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The Oriental Trading Company is a direct marketing company for novelties, small toys, and party items. It was founded in 1932 as one of the United States first wholesale companies. It is based in Omaha, Nebraska and its majority owner is the Carlyle Group.
In 2006 it was reported the company has 18 million customer names on file, mails 300 million catalogs annually and has more than 25,000 products. It has 1.5 million square feet of office and warehouse space in Iowa and Nebraska, and employs more than 3,000.