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Industry News

Paper Zone, the Seattle, WA-based 8 retail store chain located in Washington and Oregon has decided to close all stores, in their words “due to the current economic downturn”. Started over 30 years ago, Paper Zone offered  a large selection of paper and craft products.

Sincere condolences to Minneapolis Penco’s Fred & Conrad Segal whose mom Helen passed away on Christmas day.

Roberts Arts & Crafts, the Utah-based chain is closing its five remaining brick-and-mortar stores , but will continue its e-commerce store, www.robertscrafts.com. At one time the chain operated 11 stores in Utah and Idaho.  “The combination of a dynamic and evolving retail environment and a challenging economy and competitive environment with national big-box retailers has made it economically infeasible for the company to continue to operate its retail locations”, according to a press release from the company. Inventory liquidation sales have begun and the stores are expected to close Jan. 14.

Best wishes for a fast recovery for Stan Brown. Stan is in the hospital suffering from a bout of pneumonia according to his wife and tole painter  Susan Scheewe, who was reporting from a  hospital in Bend, OR.

Max Bauer, Canson’s sales manager for Infinity digital papers, has left the company to pursue other career opportunities.

David Pyle has joined a start-up web media enterprise called CraftArtEdu (www.craftartedu.com), an online learning platform offering a wide range of classes in a variety of craft and art categories. He has taken role as Vice President of Business Development, working with  retailers, manufacturers, and universities.

 

STS Systems, source for file folders to the medical industry, has acquired Star Products makers of fibre portfolios for the art industry, reports Charlie Rice Star’s VP of Sales.

 

 

 

 

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