JO-ANN STORES TO SUPPORT CHA CRAFT SUPERSHOW IN ROSEMONT

Nation’s Leading Fabric and Craft Retailer to Exhibit at CHA Craft SuperShow

ELMWOOD PARK, NJ (June 14, 2010) The Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) is pleased to announce that CHA member Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores, the leading fabric and craft specialty retailer in America,  will be exhibiting at the CHA Craft SuperShow consumer event in [...]

SCRAPPING BIG BUSINESS

Scrapbooking Industry Statistics in Time for National Scrapbook Day
ELMWOOD PARK, NJ (April 26, 2010) – National Scrapbooking Day has emerged as a way of celebrating the number one, top-selling category of the 39 craft segments in the $27 billion U.S. craft and hobby industry. National Scrapbooking Day is held each year on the first Saturday [...]

Dozens of New and Returning Exhibitors Sign-on…

…for the Summer’s Largest Craft and Hobby Trade Show
Interest Fueled by Recovering Economy and Rosemont Venue
ELMWOOD PARK, NJ (March 15, 2010) – With several months remaining before the Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) 2010 Summer Convention & Trade Show, CHA announced today that over two dozen new and returning exhibitors have signed-on to join over [...]

TIA TO HOST TOY PAVILION AT CHA 2010 SUMMER SHOW

ELMWOOD PARK, NJ (January 20, 2010) The Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) and the Toy Industry Association (TIA) announced today that the TIA will host a pavilion for toys and youth products during CHA’s Summer Convention & Trade Show held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention and Conference Center in Rosemont, Illinois from July 27 [...]

ALL SIGNS POINT TO A STRONG CHA SUMMER SHOW

Travel Bargains Help Fuel Attendance
ELMWOOD PARK, NJ (April 27, 2010) – With several weeks still remaining before the Craft & Hobby Association’s 2010 Summer Convention & Trade Show, all signs point to a robust event.  As of April 27, there is a 11% increase in square footage and 11% increase in number of exhibitors over [...]

Advertising Moves Dollars Away From TV Toward Digital

DVRs Mean Consumers Watching Fewer Commercials, Using Internet More
If you want to know which media is hot, just follow the money.
As technology changes consumer habits — using the DVR to skip commercials and using the Internet to access more video content — advertisers are smelling the scent in the wind. A study by the Society [...]

Plastic Bottle Crafts for Earth Day

According to the Container Recycling Institute, Americans buy more than 29 BILLION plastic beverage bottles every year while only about 20% are recycled. Traditional plastic bottles are made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a non-renewable, petroleum-based product. The Pacific Institute reports that the production of plastic bottles for U.S. beverage consumption in 2006 required the equivalent [...]

How To Kill Your Business Without Even Trying

If you are like most retailers, there are several things you could and should be doing to make your business more profitable.  Part of this process is avoiding costly mistakes.  Retail experts Rich Kizer and Georganne Bender of Kizer and Bender Speaking! have identified 10 fatal, yet very common mistakes that retailers make.  Here are [...]

Hybrid is the Way!

Integrating digital products into a retail store has many owners scared. I’m here to tell you that you don’t have to be! Digital products can actually bring in a new revenue stream to your store and can enhance the products you already carry. Keep in mind that the answer isn’t simply “add digital;” the answer is “add [...]