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HELLO KITTY
Far from the aloof attitude of many felines, Hello Kitty wants to be your friend.
"We have a philosophy that we follow called `Small gift, big smile,'" says Bill Hensley, 42, marketing director of Sanrio, the U.S. subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sanrio Co. "In the Sanrio vocabulary, the concept of customer acquisition would be better termed as making friends."