Comments on: Paper Zone stores file Chapter 11

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Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:25:57 +0000

I was told today all PaperZone locations will be closing in January 2012.

By: j greges

j greges — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:18:47 +0000

I am a former employee of The Paper Zone. I worked for them for almost 9 years. I can tell you that the problem with the Paper Zone is Intracorp, the executives they put in place and the bonuses they took. The focus shifted away from the customer to the pockets of the people in charge. Memories was just an acquisition made by the new president in order to get a nice bonus. There was never any intent on being experts in scrapbooking or crafting or any real concern for the customer.
Intracorp fired employees right away and put their own stamp on the company. I quit as soon as I met the new president. After doing a little research I learned that he had ran another company into bankruptcy just a few years before coming to the Paper Zone. My boss quit the company and pulled me aside one day in 2005 and told me that I should probably look for a new job too. I took my bosses advice. You have to listen to the person in charge of the books.
Memories and IT problems are just an excuse being used by the Paper Zone. The real problem is the management, their bloated salaries and the greedy owners.
Bankruptcy? No duh…. I could have told you this was coming two and half years ago…. Intracorp did this to the Paper Zone, but they will never have the backbone to admit their own mistakes.

By: BuckeyeSandy

BuckeyeSandy — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:02:09 +0000

Sound like it was less a “scrapbooking industry” problem, than an IT problem. There have been MANY stores that when it came to IT to include POS terminals and software, it “killed” the entire operation. Thank-you to “Former PZ Employee” for direct insight on the problems that occured.
What is of interest, or ought to be, to fellow scrapers and crafters is the state of the large debt holders. Some companies can weather it, and others, I fear are going to be less able to “weather it out.”

By: Angie Pedersen's Scrapbooking Industry News

Angie Pedersen's Scrapbooking Industry News — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:42:38 +0000

Paper Zone stores file Chapter 11

Paper Zone LLC, which operates 12 retail stores and 2 online stores under the name of “Paper Zone” and “Memories”, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Western District of Washington U.S. Bankruptcy Court on April 2nd, 2007. See

By: Angie Pedersen's Scrapbooking Industry News

Angie Pedersen's Scrapbooking Industry News — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:42:38 +0000

Paper Zone stores file Chapter 11