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Update 03rd February Following the government advice, the Tianjin factory will be closed for another week. The Shanghai office will not open until 10th of February. Please be aware that more detailed information will follow in the next couple of days. Update 29th January Last week we gave you an update on what was happening […]

This week, we launched the latest Loved By film on Colart.com, Instagram and LinkedIn. Watch it now!   Victoria Sundqvist The cast of the latest film is passionate about creativity: painter and tattoo artist, Victoria Sundqvist. Victoria finds inspiration everywhere. She sets out to create positive designs that inspire happiness, whether it’s on the body […]

In 2019, Liquitex launched a partnership with Sing For Hope, a global non-profit organisation dedicated to transforming lives by using the power of the arts to create a better world. In celebration of this partnership, the Liquitex brand team in Piscataway invited every Colart team across the world to contribute to an internal art installation […]

Glossary of terms Opex – Operating Expenditure (marketing and overheads) Capex – Capital Expenditure (long term assets such as machinery) EBIT – Earnings Before Interest and Tax (our standard measure of profitability) EBITDA – Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation (a measure linking profitability to cashflow) EAC – Expenses Affecting Comparability (large one-off items […]

Please take a few minutes to have a look at some of the 2019 Shopper Marketing and Colart wide initiatives: https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/vSTBhYO1-gHKvwpyy.mp4   Click here to download the video on The Bank. A big thank you to all those involved in making this happen! Any questions please contact Amelia Macdonald or Catherine Mugnier.

This Monday we had the first Sustainability Coffee Morning of the year at head office. Dennis, our CEO, Richard Llewellyn, our new sustainability officer and Ajita Chamberlin, sustainability manager discussed what Colart achieved last year and what’s coming up on the 2020 agenda for Colart and for the world. Introduction from Dennis Introducing the Coffee […]

The project sponsors and the project team are very pleased to announce that Vanilla Project has gone live as planned and without any major issues at this point. This is a major achievement and could not have happened without the drive and dedication in planning, testing and delivery of the project team and the wider […]

The Shopper Marketing team hosted an experiential Pop Up this December in Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross, focussing on Promarkers and Watercolours. A full case study will follow but for now, we would like to share a few highlights: What was the objective? To engage new audiences, create a 360 campaign with a consistent message […]

Over the next few weeks we will be rolling out a new single global VPN connection to all users in group. This will replace the existing localised VPN connections (ie “EUR VPN”) with just simply “COLART VPN” for all sites. Why are we changing this? The purpose of this is to simplify management and enhance […]

Dear all, Following a comprehensive review of our ambitions and plans for the North American market in the light of our Long-Range Plan we will be making the following changes to the Commercial Team, effective January 1st, 2020. As we further hone our channel driven structure, we will amalgamate the Fine Art Multiples and Fine […]

What are residencies exactly ? An artist’s residency – or Artist-in-Residence (AiR) – is when an artist relocates for a period of time to another studio or location, usually within an institution set up for this purpose. Residencies can range from a few days, weeks to a year, or longer. There is often a proposal […]

Dear all, Since the Think Tank was launched back in early October, we have seen a total of 19 ideas being shared by employees with the rest of the company! Click here to access the Think Tank See some statistics here: Some ideas have already been (partially) implemented, others have been rejected (for now) due […]

In the spirit of continuing to learn and be inspired from the world of Digital & Tech & Consumer behaviour, the Digital Team regularly organises learning sessions at Head Office. In November, our digital partner TMW joined us to talk about insights into human behaviours and brands. Click here to see the presentation they shared […]

Genesis of the partnership Back in 2018 and in recognition of Colart Brands’ constant dialogue with artists and attention to contemporaneity, art and culture magazine InsideArt invited Flavie Dirninger (Colart Italia) and Stephanie Nebbia (Global Fine Art Collective), to meet Giorgio De Finis, artistic director for the Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma (Macro). From this meeting, […]

The “Day in Life Programme” is now open for applications! This program has already been developed for France and has been a great success with more than 50 registered again this year. Day in Life for France will end in a few days and it seemed appropriate to propose this program to all other business […]

Through the Colart Academy, we have listed the many ways that exist in Colart for development both personally and professionally. One learning opportunity that we see as a foundation is supported learning through Mentoring. For this reason, the company started to roll out in 2017 a structured mentoring scheme across the group. Why is Mentoring […]