Artists of the World Unite...Online!Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000 MisterArt.com Forms Artisan Network--A Global Consortium Of Art-Related Companies The Online Art Supply Store Launches Additional Companies Serving Consumers, Businesses and the Global Art Community MisterArt.com(TM)(www.misterart.com), the world's largest online discount art supply store, today launched a global consortium of art-related companies called Artisan Network(TM) (www.artisannetwork.com). The Network includes MisterArt.com, StudioSource(TM), a business-to-business  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. company that enables any organization to sell art-related merchandise MERCHANDISE. By this term is understood all those things which merchants sell either wholesale or retail, as dry goods, hardware, groceries, drugs, &c. It is usually applied to personal chattels only, and to those which are not required for food or immediate support, but such as remain online and ArtAffinity.com(TM)(www.artaffinity.com), a comprehensive community and information resource for the art world. "Artisan Network's customers include everyone involved in the art community--artists, museums, schools, associations and art lovers," explained Marc F. Adler Ad·ler , Alfred 1870-1937. Austrian psychiatrist. He rejected Sigmund Freud's emphasis on sexuality and theorized that neurotic behavior is an overcompensation for feelings of inferiority. , chairman of Artisan Network. "With our family of companies, we serve them all. Based on MisterArt.com's consumer e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. success, we have created an entirely new and different Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the business model serving businesses, consumers and the global art community."
Artisan Network's properties include:
-- MisterArt.com, the world's largest online discount art supply
store, offering more than 40,000 brand name products at up to
80 percent off retail prices. Products range from paints,
brushes, pastels, and ceramics to easels, drafting boards,
portfolios, and framing supplies. Each product is listed with
a detailed description and product photo empowering consumers
to choose from the best selection of the best products at the
best possible price.
As the Business-to-Consumer arm of Artisan Network, MisterArt.com
is setting the standard for online arts and crafts supply superstores.
-- StudioSource, a Business-to-Business supplier that enables
companies, organizations and existing e-commerce sites to sell
a full range of art-related products with minimal start-up
costs. Created through a strategic alliance with a leading
distributor, StudioSource gives e-commerce functionality and
fulfillment to art-related Web sites not yet engaged in
e-commerce, and enables existing e-commerce sites to broaden
their product lines while maintaining their existing brand
identity.
As the Business-to-Business arm of Artisan Network, this venture
will allow even the smallest online players to offer the largest
selection of art and art-related products.
-- ArtAffinity.com, a comprehensive information and community
resource for the art world, is a destination for global
collaboration, inspiration and exhibition. Creating a forum
for artists to showcase their work in a virtual gallery and
purchase art and art-related products, ArtAffinity.com also
provides free information about artists, museums,
publications, universities, art terms, styles and periods and
art associations. As the Consumer-to-Consumer arm of Artisan
Network, ArtAffinity.com is the one-of-a-kind resource where
artists of the world unite to access a global audience for
their work.
"Serving a fragmented frag·ment n. 1. A small part broken off or detached. 2. An incomplete or isolated portion; a bit: overheard fragments of their conversation; extant fragments of an old manuscript. 3. $31 billion market, Artisan Network's distinctive business model makes it the first company to unite the art industry and take it completely online," Adler adds. "Consumers, businesses and the global art community will find a variety of resources, products and services." Artisan Network has established strategic partnerships for technology, content and fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. . With Macquarium A MacQuarium is an aquarium made to sit within the shell of an Apple Macintosh computer. The term was coined by computer writer Andy Ihnatko as a joke (a jibe at the outdatedness of the Macintosh 512K) but MacQuaria have since been built both by Ihnatko himself and by many of his Intelligent Communications' cutting-edge technology and Texas Art Supply's vast product inventory and distribution capabilities, Artisan Network and its properties have the resources, consumer expertise and advanced technology to define and lead their own competitive space. About Artisan Network Designed to unite online art-related companies serving every facet facet /fac·et/ (fas´it) a small plane surface on a hard body, as on a bone. fac·et n. 1. A small smooth area on a bone or other firm structure. 2. of the visual arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → industry, Artisan Network is dedicated to fostering alliances through a global consortium of products, services and information for visually creative disciplines. Redefining the art industry, Artisan Network is uniting audience-specific, art-related companies and bringing every element of the art world online. Artisan Network's properties include MisterArt.com, the world's largest online discount art supply store, StudioSource, a business source enabling organizations and existing e-commerce sites to sell a full range of art-related products and ArtAffinity.com, a comprehensive community and information resource for the art world. |
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