CRAFT no http://www.craftonline.org/en/rss CRAFT http://www.craftonline.org/tresources/en/images/icons/tendenci34x15.gif http://www.craftonline.org/en/rss Copyright 2012 CRAFT Tendenci Association Software by Schipul - The Web Marketing Company en-us noemail@craftonline.org(Webmaster) craft noemail@craftonline.org Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:29:49 GMT Survey http://www.craftonline.org/en/sur/?13 Objectives: <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>In preparing this survey we interviewed a retailer who we suspect is having a typical experience:</div> <div><br> </div> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><em>The housing market downturn first affected the higher end art market (wall art, furniture, etc.) in early 2008.  This has segment has dropped radically.  The next change in sales volume started in September 2008.  All the other local stores were discounting starting in early December 2008.  So our customers seemed to expect us to discount too.  Our customers say they can't splurge this year with our "201K", (401K value cut in half).  Sure glad we had a wide range of price points.  Sold the lower priced art glass, but still have all the high-end art glass going into the new year.  Saw same regular customers but they bought less expensive items. They had the same number of transactions, but the average selling price was down so the sales were down double digits.<br> <br> Our credit cards were full early in the year and the bank would not give the same line of credit as in the past.  The artists want us to give them a credit card for new orders.  We understand everyone has a cash flow challenge, but we need new credit to add new inventory!<br> <br> We do not have the cash to invest in advertising to get new customers, so we are doing emailing to existing customers to solicit interest.</em>  </blockquote> <div><br> </div> <div>The following questions are intended to gather data about our common experience.  We need enough participants in this survey to make the data significant. </div><br><br>Release Date: 1-Feb-09 6:15 PM<br>Expiration Date: 2-May-09 6:15 PM<br> http://www.craftonline.org/en/sur/?13 noemail@craftonline.org Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:15:00 GMT Survey http://www.craftonline.org/en/sur/?12 Objectives: <!--startfragment--> <div>We are trying to understand the current trends for C.R.A.F.T. members. </div> <div><br> </div> <div>We are asking you to report the trends of your business.  We need every member to report so the data is meaningful.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>This survey is for Artists.  There is another survey for Retailers.  Please complete both if you fall into both categories.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>This survey is for the month of October 2008 and year-to-date January through October 2008.  Questions which refer to current vs prior month are for October vs September. </div> <!--endfragment--><br><br>Release Date: 14-Nov-08 1:00 PM<br>Expiration Date: 12-Feb-09 1:00 PM<br> http://www.craftonline.org/en/sur/?12 noemail@craftonline.org Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:00:00 GMT Survey http://www.craftonline.org/en/sur/?11 Objectives: <!--startfragment--> <div>We are trying to understand the current trends for C.R.A.F.T. members. </div> <div><br> </div> <div>We are asking you to report the trends of your business.  We need every member to report so the data is meaningful.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>This survey is for Retailers.  There is another survey for Artists.  Please complete both if you fall into both categories.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>This survey is for the month of October 2008 and year-to-date January through October 2008.  Questions which refer to current vs prior month are for October vs September. </div> <!--endfragment--><br><br>Release Date: 14-Nov-08 12:15 PM<br>Expiration Date: 14-Dec-08 12:15 PM<br> http://www.craftonline.org/en/sur/?11 noemail@craftonline.org Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:15:00 GMT Survey http://www.craftonline.org/en/sur/?10 Objectives: <!--startfragment--> <div>We are trying to understand the current trends for C.R.A.F.T. members. </div> <div><br> </div> <div>We are asking you to report the trends of your business.  We need every member to report so the data is meaningful.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>This survey is for Artists.  There is another survey for Retailers.  Please complete both if you fall into both categories.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>This survey is for the month of September 2008 and year-to-date January through September 2008.  Questions which refer to current vs prior month are for September vs August. </div> <!--endfragment--><br><br>Release Date: 28-Oct-08 4:00 PM<br>Expiration Date: 28-Nov-08 4:00 PM<br> http://www.craftonline.org/en/sur/?10 noemail@craftonline.org Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:00:00 GMT Survey http://www.craftonline.org/en/sur/?8 Objectives: <!--startfragment--> <div>We are trying to understand the current trends for C.R.A.F.T. members. </div> <div><br> </div> <div>We are asking you to report the trends of your business.  We need every member to report so the data is meaningful.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>This survey is for Retailers.  There is another survey for Artists.  Please complete both if you fall into both categories.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>This survey is for the month of September 2008 and year-to-date January through September 2008.  Questions which refer to current vs prior month are for September vs August. </div> <!--endfragment--><br><br>Release Date: 28-Oct-08 3:00 PM<br>Expiration Date: 28-Nov-08 3:00 PM<br> http://www.craftonline.org/en/sur/?8 noemail@craftonline.org Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:00:00 GMT