a Big Boy franchise in Michigan.
National Entertainment Collectibles Association Inc. (mostly known by its acronym NECA) is an American manufacturer of collectibles typically licensed from films, video-games, sports, music, and television based in New Jersey.
This list contains both extant companies which have moved their headquarters out of the Bay Area (often during a corporate buyout), and defunct companies. Bank of America (9) – relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina; Bare Escentuals – purchased by Shiseido, now headquarters in Rutherford, New Jersey; Bechtel – relocated to Reston, Virginia
Businessman Harold "Matt" Matson and the husband-and-wife duo of Elliot and Ruth Handler founded Mattel as Mattel Creations in January 1945 in a garage in Los Angeles. [15] [16] The company name chosen is a portmanteau of the surname of Matson and first name of Elliot, with former chairman and CEO Bob Eckert revealing at a 2013 Christmas Day Peninsula Seniors lecture that the founders ...
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In January 2021, a vinyl toy version of Bob's Big Boy Broiler, paired with a figurine of the Big Boy mascot, was released as a part of the popular Funko POP! series of pop culture collectibles. [22] In September 2024, a Bob's Big Boy statue outside the restaurant was severely damaged in a high speed car crash. [23]
Sunset Magazine - relocated to Oakland, California; Swensen's Ice Cream – acquired by International Franchise Corp (IFC) of Markham, Ontario, Canada; Transamerica – purchased by Aegon; Union Bank of California - relocated to New York City; United Commercial Bank – acquired by East West Bank; URS Corporation - acquired by AECOM in 2014
Shoppers returned nearly $150 billion in holiday merchandise in 2023. Here's what you need to know about returns at Amazon, Target and Walmart.