The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is pleased to announce that Rene Haag, owner of Blaine’s Art Supply in Anchorage, AK will be honored as one of the nation’s top state small business winners in Washington D.C. May 20-25, 2012 for the National Small Business Week Awards. Congratulations Rene! Read the entire press release here: Blaines Small Biz award 2012
Congratulations to Nick Gallo (Blue Rooster Art Supplies in Los Angeles), his wife Sheryl and their son Seiji on the birth of twin girls April 11th. Naomi Marie and Keiko Rose are both healthy; Seiji loves his 2 new sisters and has been a very good boy! Nick reported “The days are bleeding one into another as we have been absorbed into a world where eating is every three hours or so and there is no concern for either night or day………. It’s all the same……….. Blissful.”
Andrew Lenz of Lenz Art has announced that Jim Hair, formerly with Sakura and MacPherson’s will be joining their Santa Cruz, CA retail store as their floor manager. Jim recently moved to Santa Cruz to be closer to his daughter and son-in-law who are expecting his first grandchild very soon.
Victor Torres has joined Jerry’s Artist Outlet, West Orange, New Jersey as their General Manager of Retail.
According to a company spokesperson, John Menzer, Michaels’ Chief Executive Officer, was recently hospitalized due to a medical condition. No further information was disclosed. John Menzer has recently been mentioned in a New York Times series investigating business practices at Wal-Mart’s Mexico subsidiary in 2005. Before joining Michaels he was vice chairman and chief administrative officer of Wal-Mart.
Colorbok, LLC announced the acquisition of the paper crafting business of ANW/Creativity Works (formerly Andrews, Nelson & Whitehead) and Making Memories. Last month, key management and Lazear Capital Partners, a merchant banking firm, purchased the assets of Colorbök, which was founded in 1984.