Party City taps new president of Party City Holdings

Party City has promoted Gregg A. Melnick to president of Party City Holdings, effective immediately. Party City Holdings is the parent company of the Party City Retail Group and Amscan Inc., among other entities. Most recently, Melnick was president of the Party City Retail Group.



"Throughout the last 10 years, Gregg has held various executive positions in our retail division affording him the opportunity to truly understand our products, how our customers use them and our strengths in product innovation. We are fortunate to have within our ranks an individual of Gregg's ability available to fill this critical position in our company," said CEO James M. Harrison.



Melnick will be partnering with all the key department heads across both the retail and wholesale divisions to help strengthen the brands and create opportunities for greater collaboration, the company said.



Party City designs, manufactures, contracts for manufacture and distributes party goods, including paper and plastic tableware, metallic balloons, accessories, novelties, gifts, stationery and Halloween costumes. Party City's decorated party supply products are available in more than 40,000 retail outlets worldwide, as well as in its retail network of approximately 880 permanent party superstores and approximately 350 temporary Halloween locations.