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Tomokuni Tsuji is the youngest CEO among Japanese companies listed on Topix, one of the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s stock indexes, according to Bloomberg data.
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Sanrio is the sixth largest licensor in the world, behind companies like Disney and Mattel.
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Sanrio products are sold in more than 100 countries around the world.
Panini albums are a classic for many collectors and this 2023 a collaboration between Panini and Hello Kitty They bring the album of the cutest kitten.
There are 192 prints made with beautiful colors, glitterchrome and textures. All full of the best moments of Hello Kitty, Badtz Maru, My Melody and other characters. This album has a cost of 89 pesos.
Hello Kitty belongs to Sanrio, founded by the Japanese Shintaro Tsuji, who in mid-2020 at the age of 92 handed over command of the company to his grandson Tomokuni Tsuji. This company has created more than 400 characters such as Keroppi, the Little Twin Stars, Chococat, Gudetama, among others. Always being the philosophy of Sanrio “small gift, big smile“.
Hello Kitty, the cutest little cat, has generated billions of dollars since its creation almost 50 years ago. But despite her success, Sanrio’s annual net profit fell 95 percent in the 2019-2020 fiscal year.
Sanrio has theme parks in Japan, Malaysia and China, as well as stores in different countries, one of the main being Universal Studios in the United States. Restaurants, cafes, hotels, karaoke bars, spas and even a bullet train are many of the Hello Kitty-themed spaces that the brand has. Even, Hello Kitty and her friends have their own YouTube channel..
In fact, the cutest kitten has her own cafe in Mexico and the first in all of Latin America. With a unique concept, the Hello Kitty Café has incredible pastries in an environment full of flowers and pink. It has two branches, one in Polanco in Plaza Carso and another in San Ángel.
For its part, the brand that made it possible to collect Hello Kitty and her friends, Panini, is a Italian company founded in 1961 by the brothers Giuseppe and Benito Panini. Although her success story began with the license from FIFA to publish three editions of the album México 1970. Fineldo is currently the owner of Panini.
Undoubtedly one of the most anticipated items in each World Cup is the Panini album, even Hundreds of collectors have done the impossible to get prints that seem non-existent.
Each album by this firm is sold in more than 120 countries, with Brazil being the country that leads the market, followed by the United States and England. Only in 2016 the company registered profits of 743 million dollars.