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Colony Brands, Inc. (formerly, ''The Swiss Colony, Inc.'') is a mail-order and electronic retail company known for its cheese, sausage, chocolate, fruitcakes, and other food products. The company also features extensive offerings in furniture, home decor, apparel, entertainment products, and electronics. It is one of the largest direct marketers in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theswisscolony.net/corporate_structure.htm )〕 ==History== The company was founded in 1926 in Monroe, Wisconsin, a town with a strong concentration of Swiss immigrants and a storied history of cheese production. Ray Kubly, then a senior at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, completed a project for one of his classes by analyzing the business case for selling Green County cheese via mail order. Following graduation, Ray decided to pursue the venture and commenced operations from his family's basement. In the first year of operation, only 50 orders of cheese were shipped. However, the company grew steadily over the years and began to attract regional and national recognition. Sausage as well as bakery products and confections were gradually added to the company's offerings. The company made its first entry into non-food merchandising in 1982. Colony Brands, Inc. and its affiliated companies now employ more than 4,500 people. Approximately 50% of these individuals work on a temporary basis during peak operations in fall and holiday seasons.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theswisscolony.net/index.html )〕 In recognition of its strong roots in southern Wisconsin, the company sponsors the Swiss Colony Cheese Days Parade in Green County, Wisconsin every September in even numbered years. The company changed its name from ''The Swiss Colony, Inc.'' to ''Colony Brands, Inc.'' on June 1, 2010 in an effort to "better reflect its position as a parent company for our extensive portfolio of food and non-food catalogs, internet and subsidiaries."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colony Brands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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