Company announcements, direct sales updates and archived press coverage associated with Creative Memories.
St. Cloud, Minnesota - November 21, 2014 -- The iconic Creative Memories brand helped millions of people across the world cherish their memories, so news that CM is back under new ownership has created a swift and enthusiastic reaction. "So excited to get the coversets with pages again! Looking f...
Read full storyAhni & Zoe will close its direct selling business later this month in the U.S. and Canada. Ahni & Zoe reached an agreement with Flowerdale Group Limited of Hong Kong to sell the assets of Antioch Liquidating Trust (formerly Creative Memories) and Ahni & Zoe. Anhi & Zoe, which is how Creative Memo...
Read full storyFebruary 25,2014 -- Rhonda Anderson, a co-founder of Creative Memories, recently resigned from Ahni & Zoe by Creative Memories. Anderson and Cheryl Lightle co-founded Creative Memories in 1987. (Lightle resigned in 2004). Creative Memories helped popularize scrapbooking and at one time had more t...
Read full storyDuring a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in St. Paul last week, the judge said she intends to approve Creative Memories' Plan of Reorganization. The company plans to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of the year as Ahni & Zoe, a direct sales company with a similar but simplified product line. Cr...
Read full storyCreative Memories has laid off 35 more employees at its Minnesota headquarters. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April and laid off 72 employees at that time. The company has come up with a plan to emerge from bankruptcy that includes rebranding itself with a new name -- ...
Read full storyJune 12, 2013 -- Creative Memories will not lay off 163 additional employees this month as originally announced after its parent firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April. At that time, around 30 percent of the company's workforce was laid off. This is the second time in five years...
Read full storyApril 24, 2013 -- Creative Memories, which filed bankruptcy and laid off 72 employees last week, has filed a WARN letter with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development saying that it plans to let go at least 91 more employees in June. The WARN notice states that 163 employee...
Read full storyCreative Memories' parent company, The Antioch Company, LLC, filed a petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time since 2008 and laid off about 30 percent of its workforce on Tuesday. Seventy employees were laid off, primarily at the company's St. Cloud, Minnesota location. A...
Read full storySaint Cloud, MN January 11, 2012 -- In honor of Creative Memories' 25th anniversary, Creative Memories is offering a special opportunity: Become a Consultant before Jan. 31 and the Consultant Kit, worth more than $460, will cost just $25.* As a Creative Memories Consultant, anyone can choose your...
Read full storyCreative Memories was recently named Minnesota's Best Brand in an online competition organized by the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal. Set up like a March Madness tournament bracket, Creative Memories faced off – and beat – some serious icons such as Target, Arctic Cat, Wheaties, Mall of Am...
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