Sad news for Pearl and its employees: Pearl Paint will be closing eight stores. They are Atlanta; Rockville, MD; Chicago; Philadelphia; Tampa; Selden, NY; Falls Church, VA; and San Francisco. These stores will remain open at least until the end of January. In related news Pearl’s Executive Vice President, Keith Serra has left the company.
Long time and respected buyer Linda Canterberry with University Supply Store in Tuscaloosa AL has retired.
It is with great sadness we report the recent passing of John Jonker, president of Demco, Mfg. in Montreal, Canada. He was an industry pioneer and was internationally respected. Demco is the largest student, and artist, art materials manufacturer in Canada.
General Pencil will be featured on the Discovery channel this week. Be sure to check it out as the episode will show how pencils are made at the General Pencil New Jersey factory! Please see the details below:
“Factory Made”, airing: This Wednesday, January 13th at 12:30pm PST/ EST and 11:30am CST. Check out The Discovery Channel website to see the episode details: Discovery Channel (Episode 6)
Blick Art’s website is proclaiming new retail locations “coming soon” as follows:
New Stores Coming Soon!
• Cambridge, MA
• Northern New Jersey
• Seattle, WA
• Washington, DC area
• Western Long Island, NY
Check it out- Blick Stores