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Town Hall Meeting – Digital Update

11-Jun-2019|Colart, Function Update||

On Wednesday 5th June, we had a Town Hall Meeting live from Head Office. On the panel were Toby Russell, our Chief Technology Officer, Louise Booth, Global Digital Director, Sam Webster, Principal Developer and Josh Hart, Digital Strategist Email and eCRM. Watch the recording of the Town Hall Meeting here: https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/YgEg42dc-7vW1MLVK.mp4 Presentation Click here to […]

TFAC Spain – Liquitex White Walls

11-Jun-2019|Art Community||

Find here the latest of The Fine Art Collective Spain Project in conjunction with Liquitex: Liquitex White Walls with the “Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Fine Arts Faculty” Winning student Lluïsa Penella Pons tells us about her project: “Territorio Fluido” (Fluid Territory). Work “Fluid Territory” in an advanced phase What was the project? The Liquitex White […]

Partnering up with John Lewis & Partners

10-Jun-2019|Business||

Colart UK is pleased to announce the launch of a commercial partnership agreement with John Lewis & Partners, a chain of high-end department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom. Rolling out August 2019 across their full distribution comprising 36 stores and online, John Lewis & Partners will retail a highly curated edit of products from […]

Eudes Correia in front of Notre Dame de Paris

06-Jun-2019|Art Community||

Watercolorist Eudes Correia meets fans in our Paris location and paints in front of Notre Dame Winsor & Newton Watercolorist Eudes Correia, based in Portugal, visited the Charbonnel Artist Engagement Space in Paris a few weeks before Notre Dame’s tragedy. https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/iQ9UIV5a-DWSTVHCZ.mp4 Eudes is brand ambassador and a Winsor & Newton watercolor superuser. He paints […]

Virtual Reality Workshop at Elephant West

06-Jun-2019|Art Community||

Knowledge Transfer Partnership: CSM X Colart As part of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership between Central Saint Martins (CSM) and Colart, CSM were asked to think about unmet artists needs and the impact of digital technology on Fine Art Practice. In the past few years, there has been an increase in artists and curators using Virtual […]

Liquitex is global paint sponsor for Sing for Hope

03-Jun-2019|Brands, Community||

A little background on Sing for Hope Sing For Hope is a not-for-profit organisation whose mission is “Art For All”. Sing For Hope transforms lives by using the power of the arts to create a better world. Since 2006, Sing For Hope has partnered with over 250 non-profit organisations, involved over 3,500 artists in creative […]

Employee Survey Coming Soon…

30-May-2019|People||

Click here to download a pdf of this announcement in English. Cliquez ici pour télécharger un pdf de cette annonce en Français. Click here to download a pdf of this announcement in Chinese and in English. At the beginning of June, we will be running our annual employee survey. This survey will be conducted via […]

Group Performance Tracking FC1

30-May-2019|Business||

Glossary 5 + 7 Forecast: Full year forecast conducted in August, based on 7 months actual results and 7 months forecast. Also called ‘summer forecast’. Adverse: lower or worse than expected/forecasted. AR/AP: Accounts Receivable (money owed to us)/Accounts Payable (money we owe). EAC: Expenses Affecting Comparability (i.e. one-off, non-repeating costs/income). EBIT: Earnings (profit) before interest […]

New Distribution Centre Opening in Piscataway

23-May-2019|Business||

On Wednesday, 15th May, Colart inaugurated our new Distribution Centre in Piscataway. Dennis van Schie, CEO, said “A big moment in our Colart history which I am proud to have been part of”. Paul Schrotti, Lindéngruppen’s CEO, said «Colart should really be proud of this milestone and going forward the new DC holds good promises […]

ELEPHANT ANNOUNCEMENT

13-May-2019|Business||

Elephant is an important part of our strategy with the vision to create a one stop shop of products and services to a global community of artists.

SPLASH

07-May-2019|People||

Since our last update, I am happy to confirm that Splash has been rolled out in all countries across the Colart Group.

BRAND ANNOUNCEMENT: REEVES

03-May-2019|Colart||

With our strategic focus on our Fine Art ranges of Winsor & Newton, Liquitex and Lefranc Bourgeois which represent the core of our business, we have reviewed the role that Reeves plays within the overall Colart portfolio.

LIQUITEX IS NOMINATED FOR THE POPAI RETAIL AWARD

03-May-2019|Colart||

In November last year, the new Liquitex merchandising system was installed in over 120 stores across North America. Our retail team decided to enter the POPAI retail awards. The entry was submitted against our retail values to Attract, Engage and Convert Shoppers, the project objectives, modularity and sales uplift results to date.

TOWN HALL MEETING – BUSINESS UPDATE

02-May-2019|Colart||

On Tuesday 30th April, we had a Town Hall Meeting, live from Head Office. On the panel were Dennis van Schie, our Chief Executive Officer and Jonathan Spight, Chief Financial Officer.

ARCHES DISTRIBUTION UPDATE

24-Apr-2019|Colart||

Colart have been the exclusive global distributor of Arches fine art ranges since 2017, and prior to that the non-exclusive distributor during 2015 and 2016. During that time, we have used the strength of the distribution of our fine art brands, in particular Winsor & Newton, across multiple geographies and channels to develop the Arches business.

WORLD ART DAY – 15TH APRIL 2019

15-Apr-2019|Colart||

Today, we celebrate World Art Day. The date was chosen as it is Leonardo Da Vinci’s date of birth and is celebrated across the world. As an art-oriented company, we do celebrate art every day through our brands and our network, whether it’s TFAC, our retailers or our consumers!

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