The one that comes to mind is when I made my first video for this channel, about Kmart. It was nearly complete and with no warning my computer died. I lost everything and had to completely start over. Since this channel didn't even exist yet, I was very tempted to just give up. Obviously I pushed forward and put in the effort to remake it and today I look back at that as one of the best decisions I've ever made. Had I given up, this channel wouldn't have grown in the way it has and probably wouldn't even exist. I think most people have experienced something like this at some point. If anyone wants to respond to this by sharing it, I'd love to read it.
This response makes my day. That's one heck of a story. I think my valentines fire story would be this one time in February (a few years back), when my house caught fire. It was totally my fault. In fact. I caught fire too. If I wasn't wearing a cotton sweat-shirt, I might have died. When you are covered in accelerant, stop drop & roll does not work. I jumped into my shower and tore off my burning clothes. very small 3rd degree burns, and a few months in an apartment waiting for the permits to clear to rebuild my house. Nothing sentimental/irreplaceable lost, thank goodness. Insurance did a pretty good job replacing my losses. But it was such an ordeal. I wouldn't recommend it.
My mom’s OBSESSED with Hallmark Christmas movies. It really pains me that she loves these uncreative movies so much. And god, they have SO MANY Christmas movies, they started airing them BEFORE Halloween! HALLOWEEEN. GOD WHY. But yeah, Hallmark is crazy big tbh. I still find myself buying their cards too lol.
They are so beautiful with all of the decorations and holiday scenes. You feel like you've entered Christmas-land (which is probably another Hallmark movie. LOL).
I have a few friends who are film writers, and has worked on and written several Hallmark Christmas movies. I mean if you go to pitch a script and you have just self made movies, or a mix of self made movies, and movies for a major cable network, who looks better?
mrgreengenes04 I mean, I never claimed to be or look better, if you read my comment. I’m just a person with taste who wants some actual drama and actual diversity instead of the same actors in a recycled script each time. The movies don’t cost that much to make, it cannot be impossible to find new actors sometimes and take some goddamn RISKS every once in a fucking while. You don’t need a Hollywood budget to do that.
Muriel Palanca - maybe he's packed on a few pounds due to sitting around editing videos, but he's not obese or anything, so I don't understand why girls would say he's bigger than...um...oh my... ...OMG...scandalous! ☺️
Can you please do Sanrio for Bigger Than You Know? The Hello Kitty people? I had to do a report for a class, where we had to pick a company and write about them. I had to stop and pick a different company because when I was doing my research, I kept unravelling more and more that that company has it's hands in. I personally think it's a perfect candidate for bigger than you know.
Thank you so much for doing a video on Hallmark. Its such a nostalgic store and brand for me ever since my mom used to go there all the time when i was a kid.
Can't help but be impressed that the company was founded by an eighteen year old kid. That's really astonishing! It's even more impressive that he (and his brother) helped make it as huge as it is today.
Wow! That's a flashback right there! Instead of MS, it was PrintShop in elementary school! Or that thing that was as the drug stores where you picked out what you wanted, wrote what you wanted, and then watched it print out before purchasing!!
Another great contender for "bigger than you know" would be Campbell's. They own... V8 Mighty 4 Pepperidge Farm (They remember their buyout.) Milano Bolt house Royal Dansk And many many more products. Also they just bought Snyders Lance out, and are about to take over the company. (I know because my dad works there.)
There's people like my grandmother (regularly purchases 2-4 a week, at one point purchased 52 cards in one grocery trip and I wanted to die because I had to help her pick them all out) who make up for those who only get a couple a year lol
Fall? Verizon bought them in 2015 for $4.4 Billion. And as a division of Verizon they are still going quite strong. Most companies would love to "fall" like that :)
Yes, they fell. They became the parent company of Time Warner, then they were disowned by Time Warner, their stocks and once-dominant Internet service crashed and burned, and now they're just a footnote in Verizon's empire.
+NoiseFeedMusic Stronger than 95% of American businesses. +Inspiration Date You need to do some research. Their final stock price was $50 per share post splits, and the company was acquired for $4.4 billion. That's one crash and burn I would love to be a part of. And no, they are not a footnote of Verizon's empire. They are a subsidiary company serving as an umbrella and manager for the $10 Billion Oath merger. So many companies can only hope to crash and burn so badly, eh?
I *have* done my research. Their peak stock price was $80 per share. AOL would never see such heights again following the Time Warner merger. Also, $4.4 billion is pretty low-end for a business acquisition these days. AOL paid $164 billion for their merger back in 2000. Why would a former Internet titan be so dirt-cheap to pick up compared to their heyday? Perhaps it's because they're not worth as much?
Back in the 70s, I worked for Hallmark at their Disneyland store. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Hall and he was very nice. His first name was Joyce.
Disney - Bigger Than You Know could be close to an hour topic own it's own, and 21st Century Fox - Bigger Than You Know wouldn't be short either. He would need to do both of those just to reasonably get into the worldwide implications. That could be a massive yet worthwhile project though.
You sir are one of the best youtubers I have ever seen. These videos are super interesting and I love them all. I would never be interested in this topic if it wasn’t for how you explain everything.
I love your videos. I learned so much about the stuff sitting in my house. From the cleaning products under my sink, to the various items in my bathroom to my own jeans in my drawers.
I've always liked Hallmark's exclusive pop culture ornaments (Marvel, classic Christmas specials, etc.). Other than that, I knew them for holiday items and corny, low-budget movies. The streaming service, real estate, and Crayola were certainly new to me though. Great video!
I live in a suburb of Kansas City and have been for my entire life. This is the first time I have ever heard of hallmark being in KC MO and making the visitor center, a place I’ve been visiting on field trips since before I can remember. Thank you, keep up the great work
Hallmark's company headquarters is located in Kansas City off of Crown Center Plaza, and it's always been a large company here in town. They even had there own clothing store called "Halls" on the Plaza & Crown Center Plaza and a Crayola store in Crown Center Plaza, you forgot the stores they have there also.
Awesome video man! It's hilarious that you bring up that their movies are for your grandparents, because my Grandpa sits out in the living room watching Hallmark movies all day at my house lol Aw yo, I live near KC, so I always go for to that center for Christmas each year. It's pretty cool
I'd love to hear about region exclusive products like Ruffles All Dressed Chips or Coca-Cola Clear. There's a lot of really interesting products out there from large brands that never make it to the US.
Coca cola clear is the same thing... without the dye literally the same thing lol because coke could sell it for the same price in other countries, most people in the us wouldn't buy a coke clear looks like water made by coke
I would LOVE Coca Cola Clear!! I believe the caramel coloring in dark sodas contains phosphates that are harmful to kidney functions (since I was taught dialysis patients and others with compromised kidney functions were to avoid dark sodas), so as someone who would like to never end up on dialysis I would love the opportunity to have something that tasted like Coke but was a clear soda.
seth c ha! Churromaiz, Doritos (I just saw them in the USA with the branding flaming hot and those are in real the Mexican version) rancheritos (Mexican Doritos too and made by lays ) just to make a few items lays produce outside the USA.
Ruffles All Dressed Chips were sold in the US for a time. I had them a few times and liked them. Perhaps you can still get them somewhere, but I don't know.
More like decline of Chrysler and why every company that buys the Jeep brand keeps getting dismantled only because Jeep was the only thing successful for them.
You do a fantastic job covering all of these different companies! I felt like you weren't proud of this one for some reason, but you covered this huge company very well and didn't make the video to where I got bored. You never bore me in this format and I always learn something. I can actually binge watch your videos! LOL Great job as always! Jeff
As someone who lives in Kansas City and knows a lot of people employed by Hallmark, I can tell you that they haven't transitioned into the 21st century well. There are massive layoffs every couple of years that continue to crack away at their foundation. I tend to see them like Kodak. Huge, but destined to fail as greeting cards become more and more irrelevant.
Also live in KC, respectfully disagree. My family is full of Hallmark HQ employees... and yes we've seen all the layoffs over the past years... but we've also seen it "settle down" in the last couple years. I think the greeting card business is never going away completely (see these comments for evidence of that)... and the company seems to have finally settled at the right size for its card production going forward. Greetings, believe it or not, are *still* the bread and butter of the company. And as others have pointed out, all those other revenue streams aren't going away any time soon. I actually feel like the company is healthier now than it's been in quite a long time.
Can u do a video on foreign companies like Chinese phone companies or companies that we haven’t even heard of but are like su Er big in other countries
I was literally just talking about hallmark last night! I said half the stuff you said in this video about how most people when they think about greeting and holiday cards, you think hallmark. Hallmark is a great company! Thanks for this video!
Tokuijin Yes, while my Mom likes to shop there, the sales people and cashiers are extremely nice and helpful. They do try and hire people that remind you of decades past where it was people you knew and liked and were friendly.
I'm from Poland, and I've known Hallmark only for those cheap romance novels my grandma reads and the TV channel she watches (these books were introduced here before the TV content). I was quite surprised with what I learned about them here :)
Nothing beats wholesome entertainment that's safe and enjoyable for the whole family. My family is currently recording and watching Touch By An Angel reruns.
My youngest went to The Hallmark Institute of Photography which is now closed. We went to the Institute several times to visit him and was a very impressive facility. He graduated in the top 5% of his class and now travels the world as a freelance photographer.
Growing up in the 80’s and 90’s, I’ve always remembered Hallmark for their cinematic, tearjerking commercials. “Required Reading” (look for it on RUclips) is a real sucker punch to the feelings and their are many others.
You should do a story on Applebee's and the hostile take over from IHOP and a story about AMC theaters and how it was the largest purchase of a US company from a Chinese firm.
As a Kansas Citian, I'd love to see you delve more in to Crown Center. It's bigger than *you* think (and by the way, it includes a pretty huge setback of its own... a mass casualty incident at a tea dance at the Hyatt Regency, now the Sheraton Crown Center). Crown Center is a huge development, has a streetcar running through it, features a LegoLand Adventure Center, SeaLife Aquarium, and a glass walkway that connects the science museum at Union Station to the hotels and other properties that make up Crown Center... pretty essential since Kansas City winters get COLD! They have tons of annual festivals like Irish Fest there, and the whole place is actually pretty cool. Oh, and there's a restaurant that serves your meal by toy train... so there's actually a ton at Crown Center that you can't even scratch the surface on in a few minutes of coverage! Your video did an amazing job of doing Hallmark justice! It's a company I really love, and I'm proud to share a hometown with it. I've been a viewer for a while now and this is one of my favorite videos you've done.
I've been to the KC HQ of Hallmark back in the mid 90s...even then I knew that this company was freakin' huge...they even had a Crayola exhibit...I loved that place and my family went back a couple of more times...the best was during the Christmas season...it was magical...
When I was like 4 or 5 (about like 2003/2004) I remember using this Hallmark program on my Windows XP computer to make my own custom Hallmark cards. It was pretty cool, loaded with lots of fonts and nice images. I used to use it to make cards for my friends birthdays and all. That's how I know Hallmark other than them selling normal cards in stores of course.
I grew up just outside a town of about 1100, yes eleven hundred, people in a county of 18,000 people (18 per square mile) and there was a Hallmark store in the town in the '80s. My sister worked there for a while. Personally I think greeting cards in general are overrated and Hallmark cards in particular are overpriced. My wife actually keeps cards on hand "just in case" not to mention all the usual holidays and birthdays. Thankfully she's too cheap to buy the expensive ones. I'd be interested in video on just Crayola.
Woah! Born and raised in Kansas City. I've passed by crown center so many times to the point where its just another building. Never knew it was theirs.
Do a video on Beats by Dre/ or Skull candy Nintendo AOL and how they changed. HBO OR Redbull. Just stuff that I think would be a fun and weird dive into.
For me, I want a "Why They're Successful" video about Twitch. It is a popular website for video game livestreaming. Company Man should do a video on that!
As a native of the Kansas City, Missouri area, I believe Hallmark has a mostly positive reputation in our city: one which they obviously spend a considerable amount of money to construct and maintain. Everybody knows where Crown Center is and it is a part of town that they always keep looking nice, especially at Christmas. I have a few fond memories of visiting an interesting, unique and well designed children's museum maintained by Hallmark at Crown Center called Kaleidoscope and from what I remember from visiting it as a child a few times in the 1990s, it really does take seriously it's mission to foster artistic creativity in children. The center receives surplus paper and art supplies from Hallmark and Crayola (like bits of greeting cards that had problems in their manufacturing for instance) which children who visit are encouraged to combine together to make various crafts. I remember as a child thinking how neat it was that instead of a pre-determined craft with instructions to follow, children could think of their own crafts to try making based on the supplies available. It was genuine creativity rather than a being the same activity for all the children. Very cool stuff.
I knew they were "bigger than you know". My mom used to work for them. 😊 I remember when she told me they owned Crayola...I never got free crayons, though! For years after my mom passed, when my aunt would give cards, she would circle the logo on the back and write "yes, it's a Hallmark!"
"Founded by Tadao Yoshida in Tokyo in 1934, YKK stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha (which roughly translates as Yoshida Company Limited)." All those zippers are one company. Definitely bigger than you know. (The quote is from an article on Slate called "Why YKK" but I didn't want to link. )
Catalyst V7 Actually looks like the weed bidness isn't going to get the traction we all thought. CO is already looking to reverse the degree of legalized activity with it as are a number of other states. Fact..... pot IS a gateway drug.
Aja Smith No, it's NOT subjective. Time and time again those that usually start out smoking joints and pot graduate to other more dangerous controlled substances like crack, cocain, heroin, meth, ect.
I have been going to Hallmark stores for about 35 years now.There used to be more stores in my area.They always had attractive young gals or MILF types working for them and a few Grandma types who couldn't have been any nicer.Between buying for my wife,mom,mistress and girlfriends,I was in a Gold Crown store at least once a month.(I especially liked 'Ginny" at the Hunt Valley MD location.) I was to the point that if they had a "Sorry a dog pissed on your car and faded the paint" card,I probably would have bought it!Yes I am a Gold Crown Rewards member.The experience at a Hallmark store is lots better than just buying a card at,say,a CVS.I can see why they are tops in their game!
Can you please do a bigger than you think about The Peanuts? I’m taking about snoopy and the gang. While it’s an American icon, and we all love their comic strips and tv shoes which aire yearly, they have A LOT going with advertising, marketing, etc. They recently signed an extended partnership with NASA and MetLife was paying good money for using The Peanuts for marketing purposes.
Wow, I knew about the whole holiday invrnting, but not Crayola. I bet making those Crayola products are really cheap, the same formula or items is repackaged over and over. Good work!
I'm from Kansas City, so although I did know most of this, it was still an enjoyable video. Crown Center was one of my favorite places to go from the time it opened when I was a teenager. I've recently discovered your channel, so I'm having fun going through your videos.
Hey Company Man: Do you know what is up with ihop being ihob now? Seems to me like a dying company trying to do something to prolong the inevitable....
Vegas Cycling Freak Indeed. I remember when the CEO of iHOP was on CNBC a year or two ago and the host asked "What's your favorite dish when you go to an iHOP?" The woman CEO was caught completely off guard and couldn't give any answer, so her handler must have uttered a suggestion off camera and she repeated it. It was hilarious but also pathetic. Many decades ago International House of Pancakes actually was good, and they made excellent pancakes. For the past decade or so the pancakes are horrid, and the quality of their food and service in general is TERRIBLE!
We stopped going there a while ago... like 6-7 years ago I guess, my wife would always get the runs after eating there. I hardly ever eat pancakes but I did love that that butter pecan syrup they had.
Just another marketing scheme to encourage customers their way. With so many restaurants out there now in competition, they have to do something. I noticed other hamburger joints, like Red Robin, are offering similar deals. Anything to get attention.
They sell omelettes for around $13 now. I don't know exactly what the market value is for an omelette is these days, but I don't believe $13 sounds right at all.
Lol. Mike, I love your brand, man. I thought it was so cool how you used the connection to his set back in a practical applicable lesson we need to all learn. Applause!
This video is not as crazy as some of your first BTYK videos, but you've definitely fallen into a stride with this series. Keep it up! Thanks for all the great content.
If it wasn’t somebody’s birthday or a holiday, the kind of card that I would get a person at Hallmark, would be a get well card or an anniversary card as you mentioned. So it would either be an anniversary card for their wedding or maybe a graduation card for congratulations or a get well card if somebody was in the hospital or getting surgery and that they’re recovering. As far as the Hallmark channel goes and you were talking about those old episodes ago, not all of those episodes are for people such as my grandparents. Some of those episodes are for people like me, that are children of the 70s and 80s. And I’m happy to say that I am a child of both those decades.
I recently visited the neighborhood where I was raised and stopped at the big shopping center there. The only store which survive from its opening in 1955 are a shoe repair shop which is on its fourth owner and the Hallmark store. I think they make pandering crap, but, clearly, what do I know.
Company Man, what was your Valentines fire setback?
The one that comes to mind is when I made my first video for this channel, about Kmart. It was nearly complete and with no warning my computer died. I lost everything and had to completely start over. Since this channel didn't even exist yet, I was very tempted to just give up. Obviously I pushed forward and put in the effort to remake it and today I look back at that as one of the best decisions I've ever made. Had I given up, this channel wouldn't have grown in the way it has and probably wouldn't even exist. I think most people have experienced something like this at some point. If anyone wants to respond to this by sharing it, I'd love to read it.
Company Man do MindGeek
This response makes my day. That's one heck of a story. I think my valentines fire story would be this one time in February (a few years back), when my house caught fire. It was totally my fault. In fact. I caught fire too. If I wasn't wearing a cotton sweat-shirt, I might have died. When you are covered in accelerant, stop drop & roll does not work. I jumped into my shower and tore off my burning clothes. very small 3rd degree burns, and a few months in an apartment waiting for the permits to clear to rebuild my house. Nothing sentimental/irreplaceable lost, thank goodness. Insurance did a pretty good job replacing my losses. But it was such an ordeal. I wouldn't recommend it.
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Holy cow, glad everything turned out okay.
"I'LL JUST MAKE MY OWN CARDS"
Hallmark: "We'll just buy crayola"
LMAO they should buy the ink and printer companies because that’s how people make their cards nowadays.
Hallmark Head Office, 1983:
"Sir, sales are down. It seems people just make their own cards."
"Get my checkbook..."
Benefitting from children making Mother's and Father's Day cards themselves. 😂
Hell, Yeah!!!!!
Grow up
Please, I implore you, could you please make a video about Yahoo?
Justin Y. Yahoo
damn, you're here too?
Fuck you Justin
I second that
Justin Y. I see you everywhere I go
My mom’s OBSESSED with Hallmark Christmas movies. It really pains me that she loves these uncreative movies so much. And god, they have SO MANY Christmas movies, they started airing them BEFORE Halloween! HALLOWEEEN. GOD WHY.
But yeah, Hallmark is crazy big tbh. I still find myself buying their cards too lol.
They are so beautiful with all of the decorations and holiday scenes. You feel like you've entered Christmas-land (which is probably another Hallmark movie. LOL).
I have a few friends who are film writers, and has worked on and written several Hallmark Christmas movies.
I mean if you go to pitch a script and you have just self made movies, or a mix of self made movies, and movies for a major cable network, who looks better?
mrgreengenes04 I mean, I never claimed to be or look better, if you read my comment. I’m just a person with taste who wants some actual drama and actual diversity instead of the same actors in a recycled script each time. The movies don’t cost that much to make, it cannot be impossible to find new actors sometimes and take some goddamn RISKS every once in a fucking while. You don’t need a Hollywood budget to do that.
Oh I agree...they are crap. I've never actually seen one of his movies. They are all pretty awful
BUT.... they do also broadcast Monk and Psych reruns, so they're good.
"Bigger than you know" is what all the ladies say after a night with Company Man 😜
Muriel Palanca - maybe he's packed on a few pounds due to sitting around editing videos, but he's not obese or anything, so I don't understand why girls would say he's bigger than...um...oh my...
...OMG...scandalous! ☺️
Lmao is that what you said XD
Because he has a rock hard, verile, massive...heart.
Muriel Palanca Yeah... I think he might need to see a doctor if his heart is "rock hard".
Nice...
Company Man you strike me as the type of dude who closes the kitchen drawer with his hips.
Owesome Music the trustworthy type
OMG! Thank you for that, I needed a good laugh today!
What does that even mean LOLLLLLLLLL!
yep
how does this makes so much sense
Can you please do Sanrio for Bigger Than You Know? The Hello Kitty people? I had to do a report for a class, where we had to pick a company and write about them. I had to stop and pick a different company because when I was doing my research, I kept unravelling more and more that that company has it's hands in. I personally think it's a perfect candidate for bigger than you know.
I want to know more about crayola
I'm from the future he did
boy do i have the video for you
Thank you so much for doing a video on Hallmark. Its such a nostalgic store and brand for me ever since my mom used to go there all the time when i was a kid.
Dude I appreciate this work you've done for this. I had no idea that Hallmark was so gigantic.
When are you going to do P&G Unilever 3M and more?
Reid’s Beads he's one fucking guy hold on. Fuck.
Dalmain J yah
Reid’s Beads Ohhh, those are good ones👍🏽👍🏽
Yes especially 3M
P&G and Unilever to getter they own everything in your supermarket.
It’s called Multiple Streams of Income no company or person can truly become rich without it. Great video.
Necessarily. For example, Google makes 90% on their money on ads. Apple 80% on iPhone, similar for Microsoft, etc.
Peter Hansen do you know this to be facts or is this just your assumption?
That's real talk
Can't help but be impressed that the company was founded by an eighteen year old kid. That's really astonishing! It's even more impressive that he (and his brother) helped make it as huge as it is today.
I love this channel. So much easygoing content for free when I want to relax and not think too hard.
Print your own cards off Microsoft word. That’s the OG way
That's what ClipArt is for.
Wow! That's a flashback right there! Instead of MS, it was PrintShop in elementary school! Or that thing that was as the drug stores where you picked out what you wanted, wrote what you wanted, and then watched it print out before purchasing!!
Nah. Construction paper and crayon and a taped on Lipton tea bag is the way to go. XD
My cheapness knows some bounds.
Get cards at the Dollar Store.
Naw mate, drawing it on paper yourself.
Another great contender for "bigger than you know" would be Campbell's. They own...
V8
Mighty 4
Pepperidge Farm (They remember their buyout.)
Milano
Bolt house
Royal Dansk
And many many more products.
Also they just bought Snyders Lance out, and are about to take over the company. (I know because my dad works there.)
I’ve never even thought of cards being a big deal, due to the fact that I only purchase a couple of them every year
thebahooplamaster I don't purchase any at all, personally
thebahooplamaster that’s how they make profit
True, but everyday is someone's birthday. And there will always be at least one person buying a card for each person's birthday.
Never bought one
There's people like my grandmother (regularly purchases 2-4 a week, at one point purchased 52 cards in one grocery trip and I wanted to die because I had to help her pick them all out) who make up for those who only get a couple a year lol
The rise and fall of AOL
Fall? Verizon bought them in 2015 for $4.4 Billion. And as a division of Verizon they are still going quite strong. Most companies would love to "fall" like that :)
Yes, they fell. They became the parent company of Time Warner, then they were disowned by Time Warner, their stocks and once-dominant Internet service crashed and burned, and now they're just a footnote in Verizon's empire.
I’ve seen a video about that but I guess it was from another channel
+NoiseFeedMusic
Stronger than 95% of American businesses.
+Inspiration Date
You need to do some research. Their final stock price was $50 per share post splits, and the company was acquired for $4.4 billion. That's one crash and burn I would love to be a part of. And no, they are not a footnote of Verizon's empire. They are a subsidiary company serving as an umbrella and manager for the $10 Billion Oath merger. So many companies can only hope to crash and burn so badly, eh?
I *have* done my research. Their peak stock price was $80 per share. AOL would never see such heights again following the Time Warner merger.
Also, $4.4 billion is pretty low-end for a business acquisition these days. AOL paid $164 billion for their merger back in 2000. Why would a former Internet titan be so dirt-cheap to pick up compared to their heyday? Perhaps it's because they're not worth as much?
Never would even guessed they owned crayola.
Back in the 70s, I worked for Hallmark at their Disneyland store. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Hall and he was very nice. His first name was Joyce.
Can you do an episode on another greeting card company "American Greetings"? It's where Strawberry Shortcake and Care Bears originated from.
The best part of your channel is the refreshing lack of videos about Yahoo. 😀
ElyssaAnderson Yahoo is trash that's why
I'm convinced that he avoids that specifically because of his hatred of Justin Y
I can't hate Yahoo. If it wasn't for Yahoo answers I woudn't have passed half my classes haha
Yahoo has the best sports site, better than ESPN, FOX, and CBS.
I've also used their email since like 2000.
I see what you are doing there 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
I suggest you should make a video talking about, explaining, and the future implications of the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney.
Disney - Bigger Than You Know could be close to an hour topic own it's own, and 21st Century Fox - Bigger Than You Know wouldn't be short either. He would need to do both of those just to reasonably get into the worldwide implications. That could be a massive yet worthwhile project though.
You sir are one of the best youtubers I have ever seen. These videos are super interesting and I love them all. I would never be interested in this topic if it wasn’t for how you explain everything.
I appreciate it. Glad to have you around the watch the videos that may not seem all that interesting on the surface.
What about those Hallmark movies 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
I love your videos. I learned so much about the stuff sitting in my house. From the cleaning products under my sink, to the various items in my bathroom to my own jeans in my drawers.
I've always liked Hallmark's exclusive pop culture ornaments (Marvel, classic Christmas specials, etc.). Other than that, I knew them for holiday items and corny, low-budget movies. The streaming service, real estate, and Crayola were certainly new to me though. Great video!
I live in a suburb of Kansas City and have been for my entire life. This is the first time I have ever heard of hallmark being in KC MO and making the visitor center, a place I’ve been visiting on field trips since before I can remember. Thank you, keep up the great work
Hallmark's company headquarters is located in Kansas City off of Crown Center Plaza, and it's always been a large company here in town. They even had there own clothing store called "Halls" on the Plaza & Crown Center Plaza and a Crayola store in Crown Center Plaza, you forgot the stores they have there also.
Awesome video man! It's hilarious that you bring up that their movies are for your grandparents, because my Grandpa sits out in the living room watching Hallmark movies all day at my house lol
Aw yo, I live near KC, so I always go for to that center for Christmas each year. It's pretty cool
I'd love to hear about region exclusive products like Ruffles All Dressed Chips or Coca-Cola Clear. There's a lot of really interesting products out there from large brands that never make it to the US.
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Coca cola clear is the same thing... without the dye literally the same thing lol because coke could sell it for the same price in other countries, most people in the us wouldn't buy a coke clear looks like water made by coke
I would LOVE Coca Cola Clear!! I believe the caramel coloring in dark sodas contains phosphates that are harmful to kidney functions (since I was taught dialysis patients and others with compromised kidney functions were to avoid dark sodas), so as someone who would like to never end up on dialysis I would love the opportunity to have something that tasted like Coke but was a clear soda.
seth c ha! Churromaiz, Doritos (I just saw them in the USA with the branding flaming hot and those are in real the Mexican version) rancheritos (Mexican Doritos too and made by lays ) just to make a few items lays produce outside the USA.
Ruffles All Dressed Chips were sold in the US for a time. I had them a few times and liked them. Perhaps you can still get them somewhere, but I don't know.
Great video Mike!!!!! Always love to see a new video from you 😀
The rapid expansion of Culver's? Maybe over a decade ago, they were just in Wisconsin and Illinois. Now they sprung up as far as Arizona and Florida.
I'm from KC so Hallmark has a very special place in my heart. Thanks for making this video!
Do one on the decline on Jeep/Chrysler
David Geldberg and then the rise again, them decline, then rise again. Chrysler is like a basketball
It would have to be atleast an hour long. Regular Car Reviews stories has quite a bit on Chrysler and Lee Iacocca
Alex SAAB I was gonna mention that one - great episode!
Pontiac.
More like decline of Chrysler and why every company that buys the Jeep brand keeps getting dismantled only because Jeep was the only thing successful for them.
You do a fantastic job covering all of these different companies! I felt like you weren't proud of this one for some reason, but you covered this huge company very well and didn't make the video to where I got bored. You never bore me in this format and I always learn something. I can actually binge watch your videos! LOL Great job as always! Jeff
I love your videos Company man!
As someone who lives in Kansas City and knows a lot of people employed by Hallmark, I can tell you that they haven't transitioned into the 21st century well. There are massive layoffs every couple of years that continue to crack away at their foundation. I tend to see them like Kodak. Huge, but destined to fail as greeting cards become more and more irrelevant.
scrooge1913 I agree. I live in Kansas City too and unless they make drastic moves I can’t see them staying around a lot longer.
Yeah hallmark lost it’s stores in Iowa just in the past year.
Which is why Hallmark is into so many other businesses. That way they have multiple revenue streams. As one goes down, others go up.
Also live in KC, respectfully disagree. My family is full of Hallmark HQ employees... and yes we've seen all the layoffs over the past years... but we've also seen it "settle down" in the last couple years. I think the greeting card business is never going away completely (see these comments for evidence of that)... and the company seems to have finally settled at the right size for its card production going forward. Greetings, believe it or not, are *still* the bread and butter of the company. And as others have pointed out, all those other revenue streams aren't going away any time soon. I actually feel like the company is healthier now than it's been in quite a long time.
I agree especially when you can obtain greeting cards from a dollar store instead of $5 or $6 at Hallmark.
love your videos man!
ObesetoBeast Ayyyy, did not expect you to be here, how epic 😎
Same
I never even knew that they had that media business and those channels, or the retail side. Really informative and learned a lot!
Can u do a video on foreign companies like Chinese phone companies or companies that we haven’t even heard of but are like su
Er big in other countries
xJix8201 yeah like Xiaomi
Oblivious or how those companies are big behind the scene companies in the west too
As an American, I like your idea.
I was literally just talking about hallmark last night! I said half the stuff you said in this video about how most people when they think about greeting and holiday cards, you think hallmark. Hallmark is a great company! Thanks for this video!
The amount of times I said “oh wow” is staggering.
9:26
Company Man: around their headquarters in *K A N S A S C I T Y, M I S S O U R I.*
Me:OOOOOHHHHHHHH
Well, to me, considering I've gotten pretty good customer service at their stores, I think they care, especially since they send me birthday coupons.
Tokuijin
Yes, while my Mom likes to shop there, the sales people and cashiers are extremely nice and helpful. They do try and hire people that remind you of decades past where it was people you knew and liked and were friendly.
I'm from Poland, and I've known Hallmark only for those cheap romance novels my grandma reads and the TV channel she watches (these books were introduced here before the TV content). I was quite surprised with what I learned about them here :)
I'd love to hear you rip on Hallmark Channel more! The scourge of DVRs everywhere! :D
Nothing beats wholesome entertainment that's safe and enjoyable for the whole family. My family is currently recording and watching Touch By An Angel reruns.
My youngest went to The Hallmark Institute of Photography which is now closed. We went to the Institute several times to visit him and was a very impressive facility. He graduated in the top 5% of his class and now travels the world as a freelance photographer.
This was really eye opening. All I knew Hallmark for was the cards, and the channel. I knew nothing about the other things. It's pretty dang amazing.
Another great video! You know, this segment reminds me of the Avon lady and the Avon catalogs she would bring. Can you do a video on Avon?
Growing up in the 80’s and 90’s, I’ve always remembered Hallmark for their cinematic, tearjerking commercials. “Required Reading” (look for it on RUclips) is a real sucker punch to the feelings and their are many others.
You should do a story on Applebee's and the hostile take over from IHOP and a story about AMC theaters and how it was the largest purchase of a US company from a Chinese firm.
There is now an AMC video
As a Kansas Citian, I'd love to see you delve more in to Crown Center. It's bigger than *you* think (and by the way, it includes a pretty huge setback of its own... a mass casualty incident at a tea dance at the Hyatt Regency, now the Sheraton Crown Center). Crown Center is a huge development, has a streetcar running through it, features a LegoLand Adventure Center, SeaLife Aquarium, and a glass walkway that connects the science museum at Union Station to the hotels and other properties that make up Crown Center... pretty essential since Kansas City winters get COLD! They have tons of annual festivals like Irish Fest there, and the whole place is actually pretty cool. Oh, and there's a restaurant that serves your meal by toy train... so there's actually a ton at Crown Center that you can't even scratch the surface on in a few minutes of coverage!
Your video did an amazing job of doing Hallmark justice! It's a company I really love, and I'm proud to share a hometown with it. I've been a viewer for a while now and this is one of my favorite videos you've done.
I searched for you 10 minutes ago right before you uploaded
I've been to the KC HQ of Hallmark back in the mid 90s...even then I knew that this company was freakin' huge...they even had a Crayola exhibit...I loved that place and my family went back a couple of more times...the best was during the Christmas season...it was magical...
Also Nintendo would be an interesting video, or Mitsubishi or GMC or Boeing
Brady Renfro There isn't even really an interesting story for Nintendo. They went from cards to toys to video games.
Mitsubishi might be interesting, they have consistently sold other manufacturers cars rebranded for at least 20 yrs. As well as cars they manufacture.
The rise, semi-fall, and bigger rise of Nintendo
S EH the way they changed however was interesting. The way they succeeded in a market that didn't want video games. It's really cool actually.
When I was like 4 or 5 (about like 2003/2004) I remember using this Hallmark program on my Windows XP computer to make my own custom Hallmark cards. It was pretty cool, loaded with lots of fonts and nice images. I used to use it to make cards for my friends birthdays and all. That's how I know Hallmark other than them selling normal cards in stores of course.
Do the Silly Bandz fad!
Alexander Gilles yes please! I was thinking this too!
Hallmark is way better then you know:)💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🎄
I'd love to see a video on 3M
And as always...wish your videos were at least twice as long...very informative and easy on the ears.
Crayola is a toy brand? I always videwed it as an art brand.
hallmark ornaments, I used to work for Hallmark and my goodness the retail part made so much in a day from these.
I grew up just outside a town of about 1100, yes eleven hundred, people in a county of 18,000 people (18 per square mile) and there was a Hallmark store in the town in the '80s. My sister worked there for a while.
Personally I think greeting cards in general are overrated and Hallmark cards in particular are overpriced. My wife actually keeps cards on hand "just in case" not to mention all the usual holidays and birthdays. Thankfully she's too cheap to buy the expensive ones.
I'd be interested in video on just Crayola.
Woah! Born and raised in Kansas City. I've passed by crown center so many times to the point where its just another building. Never knew it was theirs.
Do a video on
Beats by Dre/ or Skull candy
Nintendo
AOL and how they changed.
HBO
OR Redbull.
Just stuff that I think would be a fun and weird dive into.
Koty Douglass 3M, P&G and Unilever
Definitely HBO.
I second aol
For me, I want a "Why They're Successful" video about Twitch. It is a popular website for video game livestreaming. Company Man should do a video on that!
As a native of the Kansas City, Missouri area, I believe Hallmark has a mostly positive reputation in our city: one which they obviously spend a considerable amount of money to construct and maintain. Everybody knows where Crown Center is and it is a part of town that they always keep looking nice, especially at Christmas.
I have a few fond memories of visiting an interesting, unique and well designed children's museum maintained by Hallmark at Crown Center called Kaleidoscope and from what I remember from visiting it as a child a few times in the 1990s, it really does take seriously it's mission to foster artistic creativity in children. The center receives surplus paper and art supplies from Hallmark and Crayola (like bits of greeting cards that had problems in their manufacturing for instance) which children who visit are encouraged to combine together to make various crafts. I remember as a child thinking how neat it was that instead of a pre-determined craft with instructions to follow, children could think of their own crafts to try making based on the supplies available. It was genuine creativity rather than a being the same activity for all the children. Very cool stuff.
You should do a video on the downfall of the company Arrow Dynamics. It’s pretty interesting. You should look into it!
IIRC, Theme Park Crazy already did this.
Ahhh fellow coaster enthusiast hello
@@martindipshit8673 oh you know it
@@TysenLeib I’m just a coaster enthusiast so I have to lol
I knew they were "bigger than you know". My mom used to work for them. 😊 I remember when she told me they owned Crayola...I never got free crayons, though! For years after my mom passed, when my aunt would give cards, she would circle the logo on the back and write "yes, it's a Hallmark!"
Do the Decline of Maplin
Dude this is my favorite series on RUclips! I love you!
I love Hallmark stuff, it may be predictable etc. but compared to the crap that comes our way it's very refreshing
Shame that company man only has 300k subs deserves way more! Been subbed since 120k keep up the work
How about ykk zippers?
Rjel Styx Yes
Omg I see them everywhere
i thought the ykk was a zipper regulation thing because i see it on every zipper lol
"bigger than you know" maybe? idk lol. when i was young i thought that products with ykk zippers were knock offs.
"Founded by Tadao Yoshida in Tokyo in 1934, YKK stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha (which roughly translates as Yoshida Company Limited)." All those zippers are one company. Definitely bigger than you know. (The quote is from an article on Slate called "Why YKK" but I didn't want to link. )
I work at a nursing home and the hallmark channels are a staple. I've come to quite enjoy their cheesy Christmas movies 😆
Hello company man 👋
Always love bringing more of the history into these video. Fabulous as always!
"Where should we go on vacation?"
"Ooooh! I know! How about Kansas City Missouri!"
-said no one ever
I’m from Kansas City, it’s one of the very few things you can do there 😂
You’re by far my favourite RUclipsr!
Okay you REALLY need to do a video in the growing weed industry. Idk why but it’s good shit man
How is that useful?
Catalyst V7
Actually looks like the weed bidness isn't going to get the traction we all thought. CO is already looking to reverse the degree of legalized activity with it as are a number of other states. Fact..... pot IS a gateway drug.
watershed44 That's subjective.
Aja Smith
No, it's NOT subjective. Time and time again those that usually start out smoking joints and pot graduate to other more dangerous controlled substances like crack, cocain, heroin, meth, ect.
Aja Smith If you watch intervention, people aren't getting an intervention for weed. Weed is weak, that's why people start doing harder drugs
I have been going to Hallmark stores for about 35 years now.There used to be more stores in my area.They always had attractive young gals or MILF types working for them and a few Grandma types who couldn't have been any nicer.Between buying for my wife,mom,mistress and girlfriends,I was in a Gold Crown store at least once a month.(I especially liked 'Ginny" at the Hunt Valley MD location.) I was to the point that if they had a "Sorry a dog pissed on your car and faded the paint" card,I probably would have bought it!Yes I am a Gold Crown Rewards member.The experience at a Hallmark store is lots better than just buying a card at,say,a CVS.I can see why they are tops in their game!
Can you please do a bigger than you think about The Peanuts? I’m taking about snoopy and the gang. While it’s an American icon, and we all love their comic strips and tv shoes which aire yearly, they have A LOT going with advertising, marketing, etc. They recently signed an extended partnership with NASA and MetLife was paying good money for using The Peanuts for marketing purposes.
Half of my Christmas tree has been invaded by Hallmark keepsake ornaments
Wow, I knew about the whole holiday invrnting, but not Crayola. I bet making those Crayola products are really cheap, the same formula or items is repackaged over and over. Good work!
I'm from Kansas City, so although I did know most of this, it was still an enjoyable video. Crown Center was one of my favorite places to go from the time it opened when I was a teenager. I've recently discovered your channel, so I'm having fun going through your videos.
Is this a good price for hallmark christmas greeting cards?? www.ebay.ca/itm/373376484091
You should do a video on sports authority. How they went out of buisness
This was mind blowing thank you!
Hey Company Man: Do you know what is up with ihop being ihob now? Seems to me like a dying company trying to do something to prolong the inevitable....
Vegas Cycling Freak
Indeed. I remember when the CEO of iHOP was on CNBC a year or two ago and the host asked "What's your favorite dish when you go to an iHOP?" The woman CEO was caught completely off guard and couldn't give any answer, so her handler must have uttered a suggestion off camera and she repeated it. It was hilarious but also pathetic. Many decades ago International House of Pancakes actually was good, and they made excellent pancakes. For the past decade or so the pancakes are horrid, and the quality of their food and service in general is TERRIBLE!
We stopped going there a while ago... like 6-7 years ago I guess, my wife would always get the runs after eating there. I hardly ever eat pancakes but I did love that that butter pecan syrup they had.
Just another marketing scheme to encourage customers their way. With so many restaurants out there now in competition, they have to do something. I noticed other hamburger joints, like Red Robin, are offering similar deals. Anything to get attention.
Last winter I went to an ihop for blueberry pancakes and hot chocolate with my girlfriend and it was really really good...
They sell omelettes for around $13 now. I don't know exactly what the market value is for an omelette is these days, but I don't believe $13 sounds right at all.
Lol. Mike, I love your brand, man. I thought it was so cool how you used the connection to his set back in a practical applicable lesson we need to all learn. Applause!
Greeting cards have become so compulsory, they've lost all meaning.
Number Six 100%. Unless there’s a really nice note, it just feels so forced.
I remember back in 2000's Hallmark TV channel used to air good old classic Hollywood movies and that was wholesome.
Please do 3M.
Its that time of the week again! Another cool Businessman video!
Halls department store too!
This video is not as crazy as some of your first BTYK videos, but you've definitely fallen into a stride with this series. Keep it up! Thanks for all the great content.
I have a theory:
On the last episode of company man , he reveals the owns all the company's he's made a video about
If it wasn’t somebody’s birthday or a holiday, the kind of card that I would get a person at Hallmark, would be a get well card or an anniversary card as you mentioned. So it would either be an anniversary card for their wedding or maybe a graduation card for congratulations or a get well card if somebody was in the hospital or getting surgery and that they’re recovering. As far as the Hallmark channel goes and you were talking about those old episodes ago, not all of those episodes are for people such as my grandparents. Some of those episodes are for people like me, that are children of the 70s and 80s. And I’m happy to say that I am a child of both those decades.
I know hallmark for their cheesy Christmas movies
Alexander Gilles oh god those are horrible
I recently visited the neighborhood where I was raised and stopped at the big shopping center there. The only store which survive from its opening in 1955 are a shoe repair shop which is on its fourth owner and the Hallmark store.
I think they make pandering crap, but, clearly, what do I know.
The movies are cheesy! Lol
You have a very earnest voice and tone. Love this channel. Awesome content