What is the name of the mail order company founded by Kate Middleton's parents in 1987?
Carole Middleton Leeds-born Michael was the grandson of Olive Middleton - a member of the Lupton family who are described in the City of Leeds archives as being "landed gentry; a political and business dynasty". In 1986, she and her family returned to West Berkshire, Bradfield Southend, after spending two-and-a-half years in Jordan. Her eldest daughter, Catherine, was aged four and attending the private preparatory college St Andrew's School, Pangbourne. In 1987, Middleton established "Party Pieces", a company which began by making party bags and which now sells party supplies and decorations by mail order. In 1995, under the joint leadership of
The Aladdin Company The Aladdin Company The Aladdin Company was a pioneer in the pre-cut, mail order home industry. Its primary competitors were Montgomery Ward and Sears, Roebuck and Company in the US and Eaton's in Canada. Two other kit home manufacturers, Lewis and Sterling, were also based in Bay City. Aladdin began operations in 1906 and ceased operations in 1987. In 2014 the rights to the company name and logo were acquired by Charles Munro and sold to GreenTerraHomes in 2018 Aladdin was founded by two brothers, W. J. Sovereign and O. E. Sovereign in Bay City, Michigan after W. J. observed