For Japan's Sanrio Company Ltd., the worldwide purveyor of everything Hello Kitty, its steady outpouring of cute-cat merchandise constitutes more than a product line; with more than 20,000 items ...

Fans of Sanrio characters can enrich their collections with Funko Bitty Pop Hello Kitty and Friends miniature figures.

Hello Kitty Con, the world’s first-ever Hello Kitty convention, has roared into town in a grand, four-day celebration of the popular mouthless feline’s 40th birthday, on November 1, and all ...

Sanrio, the Japanese company that defined cute, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Its star, Hello Kitty, and more than 400 other cartoon characters continue to be popular with adults ...

And so, Hello Kitty was born. Today, the cute cat with the missing mouth is a global superstar, the most popular of Sanrio's cartoon cast - which also includes a frog, a penguin and hamster, among ...

Hello Kitty has been such a hit that other firms are trying to replicate her success. Chinese companies are investing in new cartoons; Sanrio, ... → Hello Kitty, still cute at 50; ...

As Hello Kitty celebrates its 50th anniversary, we explore how Sanrio Company’s cute cartoon cat became a cultural phenomenon, one which, since debuting in 1974, has made millions of friends ...