Scrapbook Update » Nancy Nally http://www.scrapbookupdate.com Where scrapbooking means business. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:21:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Paperclipping Roundtable #35: Memory-Go-Round http://www.scrapbookupdate.com/2010/09/01/paperclipping-roundtable-35-memory-go-round/ http://www.scrapbookupdate.com/2010/09/01/paperclipping-roundtable-35-memory-go-round/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:16:18 +0000 Nancy Nally http://www.scrapbookupdate.com/?p=11826

What can you do about all the emotions that can flood you when you’re scrapbooking? We have lots of ideas on this week’s Paperclipping Roundtable!

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Peoria, Arizona-based Spellbinders Paper Arts has been named to Inc. magazine’s prestigious Inc. 500 list, the magazine’s annual ranking of the country’s fastest growing privately owned companies.

Companies are selected for the list based on their rate of growth for the years 2006-2009. Spellbinders’ growth rate of 673% during that period ranked them number 446 on the list.

“It is an honor to be included in this year’s Inc. 500 list and recognized for our entrepreneurial achievements,” said Stacey Caron, Spellbinders’ President.  “Our focus has always been on manufacturing innovative, quality products for crafters.  This confirmation of our success is the ultimate recognition of our efforts to grow a business that is both rewarding and fulfilling.”

Spellbinders has previously been in the news this year due to their protracted litigation against Quickutz over alleged infringement by Quickutz of a patent owned by Spellbinders.

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Welcome to our weekly sales feature on Scrapbook Update! Retailers can easily keep up here on what their competitors are doing, and shoppers can find out where there are deals!

Please note that sales may be subject to regional variations or conditions. Scrapbook Update is not responsible for errors or omissions.

Michaels

  • Coupon: 40% off any one regular priced item (exclusions apply)
  • Baby, Kids & School Themed Stickers: 40% off
  • Scrapbook Paper Pads: 40% off
  • Natural Storage Solutions (Baskets): 40% off
  • Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint: 3 for $2
  • Spool O’ Ribbon: 3 for $1
  • Mega Roll Ribbon: 2 for $10
  • Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylic Paint: Buy One Get One Free
  • Value Pack Paper: 2 for $5
  • Cricut Cartridges: $44.99
  • Scrapbook Page Kits: 30% off
  • Scrapbook & Photo Albums: 40% off
  • Scrapbooking Punches & Trimmers: 40% off
  • Iris Storage: 50% off

AC Moore

  • Coupon: 40% off any one regular priced item
  • Coupon: 50% off any one regular priced item (9/3 and 9/4 only)
  • Entire Stock of Scrapbooking Paper: Buy 2 Get 1 Free
  • Glue Dots & Mono Adhesive Tape Runners: Buy 2 Get 1 Free
  • Photo Albums: Buy 2 Get 1 Free
  • Ink Pads: Buy 2 Get 1 Free
  • Sandylion Essentials or Touch of Jolee’s Stickers: Buy 2 Get 1 Free
  • Topload Scrapbook Albums: 2 for $8
  • Cricut Personal Cutting Machine: $97 [Buy for $102 at Amazon.com]
  • My Studio Craft Paint: 2 for $1

Jo-Ann Stores (sales good through Sept. 11th)

Hobby Lobby

  • Spare Parts Embellishments by The Paper Studio: 50% off
  • Wood Handle Rubber Stamps & Sets: 50% off
  • Scrapbook Papers (Packaged & Single Sheets): 50% off
  • Xyron Products: 50% off entire stock
  • Scrapbook Albums & Refill Pages: 50% off (exclusions apply)

Today only on Scrapbook.com: Get 10% off your entire order using coupon code tenaugsave

Check out my latest purchase on Amazon.com - the Ranger Inkssentials Rub-It Scrub-It Stamp Cleaning Pad:

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“Haul” videos are all the rage on video sites like YouTube. Shoppers record video evidence of their latest shopping “haul” and describe the bargains or treasures that they scored on their shopping mission. But if you take a closer look at these videos as marketers, can you learn something about shoppers and their habits, needs and wants from them?

To find out, let’s take a closer look at this recent scrapbooking haul video posted to YouTube by user detdaty0129:

So, what can we learn about shopper behavior from that 47 seconds? A surprising amount, actually.
  • Our haul shopper is pretty savvy. Not too many shoppers realize that some stores will take the competitor’s coupons (something I am personally always forgetting about when I get my Joann’s flyers in the mail).
  • This shopper chose to use her coupon on an item [Scotch ATG adhesive applicator, $29.99 at Scrapbook.com] that I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about, and was very excited about it. Adhesive isn’t usually a “sexy” product, but this particular adhesive gun seems to have really excited consumers.
  • The 70% off coupon was used to get a very practical item for a nominal price rather than seeing the discount as an opportunity to get a less usable luxury item at a massive savings. I’ll admit – I have a few expensive “ghost tools” that sit around my scrap room collecting dust that I was swayed into buying by a massive discount.
  • This coupon promotion by Jo-Ann Stores converted well into a sale – unfortunately it was a sale for their competitor! But it does show that coupons will bring out shoppers.
  • Coupon promotions like this are designed to get shoppers into the store in the hopes that they will buy more than just the coupon item. Although it isn’t mentioned in the video, a glance at the shopper’s receipt shows that it contains multiple line items, which means the promotion was probably successful in that respect.

This concept of using big sales to buy basic essentials at affordable prices was one that we saw retailers reporting as a trend last holiday season, when it seemed shoppers were gravitating more than usual towards holiday sales on basic clothing items. Since it appears that sentiment has stuck with consumers, it will be interesting to see how it affects the upcoming holiday season for retailers.

Remember the tease on the Behind The Scenes blog to get your video cameras ready? Well, here’s your first chance to use them on Scrapbook Update! Would you like your haul to be the featured in the next Scrapbook Update “haul” analysis? You can submit your own “haul” video to Scrapbook Update via our video submissions page after uploading it to YouTube or a similar service. We can’t wait to see what our readers come up with!

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