Archiver’s

Archiver’s Announces Memphis Store Closure

February 25, 2013 by Nancy Nally 15 Comments

Archiver’s announced last week via their Facebook page that they are closing their Memphis, Tennessee, store location on March 3rd. The store was Archivers’ 41st store location and had been open since 2007.

Archiver’s currently has 44 stores in 18 states, as well as an online store, Archiver’s Annex.

The Archiver’s store in Memphis is located only a few miles away from the former location of Eclectica’s Scrapbook Garden, an extremely large scrapbook store that pre-dated Archivers’ presence in the area. Eclectica’s closed its doors just last October as well. The closure of both stores will now leave the Memphis area without a scrapbook retail store.

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Archiver’s Pinterest Misstep Highlights Social Sharing Challenges

September 20, 2012 by Nancy Nally 9 Comments

A minor brouhaha this week involving some Archiver’s stores’ use of content from Pinterest has once again highlighted some of the challenges for companies of navigating the internet’s social sharing websites and trends.

The story starts very simply: Archiver’s curates Pinterest boards that combine their own in-house content with content pinned from elsewhere. They apparently wanted to highlight their use of Pinterest to interact with their customers, and so they decided to encourage their stores to put their in-house Pinterest content on display in stores with an “As Seen On Pinterest” label on it. Sounds straightforward.

What actually happened was a bit different, however. Several high profile industry designers discovered that their work was on display in one of the stores, without their permission, with the Pinterest label on it.

photo used with permission

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Noteworthy | 9.16.2011

September 16, 2011 by May Flaum 13 Comments

The big happening this week is in Minnesota, where there are more of the craft industry glitterati (and ink-eratti?) gathering to teach, work at, or attend Archiver’s ScrapFest than you’ll see outside CHA. In fact, ScrapFest may arguably be the biggest consumer craft event happening in the United States this year. If you’re in the area – watch for your favorite craft personalities. Between ScrapFest and The Creative Connection event, the Twin Cities are crawling with crafters and industry leaders!

For those of us not at this weekend’s event, we have plenty to be excited about and check out. Here are this week’s noteworthy stories:

Tim Holtz announced that he has worked with Ranger on releasing a limited edition set of seasonal distress inks. The set of three fall colors (ripe persimmon, gathered twigs, and seedless preserves) will be sold together as a stacked set. [Read more...]

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Archiver’s Opens Online Store

November 7, 2010 by Nancy Nally 16 Comments

Papercrafting superstore chain Archivers announced last week that they have opened an online version of their store, leaving Michaels as the only major craft/scrapbooking chain without an online sales presence.

The new e-store is named Archiver’s Annex and located at a separate URL from the main Archiver’s website (although the two sites are linked together). It is open for business and offering a wide selection of paper crafting products. Standard shipping starts at $6.95 for orders up to $19.99. The store does not accept Archiver’s store gift cards or honor coupons or sales from the Archiver’s stores.

Archiver’s has over 40 stores in 18 U.S. states, most of which are clustered heavily in the Midwest.

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Position Available: Archiver’s Customer Service Associate

August 24, 2010 by Mike Nally

Archiver’s Customer Service Associate: Part-time (Colorado Springs, CO)*

The Customer Service Associates at Archiver’s play one of the most important roles at the company, as they are the first point of contact with our customers. Associates provide service to our customers, sell products and classes, teach classes and provide creative ideas to our customers.

Responsibilities include:

Provide outstanding customer service while maximizing sales
Help customers with product selection
Demonstrate new products and techniques to customers
Prepare for classes and special events
Teach classes and workshops
Operating POS system
Merchandising – assist with plan-o-grams and ensure merchandise is professionally presented

Requirements:

Qualified candidates must have strong communication skills, excellent presentation skills, be comfortable talking in front of and leading a class, and a strong creative background in scrapbooking, card making and/or paper crafting.
Previous retail sales or customer service experience preferred.
Associates must be available to work retail hours, which include a variety of shifts, including weekends.

*Please note that Scrapbook Update is in no way associated with the companies and the positions listed here. Please forward all questions or comments about the job listings to the offering organization via the links provided with this article. Thanks!