Hello Kitty Was Almost Rejected for Being ‘Too Childish,’ and Now She Runs the World

When Hello Kitty was first proposed in the 1970s, executives at Sanrio worried the character was too simple and too childish ...
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Crowds, cuteness overwhelm first Hello Kitty Con

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hello Kitty cuteness is taking over Little Tokyo in downtown Los Angeles as the city hosts the first Hello Kitty fan convention. Hello Kitty Con is expected to draw some 25,000 fans ...
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Here's who showed up at the opening of L.A.'s first Hello Kitty cafe. Some drove hundreds of miles

Nevis Aguillon was among the first people in line at the grand opening of the Hello Kitty and Friends Cafe at Universal CityWalk. (Cindy Carcamo / Los Angeles Times) Nostalgia and an opportunity to ...
East Bay Times

Bay Area’s first Hello Kitty Cafe opens

After a decade of making visits to the Bay Area with her treats-and-merch-filled truck, the winsome, whiskered one is going to park and stay here. Northern California’s first Hello Kitty Cafe will ...
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Here's who showed up at the opening of L.A.'s first Hello Kitty cafe. Some drove hundreds of miles

Nostalgia and an opportunity to reimagine her childhood propelled Savannah Martinez to drive more than 300 miles from Arizona to Friday's grand opening of the first Hello Kitty and Friends Cafe in Los ...