Coleco

Coleco Industries, Inc.
Formerly	The Connecticut Leather Company
Industry	Toys; Video games;
Founded	1932
Founder	Maurice Greenberg
Defunct	1988
Fate	Closed, properties sold
Headquarters	West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Key people	Leonard Greenberg; Arnold Greenberg;
Products	Leather goods; Toys; Above ground swimming pools; Video games; Consumer electronics; Coleco Telstar series; ColecoVision; Coleco ADAM; Coleco Gemini; Cabbage Patch Kids;

Coleco Industries, Inc. (/kəˈliːkoʊ/ 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.

^ "2nd Greenberg to Be Coleco's New Chairman". The Los Angeles Times. May 8, 1985. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
^ Woutat, Donald (January 3, 1985). "Coleco Discontinues Its Adam Computer Line". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
^ "Commercial Recording Division". Archived from the original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
^ Kleinfield, N. R. (July 21, 1985). "Coleco moves out of the cabbage patch". The New York Times. Retrieved August 7, 2010.
^ "Coleco".
^ "Dividends: New Woes for Coleco". Time. March 19, 1984. Archived from the original on February 24, 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
^ "Computers: Coleco Pulls the Plug". Time. January 14, 1985. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
^ Tong, Judy (December 8, 2002). "UPDATE: XAVIER ROBERTS; Bigger Kids In the Garden". The New York Times. Retrieved August 7, 2010.

[1] "2nd Greenberg to Be Coleco's New Chairman". The Los Angeles Times. May 8, 1985. Retrieved August 26, 2010.

[Woutat-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] "Coleco".

[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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