New Design!

Look forward to quarterly updates in this new easy-to-read format on four essential points of business: marketing, operations, technology, and the craft market. If you have any comments or suggestions during our launch, please let us know. If you have associates who'd be interested in this newsletter, feel free to shamelessly plug us. And because you are invested in the business of craft, please join us as we explore the subject.

Shades of Gray: Balancing the factors that go into creating effective merchandising can be difficult. Review new trends and tips in NICHE's article on the 2006 color forecast.

Exasperating Employees: Just as owning a gallery takes a certain kind of person, working in one does as well. Read this NICHE article to learn how to handle difficult situations with your staff.

Intelligent Design: Internet Retailer provides website suggestions for the constantly growing and ever-changing online world. And be sure to scroll down for the 10 Steps Towards Better Online Merchandising.

Craftspeople Get Techie: Cold, impersonal electronic equipment gets a makeover, a new genre of craft art that appeals to anyone with a cell phone, a laptop, or an iPod. Learn more about these designs from Wired News.

Craft Retailer News© is a newsletter for those interested in the American Craft industry. Published by The Rosen Group, CRN consists of six issues annually: four quarterly reports and two Buyers Market special editions.