Private Equity Firm Makes $5 Billion Offer for Michaels
As the craft retailer, Michaels, goes private — again — JOANN and Cricut are going public. Here’s how to understand the implications of these changes.
Etsy’s Blockbuster Pandemic Year
Product sales on the craft marketplace Etsy more than doubled in 2020, to $10.3 billion making this a blockbuster year.
Pandemic Crafting Props Up Michaels’ Sales in Third Quarter
Mega-retailer Michaels is doing OK, but it’s not out of the woods yet.
Bolstered by High Sales, Etsy Prepares for a Highly Unusual Holiday Season
Etsy reported $2.6 billion in sales for Q3 2020, the second-highest quarter in its history. Mask sales are cooling as holiday shopping begins.
Quaranzines: Pandemic Inspires Analog Zine Projects
Zines — limited-edition, DIY, often photocopied publications — never went away, per se, but are experiencing a wide-sweeping revival during the pandemic.
Michaels Bounces Back from Pandemic Closings
Craft retailer Michaels got this quarter’s sales up 11.1% over last year by going hard on e-commerce and new marketing initiatives.
Etsy Posts Record Sales and Profits During the Pandemic
Mask sales and in-person shopping restrictions drove Etsy’s gross merchandise sales through the roof during the second quarter of 2020.
Michaels is Hurting Despite E-commerce Boom
With many retail stores required to shut down in the pandemic, Michaels saw a big bump in e-commerce but overall fell way short of expectations.
Etsy in the Time of Coronavirus: April Was ‘Extraordinary’
When physical retail stores closed, Etsy saw its business boom in the first quarter of 2020, driven by sales of fabric face mask and self-care items.
Smogware: A Porcelain Project Raising Awareness About Air Pollution
Smogware is a porcelain project out of Berlin that aims to make the problem of air pollution more tangible by representing the amounts of pollution the average European breathes the deepening glazes of ceramics.