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In 1984 the company built a {{convert|24000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} facility in the Centennial Industrial Park in Peabody. By 1996 CBD had completely outgrown the site and built a new facility across the street, where it remains today. The facility is now {{convert|300000|sqft|m2}}. In 2012, CBD was described as employing a staff of just over 500 while "[continuing] to be a family affair", with its younger co-founder, his 80-year-old mother and his 23-year-old son "still involved with the company".<ref name="workplacedynamics">{{cite web |url=http://twp.workplacedynamics.com/company_survey/christian-book-distributors-inc_ma/ma_09 |title= TopWorkplaces - Profile for Christian Book Distributors, Inc|website=twp.workplacedynamics.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309004011/http://twp.workplacedynamics.com/company_survey/christian-book-distributors-inc_ma/ma_09 |archive-date=March 9, 2012}}</ref> |
In 1984 the company built a {{convert|24000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} facility in the Centennial Industrial Park in Peabody. By 1996 CBD had completely outgrown the site and built a new facility across the street, where it remains today. The facility is now {{convert|300000|sqft|m2}}. In 2012, CBD was described as employing a staff of just over 500 while "[continuing] to be a family affair", with its younger co-founder, his 80-year-old mother and his 23-year-old son "still involved with the company".<ref name="workplacedynamics">{{cite web |url=http://twp.workplacedynamics.com/company_survey/christian-book-distributors-inc_ma/ma_09 |title= TopWorkplaces - Profile for Christian Book Distributors, Inc|website=twp.workplacedynamics.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309004011/http://twp.workplacedynamics.com/company_survey/christian-book-distributors-inc_ma/ma_09 |archive-date=March 9, 2012}}</ref> |
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CBD was selected by ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' as one of the Top 100 Places to Work in Massachusetts five years running from 2009 to 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.boston.com/business/special/topplaces/2009/profiles/christian_book_distributors.htm|title=Boston.com - The Globe 100's Top Places to Work - 2009 - Christian Book Distributors - Jobs|website=archive.boston.com}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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| Formerly | Christian Book Distributors |
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| Company type | Private company |
| Industry | Christian retail |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Headquarters | Peabody, Massachusetts |
Key people | Ray Hendrickson, President & CEO |
| Products | Books, Bibles, DVDs, CDs, mp3s, gifts, toys, games |
Number of employees | 500+ |
| Website | www.christianbook.com |
Christianbook, LLC, formerly known as Christian Book Distributors (CBD), is a Christian catalog and internet retailer.
Christian Book Distributors was started in 1978 by Stephen Hendrickson, 19 years old and a sophomore at Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri, out of his parents’ home in Lynn, Massachusetts. Stephen Hendrickson incorporated the business, first as a nonprofit, and subsequently as a for profit corporation on September 10, 1981.[1][non-primary source needed]
In 1984 the company built a 24,000-square-foot (2,200 m2) facility in the Centennial Industrial Park in Peabody. By 1996 CBD had completely outgrown the site and built a new facility across the street, where it remains today. The facility is now 300,000 square feet (28,000 m2). In 2012, CBD was described as employing a staff of just over 500 while "[continuing] to be a family affair", with its younger co-founder, his 80-year-old mother and his 23-year-old son "still involved with the company".[2]
CBD was selected by The Boston Globe as one of the Top 100 Places to Work in Massachusetts five years running from 2009 to 2013.[3]
History
[edit]In August 2004 Ray Hendrickson replaced Stephen Hendrickson as President/CEO.[4]
In 2008 CBD announced it had entered into a partnership agreement with Focus on the Family to take over the ministry's e-commerce site and product distribution. The partnership took effect early 2009.[5] In June 2019, Christian Book Distributors changed its name to Christianbook, Inc. due to confusion with CBD, a chemical from cannabis.[6]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Christian Book Distributors Articles of Incorporation" (PDF). pdfhost.io. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ "TopWorkplaces - Profile for Christian Book Distributors, Inc". twp.workplacedynamics.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012.
- ^ "Boston.com - The Globe 100's Top Places to Work - 2009 - Christian Book Distributors - Jobs". archive.boston.com.
- ^ "CHRISTIAN BOOK DISTRIBUTORS SOLD, REMAINS A FAMILY BUSINESS". www.christianretailing.com.
- ^ "Christian Book Distributors Company History - BibleGateway with Christianbook.com". biblegateway.christianbook.com.
- ^ Vigdor, Neil (July 13, 2019). "The Other CBD: Christian Book Distributors Changes Name After Cannabis Confusion". New York Times. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
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