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Coleco

Coleco Industries, Inc.
FormerlyThe Connecticut Leather Company
Industry
Founded1932 (1932)
FounderMaurice Greenberg
Defunct1988 (1988)
FateClosed, properties sold
HeadquartersWest Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Key people
Products

Coleco Industries, Inc. (/kəˈlk/ kə-LEE-koh) was an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as The Connecticut Leather Company.[3][4] The name "COLECO" is an abbreviation derived from the company's original name which combines the first two letters of "Connecticut," "Leather," and "Company."[5] It was a successful toy company in the 1980s, mass-producing versions of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and its video game consoles, the Coleco Telstar dedicated consoles and ColecoVision.[6][7][8] While the company ceased operations in 1988 as a result of bankruptcy, the Coleco brand was revived in 2005, and remains active to this day.

  1. ^ "2nd Greenberg to Be Coleco's New Chairman". The Los Angeles Times. May 8, 1985. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
  2. ^ Woutat, Donald (January 3, 1985). "Coleco Discontinues Its Adam Computer Line". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
  3. ^ "Commercial Recording Division". Archived from the original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  4. ^ Kleinfield, N. R. (July 21, 1985). "Coleco moves out of the cabbage patch". The New York Times. Retrieved August 7, 2010.
  5. ^ https://www.pgpedia.com/c/coleco#:~:text=Martin%20Greenberg%20founded%20the%20Connecticut,two%20sons%2C%20Leonard%20and%20Arnold.
  6. ^ "Dividends: New Woes for Coleco". Time. March 19, 1984. Archived from the original on February 24, 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  7. ^ "Computers: Coleco Pulls the Plug". Time. January 14, 1985. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  8. ^ Tong, Judy (December 8, 2002). "UPDATE: XAVIER ROBERTS; Bigger Kids In the Garden". The New York Times. Retrieved August 7, 2010.

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