CHA Broadens Access to Education & Events

Focus on Education Spurs Renaming of the CHA Winter Show
ELMWOOD PARK, NJ (September 21, 2010) The Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) is pleased to announce an official name change of the Craft & Hobby Association Convention & Trade Show. The new name effective immediately is the Craft & Hobby Association [...]

Take Amazing Photographs with the Sunshine In A Box!

Actually named “Simp Q”, this portable Photo Studio is a must have! It comes in Small, Mini, Large and XL. The size I’m demonstrating in the video below is the Large Simp Q. Watch and be amazed! You will see before and after shots using the Simp Q Portable Studio. This gives you a background, [...]

CHA 2010 Summer Wrap-up

CHA 2010 SUMMER TRADE SHOW BUCKS DECLINING TRADE SHOW INDUSTRY TRENDS
Exhibitors, Square Footage & Buyers All Up In Rosemont
ELMWOOD PARK, NJ (August 9, 2010) – The Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) is pleased to announce the CHA 2010 Summer Convention & Trade Show held at
the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois bucked [...]

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 [...]

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