Top Scrapbook Stories of 2008

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Here are the top scrapbook news stories from 2008 according to Scrapbook Update’s traffic reports…

1. Creative Memories Files Bankruptcy

The Antioch Company, parent of Creative Memories, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November.

Updated in 2009:

2. Black Friday 2008

Despite the economy (or maybe because of it), shoppers were hungry for information on the Black Friday sales the day after Thanksgiving.

3. AC Moore Closes Stores

AC Moore made a surprise move by closing many stores, including almost all of their Florida stores, many of which had been open less than a year.

4. Jessica Helfand Disses Scrapbookers?

Helfand, author of the book Scrapbooks: An American History, caused a firestorm with her comments about scrapbookers.

Jessica Helfand: How Not To Market A Book To Scrapbookers

5. CHA-Summer Sneak Peeks

Interest in the summer’s new products proved that CHA-Summer is hot!

CHA Sneak Peeks from A to Z

6. CHA-Winter 2009 (and Summer 2009) Are Coming!

The scrapbook industry is gearing up for CHA-Winter 2009, at the end of January in Anaheim, already…and the announcement of a change of venue and an added consumer show for CHA-Summer 2009 sparked some controversy.

7. Scrapbooking Is Declining

Google Trends analysis shows very clearly what many other factors already were showing us…the scrapbook industry is experiencing a downturn along with the rest of the economy.