John Sands is an Australian printing company and former distributor of games and computer hardware that is now a wholly owned subsidiary of American Greetings.
On 18 April 1867, a fire broke out at the Reibey Cottage on 394 George Street, which adjoined the John Sands building.
[3] In 1881, John Sands introduced the first Christmas and New Year’s Day greeting cards to be produced by an Australian printer.
American Greetings acquired John Sands from Amcor in December 1995 as part of a global expansion.
Also as a result of Hasbro acquiring MB in 1984 John Sands took on the Australian distribution of Transformers, GI Joe, with the International Heroes branding from Action Force, Jem, My Little Pony, Glo Friends until Hasbro Australia was established in the 1990s.