About S&S® Worldwide
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The S&S Worldwide family, with over 110 years of experience, continues to do what we do best: Delight customers with fun, hands-on learning products for the young and the young at heart.
Our bottom line is Happy Customers. We want you to think of S&S as the "Helpful Company," the one that makes your job easier. Your success is our success. The things that drive you to develop unique spaces for learning and creativity are the same things that drive us to provide superior savings, service and selection.
History of S&S® Worldwide
Since the founding of S&S by our great grandfather in 1906, successive generations of the Schwartz family have remained committed to a treasured legacy and higher calling, the well-being of America's children and special populations of all ages.
Our bottom line is Happy Customers. We want you to think of S&S as the "Helpful Company," the one that makes your job easier. Your success is our success. The things that drive you to develop unique spaces for learning and creativity are the same things that drive us to provide superior savings, service and selection.
Helping People Play and Learn, that's what we're about!
Thanks for counting on us to help you do just that!
S&S Worldwide: 2013 Family Business Awards!
The Hartford Business Journal names S&S Worldwide the Best Connecticut Family Business in its category for 2013!
110 Years of S&S Worldwide History
S&S Worldwide is the company big enough to meet the demands of a growing global market, yet small enough to give customers a friendly, personal experience. Think "Big guy" selection with "Small guy" service, which is how we've done business for over 100 years.
In 1906, Aaron Schwartz, a Russian immigrant, founded S&S Leather in New York City. The fledgling business hit the big time with its "flapper"-inspired hair curler. Millions were sold in discount chain stores like Woolworth's and Kresge's, which is now K-Mart. As sales rose, the humble scrap merchant resettled to rural Colchester, Connecticut.
Aaron's son, Hy, inherited control of the company in the mid-1930s, shifting focus to vocational rehabilitation. Partially finished leather kits were shipped to blind and handicapped customers, laying the foundation for our therapy line of products and arts & crafts kits in later years.
As sales of leather crafts waned, the company started developing products for children, which led to significant growth. During the 1960s, a broader line of kid-themed products and new philosophy emerged: "Learning while playing."
Stephen Schwartz, who took over as company president when Hy passed in 1969, continued in this new direction. Today, under the fourth generation leadership of Co-Presidents Adam and Hy Schwartz, S&S is an industry leader in the Recreation, Sporting Goods, Healthcare and Education markets.
S&S currently employs about 200 associates on a central campus of over 250,000 square feet of warehouse and distribution space. To solidify our position as a worldwide leader in our field, S&S has invested in an expansive manufacturing facility in southern China that produces most of our paint and group craft kits.
S&S Worldwide is the company big enough to meet the demands of a growing global market, yet small enough to give customers a friendly, personal experience. Think "Big guy" selection with "Small guy" service, which is how we've done business for over 100 years.
In 1906, Aaron Schwartz, a Russian immigrant, founded S&S Leather in New York City. The fledgling business hit the big time with its "flapper"-inspired hair curler. Millions were sold in discount chain stores like Woolworth's and Kresge's, which is now K-Mart. As sales rose, the humble scrap merchant resettled to rural Colchester, Connecticut.
S&S Low Prices
Nation's Lowest Price Guarantee
If you could fill your order at a lower total price from a single supplier offering net 30 day accounts, order everything from S&S and we'll not only match any lower item prices but discount them another 10%!
We require only that at the time of ordering you supply, if ordering by mail or fax, a copy of the supplier's catalog or website page(s) or, if ordering by phone, the name of the catalog or website and a list of the items and prices, or, if ordering online, that you enter in the "Special Instructions" text box at checkout the name of the catalog or web site address and a list of the items and prices. We reserve the right to verify prices. This guarantee does not apply to items that are similar but inferior in quality, nor to wholesale or bid/quote-discounted orders, clearance, liquidation, "while supplies last" or limited-time sales, bonus, mail-in rebate or free offers, and typographical errors. Matching discount limit $100 per order.
S&S Excellent Service
Helpful Answers to Frequent Questions
We strive to provide all the information you want and need, when you need it.
Click on the button below for complete information about establishing or updating an Account, Shipping & Handling, Order Tracking, Returns & Replacements, Payment Methods including Purchase Orders, Using Special Offer Codes, Substitutions, and more.
S&S 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
No-hassle Returns Guaranteed
You may return any item for exchange, credit or refund. It’s that easy!
Account and Order Information
Online Access to Your Order History
When you set up an account and order online here at ssww.com, we securely store your order history so you can access it anytime using a password you control.
S&S Friendly
Personal Service
When you call 1-800-288-9941 Mon-Fri 8AM to 7PM EST you will be helped by a friendly representative. You can also email us at service@ssww.com, or fax to us at 1-800-566-6678, and a responsive representative will return your call or message by the next business day.
S&S 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
No-hassle Returns Guaranteed
You may return any item for exchange, credit or refund. It’s that easy!
Account and Order Information
Online Access to Your Order History
When you set up an account and order online here at ssww.com, we securely store your order history so you can access it anytime using a password you control.
S&S Friendly
Personal Service
When you call 1-800-288-9941 Mon-Fri 8AM to 7PM EST you will be helped by a friendly representative. You can also email us at service@ssww.com, or fax to us at 1-800-566-6678, and a responsive representative will return your call or message by the next business day.
S&S Low Prices
Nation's Lowest Price Guarantee
If you could fill your order at a lower total price from a single supplier offering net 30 day accounts, order everything from S&S and we'll not only match any lower item prices but discount them another 10%!
We require only that at the time of ordering you supply, if ordering by mail or fax, a copy of the supplier's catalog or website page(s) or, if ordering by phone, the name of the catalog or website and a list of the items and prices, or, if ordering online, that you enter in the "Special Instructions" text box at checkout the name of the catalog or web site address and a list of the items and prices. We reserve the right to verify prices. This guarantee does not apply to items that are similar but inferior in quality, nor to wholesale or bid/quote-discounted orders, clearance, liquidation, "while supplies last" or limited-time sales, bonus, mail-in rebate or free offers, and typographical errors. Matching discount limit $100 per order.
S&S Excellent Service
Helpful Answers to Frequent Questions
We strive to provide all the information you want and need, when you need it.
Click on the button below for complete information about establishing or updating an Account, Shipping & Handling, Order Tracking, Returns & Replacements, Payment Methods including Purchase Orders, Using Special Offer Codes, Substitutions, and more.
S&S 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
No-hassle Returns Guaranteed
You may return any item for exchange, credit or refund. It’s that easy!
Account and Order Information
Online Access to Your Order History
When you set up an account and order online here at ssww.com, we securely store your order history so you can access it anytime using a password you control.
S&S Friendly
Personal Service
When you call 1-800-288-9941 Mon-Fri 8AM to 7PM EST you will be helped by a friendly representative. You can also email us at service@ssww.com, or fax to us at 1-800-566-6678, and a responsive representative will return your call or message by the next business day.
S&S 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
No-hassle Returns Guaranteed
You may return any item for exchange, credit or refund. It’s that easy!
Account and Order Information
Online Access to Your Order History
When you set up an account and order online here at ssww.com, we securely store your order history so you can access it anytime using a password you control.
S&S Friendly
Personal Service
When you call 1-800-288-9941 Mon-Fri 8AM to 7PM EST you will be helped by a friendly representative. You can also email us at service@ssww.com, or fax to us at 1-800-566-6678, and a responsive representative will return your call or message by the next business day.
S&S Low Prices
Nation's Lowest Price Guarantee
If you could fill your order at a lower total price from a single supplier offering net 30 day accounts, order everything from S&S and we'll not only match any lower item prices but discount them another 10%!
We require only that at the time of ordering you supply, if ordering by mail or fax, a copy of the supplier's catalog or website page(s) or, if ordering by phone, the name of the catalog or website and a list of the items and prices, or, if ordering online, that you enter in the "Special Instructions" text box at checkout the name of the catalog or web site address and a list of the items and prices. We reserve the right to verify prices. This guarantee does not apply to items that are similar but inferior in quality, nor to wholesale or bid/quote-discounted orders, clearance, liquidation, "while supplies last" or limited-time sales, bonus, mail-in rebate or free offers, and typographical errors. Matching discount limit $100 per order.
S&S Excellent Service
Helpful Answers to Frequent Questions
We strive to provide all the information you want and need, when you need it.
Click on the button below for complete information about establishing or updating an Account, Shipping & Handling, Order Tracking, Returns & Replacements, Payment Methods including Purchase Orders, Using Special Offer Codes, Substitutions, and more.
S&S 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
No-hassle Returns Guaranteed
You may return any item for exchange, credit or refund. It’s that easy!
Account and Order Information
Online Access to Your Order History
When you set up an account and order online here at ssww.com, we securely store your order history so you can access it anytime using a password you control.
S&S Friendly
Personal Service
When you call 1-800-288-9941 Mon-Fri 8AM to 7PM EST you will be helped by a friendly representative. You can also email us at service@ssww.com, or fax to us at 1-800-566-6678, and a responsive representative will return your call or message by the next business day.
S&S 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
No-hassle Returns Guaranteed
You may return any item for exchange, credit or refund. It’s that easy!
Account and Order Information
Online Access to Your Order History
When you set up an account and order online here at ssww.com, we securely store your order history so you can access it anytime using a password you control.
S&S Friendly
Personal Service
When you call 1-800-288-9941 Mon-Fri 8AM to 7PM EST you will be helped by a friendly representative. You can also email us at service@ssww.com, or fax to us at 1-800-566-6678, and a responsive representative will return your call or message by the next business day.
S&S Friendly
Personal Service
Personal Service
End-to-End Automation
Simplify workflows for ordering, invoicing, and approvals.
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S&S Friendly
Personal Service
Personal Service
End-to-End Automation
Simplify workflows for ordering, invoicing, and approvals.
End-to-End Automation