operates as a wedding media and services company in the United States.
It operates in two divisions, Online and Offline.
The Online division operates Web sites, which provide future brides and grooms with a searchable database that draws on articles on wedding planning and interactive wedding planning tools, including wedding checklists, a budgeter, a guest list manager, personal wedding and newlywed Web pages, and an online notebook.
It also operates online shopping areas that offer tabletop, household appliances, electronics, outdoor recreational gear, barbeque grills, and entertainment products, as well as decorated disposable cameras, wedding bubbles and bells, ring pillows, toasting flutes, car decorating kits, table centerpieces, goblets and glasses, garters, and unity candles.
This division also offers personalization options for wedding supplies, such as toasting glasses, cake servers, napkins, and wedding attendant gifts and favors.
In addition, it offers ring pillows, flower girl baskets, guest books, and pens.
The Offline division publishes magazines and books.
It publishes The Knot Weddings Magazine semiannually, which is a searchable shopping guide providing directories of wedding gowns, fine jewelry, china, home products, invitations, wedding supplies, honeymoon packages, and local wedding vendors.
It also authors a series of books that provide the information to bride and groom needed to plan their wedding and include worksheets, checklists, etiquette, tips, calendars, and answers to frequently-asked questions.
The Offline division’s books also provide brides with purchase information, as well as pictures and illustrations of bouquets, centerpieces, and ideas for floral accents.
In addition, the company offers referral-based online dating services through Web sites; wedding supplies directly to other select bridal retailers; and wedding content to Internet portals.
The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York City.
