The gift basket company that is named Harry and David are best known for providing fruit and food and David and Harry gift baskets both in the retail and eCommerce market. Harry and David have over 130 stores in malls all over the United States.
Harry and David have been providing fruit gift baskets by mail order since the 1930's.They also have the distinction of being then nations oldest catalog mail order company.http://www.hndcorp.com/overview/history.htmlSam Rosenburg the father of Harry and David started the business in 1910 by purchasing 240 acres of orchard land along Bear Creek. In the 1930's Harry and David changed their last name from Rosenberg to Holmes so that they could successfully sell pears in Germanyhttp://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/entry/view/harry_david/
The company maintains that every product that Harry and David sells and ships is backed by the strongest guarantee in the business.http://www.harryanddavid.com/gifts/store/view____custserv-security.html You can also find gourmet foods, chocolates, gourmet popcorn and bakery treats in their mail order catalogs, on the website and in the 130 mall stores.
The Harry and David gourmet gift baskets are available for birthdays, holiday gifts and corporate gifts.http://www.harryanddavid.com/gifts/store/view____custserv-security.html They feature a gift of the month club as well with free shipping. Many of their clubs and items feature free shipping.http://www.harryanddavid.com/gifts/store/gift__10455_10002_shop-gifts-by-type_fruit-of-the-month-club-gifts?storeId=10455&mpe_id=23748&cm_sp=footerbanner-_-fb3-_-fsdfomc&intv_id=25745&evtype=CpgnClick&catalogId=10002&ddkey=http:ClickInfo
Mail Order business
In 1939 David and Harry started the mail order portion of their business. There were mailing lists that companies could join and fruits in season could be sent to the office of their own business for the staff. The Fruit of the month could also be sent to the offices of other businesses as a gift basket.
Key Dates
1910: Sam Rosenberg started the company named after his 2 sonshttp://www.hndcorp.com/overview/history.html
1914: Sam Rosenberg passed away leaving the company to his sons Harry and Davidhttp://www.hndcorp.com/overview/history.html
1934: Started the mail order business http://www.hndcorp.com/overview/history.html
2005: Created an umbrella corporation to oversee all vertically integrated business ventureshttp://www.hndcorp.com/overview/history.html
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