Party America, the 2004 Party Retailer of the Year, is the premier party specialty retailer that captures the "Party Experience" by offering the most comprehensive everyday and seasonal merchandise needed to throw a great party!...

Babies 'N' Bells a Custom Invitations, Announcements And Thank-you Notes Franchise. Dara Craft had been working in the marketing and advertising agency when she gave birth to her first child. Wanting to be a stay-at-home mother and still have a career,...

CD Warehouse a Retailer Specializing In Buying, Selling And Trading Used Compact Discs Franchise. Mark Kane began selling compact discs at a Texas flea market in 1992. The $3,000 he made that first weekend inspired Kane to expand his concept into the CD...

Complete Music a Disc Jockey Service For Weddings, Parties And Other Events Franchise. Bands used to be the only option for wedding entertainment. That began changing in the mid-1970s, about the time Gerald Maas founded Complete Music in Omaha, Nebraska....

Elephant House a Greeting Card Distributor Franchise. Greeting card publisher and distributor Elephant House provides greeting cards to customers worldwide. Franchisees for the company set up racks in a range of retail locations, selling cards from...

HobbyTown USA a Toy, Hobby And Game Retailer Franchise. Merlin P. Hayes and his wife launched a hobby shop in Lincoln, Nebraska, in the 1970s. Through this store, Hayes met Thomas Walla, and together they bought out a competing store, Hobby Town, in 1980....

Music Go Round a Retailer Selling New And Used Musical Instruments Franchise. In 1986, Bill Shell opened Hi Tech Consignments Inc., a Minneapolis-area buyer and seller of new and used musical instruments, gear and equipment. Seven years later, after the...

Party Land a Party Supplies Franchise. The original Party Land store opened in Philadelphia in 1986. By 1993, the company had 15 franchises in and around Philadelphia. Today there are U.S., Canadian and international Party Land locations....