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The World Crafts Council AISBL (WCC-AISBL) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that was founded in 1964 to promote fellowship, foster economic development through income generating craft related activities, organize exchange programs, workshops, conferences, seminars, and exhibitions—and in general, to offer encouragement, help, and advice to the craftspersons of the world.
Michaels Stores, Inc., more commonly known as Michaels, is a privately held retail chain of American and Canadian arts and crafts store. It is North America's largest provider of arts, crafts, framing, floral and wall décor, and merchandise for makers and do-it-yourself home decorators. [2]
In 1992, the company introduced the Tandy Zoomer, a predecessor to the Palm Pilot, designed by Jeff Hawkins. Also that year, the company produced an interactive, multimedia CD-ROM player called the Tandy Video Information System (VIS). Like the Tandy computers, it was based on the IBM PC architecture and used a version of Microsoft Windows.
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A.C. Moore was an American arts and crafts retail chain, owned by Nicole Crafts. It had 145 retail locations in the eastern United States , with corporate headquarters in Berlin, New Jersey . [ 1 ] On November 25, 2019, A.C. Moore announced that it would wind down its operations, closing all stores, and selling selected leases and other assets ...
In May 2021, Hobbycraft was revealed as the Fourth Best Big Company to Work for in the UK and the third Best Retail Company to work for in the UK by the Best Companies Awards 2021. [ 21 ] In June 2022 Hobbycraft has posted pre-tax profit growth of £15m, representing +8.7% growth on the 2021 financial year, while revenue increased to £203.1m ...
A Higgins Industries torpedo boat plant in New Orleans, 1942. Higgins Industries was the company owned by Andrew Higgins based in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.. Higgins Industries is most famous for the design and production of the Higgins boat, an amphibious landing craft referred to as LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel), which was used extensively in the Allied forces' D-Day ...
Gordon and Carole Segal opened the first Crate & Barrel store on December 7, 1962, [4] at age 23. [5] The 1,700-square-foot (160 m 2) space in part of an old elevator factory [6] was located at 1516 North Wells Street in the then-bohemian Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. [7]