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Department 56 is a manufacturer of holiday collectibles, ornaments and giftware, known for their lit Christmas village collections and their Snowbabies collection. It is owned by Enesco and based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA. ==History== Department 56 was founded in 1976. Originally, it was part of Bachman’s, a retail florist based in Minneapolis, USA. Bachman’s employed a numbering system to identify each of its departments. The number assigned to the wholesale gift imports division was 56.〔http://www.christmasvillages.co.uk/about-department-56/〕 In 1993, the company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol of "DFS". In 2005, after purchasing Lenox from Brown-Forman, the company changed their name to ''Lenox Group Inc'' and their ticker symbol to "LNX". After failing to meet the exchange's requirements, trading was moved to the OTC Bulletin Board under the ticker "LENX". Lenox filed for bankruptcy in 2009, and was acquired by the private equity firm Clarion Capital Partners. Enesco acquired Department 56 from Lenox that year. In October 2013, Department 56 appointed Molly C. Kinney as president, replacing Susan Azar who been president for ten years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://retailingtoday.com/article/department-56-names-new-president )〕 Department 56 was located in Eden Prairie Minnesota in the late 1980s to early 1990s. 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「Department 56」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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