Exhibit 99

Leonard Campanaro Appointed to Enesco's Board of Directors

    ITASCA, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2004--Enesco Group, Inc.
(NYSE:ENC), a leader in the giftware, collectible and home decor
industry, today announced that the Company's Board of Directors
appointed Leonard A. Campanaro as its newest Board member, who also
will chair the Board's Audit Committee. Campanaro's appointment will
be effective on January 5, 2005.
    Campanaro is the chief financial officer and senior vice president
of Armstrong Industries, Inc., a building materials industry leader
and a $3.3 billion public company with more than 15,000 employees, a
position he has held for approximately four years. Beginning January
2005, Campanaro will assume a financial advisor role temporarily as
Armstrong transitions in a new CFO. He will remain as a member of the
Office of the Chairman leadership team and a member of the company's
Retirement Committee until early 2005.
    Previously, Campanaro served more than 20 years with Harsco
Corporation, a global industrial product and services leader, where he
held the positions of president, chief operating officer and chief
financial officer during his tenure. Campanaro also has nine years of
public accounting experience with Touche Ross and is a CPA.
    "We are pleased to have someone with Leonard's financial expertise
join our Board," said Anne-Lee Verville, chairman of Enesco's Board of
Directors. "His experience will provide guidance and expert analysis
with the advent of Sarbanes-Oxley, and oversee our Audit Committee
practices."

    About Enesco Group, Inc.

    Enesco Group, Inc. is a world leader in the gift, collectible and
home decor industries. Serving more than 40,000 customers globally,
Enesco distributes products to a wide variety of specialty card and
gift retailers, home decor boutique as well as mass-market chains and
direct mail retailers. Internationally, Enesco serves markets
operating in Europe, Australia, Mexico, Asia and the Pacific Rim. With
subsidiaries located in Europe and Canada, and a business unit in Hong
Kong, Enesco's international distribution network leads the industry.
The Company's product lines include some of the world's most
recognizable brands, including Precious Moments, Walt Disney Classics
Collection, Nickelodeon, Heartwood Creek, Halcyon Days, Lilliput Lane,
Border Fine Arts, among others. Further information is available on
the Company's web site at www.enesco.com.

    This press release contains various forward-looking statements
that are based on management's current assumptions and beliefs and
upon information currently available to management. The Company has
tried to identify such forward-looking statements by use of such words
as "expects," "intends," "anticipates," "could," "estimates," "plans,"
and "believes," and similar expressions, but these words are not the
exclusive means of identifying such statements. Such statements are
subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors which could
cause actual results to vary materially from those anticipated,
estimated, expected or projected. Important factors that may cause
actual future events or results to differ materially and adversely
from those described in the forward-looking statements include, but
are not limited to: the Company's success in developing new products
and consumer reaction to the Company's new products; the Company's
ability to secure, maintain and renew popular licenses, particularly
our licenses for Precious Moments, Cherished Teddies, Heartwood Creek
and Disney; the Company's ability to grow revenues in mass and niche
market channels; the Company's ability to identify and close on
strategic acquisitions; changes in general economic conditions, as
well as specific market conditions; fluctuations in demand for our
products; manufacturing lead times; the timing of orders and shipments
and our ability to predict customer demands; inventory levels and
purchase commitments exceeding requirements based upon incorrect
forecasts; collection of accounts receivable; changes in the
regulations and procedures effecting the importation of goods into the
United States; changes in foreign exchange rates; price and product
competition in the giftware industry; variations in sales channels,
product costs or mix of products sold; and, possible future terrorist
attacks, epidemics, or acts of war.
    In addition, the Company operates in a continually changing
business environment and does not intend to update or revise the
forward-looking statements contained herein, which speak only as of
the date hereof. Additional information regarding forward-looking
statement risk factors is contained in the Company's reports and
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In light of these
risks and uncertainties, the forward-looking statements contained
herein may not occur and actual results could differ materially from
those set forth herein. Accordingly, you should not rely on these
forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual future results.

    CONTACT: Ashton Partners
             Investor contact:
             Nathan Elwell, 312-553-6706
             nelwell@ashtonpartners.com
              or
             Enesco Group, Inc.
             Media contact:
             Donna Shaults, 630-875-5464
             dshaults@enesco.com