Mar 7, 2013

Parenting Group Announces “Best in Play” Winners, GUND Among Them

GUND®, the oldest and leading soft toy manufacturer in the world known for top quality and innovation today announced that GUND’s newest collection of Ugly Dolls was voted the winner in “BEST in PLAY” award by the prestigious Parenting Group which includes Parenting Magazine, Baby Talk and Parenting.com . The editors of Parenting scoured this year’s 110th American International Toy Fair to find the most creative and innovative new playthings for children debuting at Toy Fair. With over 150,000 toys to select from, GUND’s newest collection of Ugly Dolls was awarded Parenting’s “Best in Play”. Parenting only awarded 25 “Best in Play” awards this year.

About GUND®:
GUND, a division of Enesco, LLC, is known worldwide for its top quality, soft and huggable plush designs and gift products. Award-winning GUND products appeal to all ages, from infants up, and are perfect for both play and collecting. The 115-year old company is based in Edison, New Jersey, and distributes throughout the United States and Canada as well as in Europe, Japan, Australia and South America. GUND products may be found in gift, specialty, toy, book, museum and department stores and many other retail outlets. To find your nearest retailer or purchase please visit www.gund.com.

About UGLYDOLL and PrettyUgly,LLC
David Horvath & Sun–‐Min Kim created the first UGLYDOLL hand–‐sewn plush toy in 2001. Since the inception of the first character, Wage™, who David drew on a love letter to Sun–‐Min, UGLYDOLL has grown into an entire universe of characters, stories, and products for all ages. The UGLYDOLL brand was launched in 2002 by Pretty Ugly, LLC in Edison, NJ. The property is distinguished by David & Sun–‐Min’s unique aesthetic and voice defining “ugly” as distinctive and unique. The award–‐winning UGLYDOLL characters appear in a variety of toys, books, apparel, and other licensed products that are available in thousands of stores worldwide. For more information please visit www.uglydolls.com.

About Enesco, LLC
Enesco, LLC, is a global leader in the giftware and home and garden décor industries. Serving more than 44,000 customers worldwide, Enesco distributes products to a wide variety of specialty card and gift retailers, home décor boutiques, mass-market chains and direct mail retailers. With subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, France, Canada and Hong Kong, Enesco serves markets operating in Europe, the Americas, Australia and Asia. The company’s product lines include some of the world’s most recognized brands including Heartwood Creek® by Jim Shore, Foundations®, Our Name is Mud®, Gund®, Boyds®, Department 56® Villages, Country Artists®, Walt Disney Classics Collection®, Disney Traditions™, Border Fine Arts™, Cherished Teddies®, The Trail of Painted Ponies®, and Lilliput Lane®, among others. Further information is available on the company’s Web site at www.enesco.com.