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At The Michaels Companies Inc, our purpose is to fuel the joy of creativity. As the leading creative destination in North America, we operate over 1,290 stores in 49 states and Canada and online at Michaels.com and Michaels.ca. The Michaels Companies, Inc. also owns Artistree, a manufacturer of custom and specialty framing merchandise, and MakerPlace by Michaels, a dedicated handmade goods marketplace. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, Michaels is the best place for all things creative. For more information, please visit www.michaels.com

At JOANN, we’re creating a happy place — for our customers, and for one another. We are growing our people as we grow our company, creating new opportunities to stretch and shine. Rooted in Cleveland since 1943, we are now more than 870+ stores strong. We work together, embracing challenges and rewarding success, as we create a happy, handmade world. We’re crafters, yes – and we are also trend forecasters, store planners and caring helpers to all hearts, hands and minds. We’re a patchwork community of real people, stitched together by one common goal: inspire others who like to create with their hands, hearts and minds. What is your happy place? Come create it here!

Customers would often visit Fred to learn of his latest European buying trip while their horses were shoed and new harnesses and bridles were fitted at the blacksmith shop two stores north of Curry's. Business thrived during the 1920s as framing and gallery sales moved his enterprise forward. The depression of the 1930s, drove Fred and many others to the brink. The store stayed open from 7am to 11pm six days a week. During those difficult years, the family lived above the store and, while Fred rested, his young daughter would staff the empty store. To survive, Curry's stocked increasingly more fine artist materials. Fred bartered these materials to struggling artists in exchange for their art which he, in turn, attempted to sell in his gallery. Several of Canada's most famous artists worked closely with Fred during this period. The gallery framing business, once so heavily relied upon, had to close after Fred Curry's best framers did not return from the Second World War. The company was then forced to change direction and become a leading supplier of drafting materials to the fast growing Canadian aircraft industry by the mid 1950s. With the advent of dry transfer lettering, Curry's began supplying to advertising agencies, art design houses and the government. Dry transfer lettering was a significant part of the business during the 1960's, 70's and 80's. Since then, increasingly sophisticated computer graphics technology rendered that business obsolete but opened the door for colour graphics output devices and supplies. Throughout all the stages in the development of Curry's, artist materials were the glue that held Fred Curry's dream together. The heart of Curry's business today is selling Tools of Creativity - quality art supplies. Curry's now has eight stores located throughout southern Ontario and offers an exciting selection of art supplies and creative materials, all with competitive, artist-friendly pricing. Fred Curry's Values: Quality, Service and Integrity have continued to be the critical mission ...