A big XO for the company formerly known as The Knot

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A big XO for the company formerly known as The Knot

Would a company by any other ticker symbol be as sweet?

Oct 2, 2011

Bride and groom with bouquet of red roses on wedding day.

If you’ve had a wedding, planned a wedding, or attended a wedding over the past 10 years, there’s little doubt that you’ve heard of The Knot. It’s pretty impossible to research anything wedding-wise without running into the ubiquitous TheKnot.com and its sister site WeddingChannel.com with all its gift registries, personal wedding website pages and massive search resources for everything from gowns to napkins.

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