INDUSTRY NEWS
Construction, KYDZSafe® Edges and
KYDZTuff® finish ensuring safety and
durability. The Jonti-Craft Commitment
to Care promises that Jonti-Craft products are a safe choice not only for the
environment, but also for little ones with
certifications such as GREENGUARD
Gold and CPSIA. We have even added
a lifetime warranty to this new product
to prove it will withstand the rigors of
everyday use.
SAFARI LTD® is expanding its collections with more than 70 new
hand-painted products for 2014. New
additions include mythical creatures,
wildlife, sea life, life cycle sets, miniature
figures and dinosaurs, including the Carnegie Tyrannosaurus rex authenticated
by Carnegie Museum of Natural History
paleontologists.
Select Safari Ltd® products in the Incredible Creatures® collection are also
now suitable for ages 18 months and up,
breaking Safari Ltd® into the baby market for the first time in the company’s
history. Each new product can take years
to release as specialized sculptors work
to perfect the anatomy of each figure.
TEACHER CREATED RESOURCES, a
leading publisher of supplementary educational materials, has acquired the decorative and handwriting product lines of
Frog Street Press, a Texas-based publishing company. Frog Street is known for
its “couture line” of classroom decorations. The acquisition launches Teacher
Created Resources’ new Signature Line
of upscale products for use by teachers
and parents. The sale of decorative and
handwriting product lines enables Frog
Street to move toward their goal of developing more content that will support
early childhood teachers and help assure
the success of children ages 0-8.
MANAGEMENT NEWS
AVID AUDIO PRODUCTS has hired
Florence Montegu in a new position
as Director of Product Marketing. Ms.
Montegu will be responsible for refining
and expanding AVID’s diverse line of
audio related products that serve the
Educational market.
Ms. Montegu formerly owned her
own marketing consulting firm after
holding a number of successful marketing management positions at large
business-to-business firms such as GE
Energy. She holds a Masters Degree in
Foreign Trade and International Finance
from The University of International
Affairs in Le Havre, France.
EDUCATIONAL MARKETING
SERVICE is very proud to announce that
they have teamed up with Barker Creek
Publishing in 13 Midwest states. With 20
years of experience, Barker Creek offers
award-winning educational products
for schools such as their NEW Chevron
Designs, Pop-Out Letters, Double-Sided
Trim, Computer Paper, Charts and Posters,
Library Pockets, File Folders, Accents,
Homework Helpers and much more.
CATALOG SOLUTIONS is pleased to
announce that they have acquired Creative Catalog Concepts (CCC). The well
respected brands of CCC will be integrated into the growing CSI brand. CSI
is assuring all dealers that they will be
doing whatever is necessary to continue
to deliver the service level and dynamic
products that will exceed expectations.
LEARNING ADVANTAGE, a leading
wholesaler of educational games and
math manipulatives, is under new ownership by private investors. In addition,
the company has acquired the Crusader
Education brand, known for the original,
wooden simple machine models and the
mental math game series, ‘I Have Who
Has…?’.
TEACHER CREATED RESOURCES
is happy to announce that Stephanie
Brown, who led Frog Street’s marketing
efforts in the educational retail industry,
has joined the TCR sales and marketing team. Stephanie has two decades of
experience in the industry and has developed strong relationships with many
store owners. She will play a key role in
the growth of Teacher Created Resources’ new “Signature Line” of products.
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IN MEMORIAM
KAREN LYNN SEVALY passed away
Sept. 21, 2013. Karen always presented
energy, creativity and an entrepreneurial spirit that enabled her to launch
Teacher’s Friend Publications, Inc. Her
concept of writing creative books for elementary teachers was an instant success.
Her publishing business took off within
the first year. Karen ran this business for
twenty years. Scholastic Inc. purchased
Teacher’s Friend Inc. in 2002. Karen
and Richard (her husband) worked for
Scholastic for five more years before retiring. Karen wrote and produced more
than 2,000 products for the educational
market during her career making many
life-long friends. Karen’s books and
products are still enjoyed by elementary
children today.
WE LOVE NEW IDEAS!
NSSEA is currently looking
for your ideas, feedback,
opinions, and insights, as
well as your observation
of the educational market
and its trends.
Got a comment, idea,
artcle, opinion or tips?
CONTACT NSSEA:
Essentials Editor
Sherron Washington
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