Archive for February, 2007
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Saturday, February 17th, 2007* New phone numbers. Effective midnight tonight (Friday, February 16), the new main phone number for the CK Media office in Golden, Colorado, is 303/215-5600. Fax numbers are 303/215-5601 and 303/215-5602. Direct lines to company personnel will also change at midnight, but recordings on the old numbers will refer callers to the new numbers.
* Embroidery […]
CHA Research
Saturday, February 17th, 2007The 2006 Craft & Hobby Association Attitude & Usage Study shows that the U.S. craft and hobby industry achieved $30.2 billion in annual retail sales, with 57 percent of U.S. households (62 million) participating in crafts last year. Annual average spending per household is $476.
Top-selling categories, in order, were scrapbooking/memory crafts, home décor/painting/accessorizing/finishing, art & […]
CHA News
Friday, February 16th, 2007The Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) reported today that 7,457 buyers attended the Winter show in Anaheim last month. That’s up from 7,070 in Las Vegas last year. Total attendance this year was 16,364 compared to 14,599 last year. There were 959 exhibitors this year compared to 1,035 last year. A change in registration systems […]
Jo-Ann’s Announces Year-End Results
Thursday, February 8th, 2007For the fiscal year ended February 3, same-store sales decreased 5.9 percent. Net sales dropped from $1.883 billion to $1.851 billion, a 1.7 percent decline. Though there was an extra week in the fiscal year, same-store sales were based on a comparable 52-week basis.
Net sales for January increased 12.5 percent to $158 million from $140.4 […]
Hancock to Close 30 Stores
Thursday, February 8th, 2007Hancock Fabrics has announced it will close 30 stores, representing approximately $18 million in annualized sales. Approximately half the 30 stores have leases that expire in 2007 or 2008, while others have lease commitments expiring between 2009 and 2015. Remaining lease commitments for all 30 stores totals approximately $8 million. The company has hired a […]
Industry News
Friday, February 2nd, 2007* TV. Hands On Crafts for Kids, Series 1000 – Back to Basics, uplinks Sunday, March 18, from 1330-1400/513 via NETA. For more information, contact KS Inc. Productions, 800-348-3909.
* People. Tom Wierzbicki, president and ceo, Martingale & Company.
TNNA Announces 2007 Intern Program
Friday, February 2nd, 2007Following the success of the 2006 PiPN internship program, The National Needlearts Association (TNNA) has revealed plans for this year. PiPN, which stands for Pathways into Professional Needlearts involves a select group of student interns from fashion design and textile schools, as well as business schools, participating in an intense two-plus weeks, hands-on workshop in […]
Interweave Makes Changes
Friday, February 2nd, 2007Interweave Press has announced it is changing the name of Lapidary Journal to Jewelry Artist beginning with the June 2007 issue. The monthly publication will also be redesigned and will have a refreshed editorial direction, as well as expanded newsstand distribution to stores like Wal-Mart, Borders, Barnes & Noble, Michaels, A.C. Moore, Jo-Ann’s, and more […]
Correction
Friday, February 2nd, 2007In the January issue of Craftrends magazine, we listed a wrong phone number in the Needlearts Trends feature. The correct phone number for Andrea Sinkin in the New York office of PeclersParis is 212/228-1083.
The feature, “Back to the Future – Knitwear Trends of Tomorrow,” focuses on predictions for future knitwear trends from PeclersParis, a leading […]
New TV Show
Friday, February 2nd, 2007Coats & Clark announced the creation of Knit & Crochet Today, a 30-minute program the company plans to air on PBS television stations. Hosting the show is Kassie DePaiva, who plays Blair Manning on the daytime soap opera One Life to Live. For the past few years she has been crocheting hats that are sold […]
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