CSS Industries, Inc.

Philadelphia, PA United States

  (NYSE: CSS)

Company Description

Every day is Christmas at CSS Industries, maker of seasonal and everyday decorative products such as gift wrap, gift bags, ribbons, bows, stationery, and cards, as well as floral, craft, and packaging items. The company also makes dye for Easter eggs (Dudley's), valentines for classroom exchange, and Halloween makeup and costumes. Customers include mass-merchandise retailers, warehouse clubs, and drug and food chains, primarily in the US and Canada. (Wal-Mart and Target account for a combined 36% of sales.) Originally founded as a furniture and department store retailer in 1923, the company shifted gears in the mid-1980s through acquisitions, such as The Paper Magic Group, Berwick Offray, and C.R. Gibson.