The Full Wiki



More info on A.C. Moore

A.C. Moore: Wikis

  

Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles.

Encyclopedia

Updated live from Wikipedia, last check: May 28, 2012 23:45 UTC (39 seconds ago)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A.C. Moore
Type Public (NASDAQACMR)
Founded 1985
Headquarters Berlin, New Jersey, U.S.
Industry Retail
Products Arts & Crafts, Scrapbooking, Home Decor
Website www.acmoore.com

A.C. Moore (NASDAQACMR) is an arts and crafts retail chain with 132 locations in the eastern United States, with its corporate headquarters in located in Berlin, New Jersey.[1][2] AC Moore sells a variety of arts and crafts products, including scrapbooking, beading, knitting, rubber stamping, home decor items, floral items, Kid's Crafts, paints, framing, greenery and seasonal items.

A.C. Moore was founded as a single arts and crafts store by Jack Parker in 1985. The store went public in 1997, and the chain's annual sales reached $590 million in 2006, but the company showed a $400,000 loss that year and started a program of modernization, hiring former Office Depot executive Rick Lepley as C.E.O.[2]

References

  1. ^ Van Allen, Peter. (May 14, 2009). Sales plunge, loss widens at A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts
  2. ^ a b Panaritis, Maria (2008-06-10). "A.C. Moore crafting a turnaround". The Philadelphia Inquirer.  

External links








Got something to say? Make a comment.
Your name
Your email address
Message
Please enter the solution to case below
5-2=