Michaels
Michaels stores can be found in 49 states and Canada and offer a large selection of arts, crafts, framing, floral, wall décor, and seasonal merchandise. They carry approximately 37,000 basic items and average 18,300 square feet of selling space. As of March 30, 2009, we had 1,018 Michaels stores in operation.
Our Aaron Brothers stores are located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. Aaron Brothers is a wholly owned subsidiary of Michaels Stores, Inc. that offers photo frames, a full line of ready-made frames, custom framing services, and a wide selection of art supplies. Each store averages 5,500 square feet of selling space and carries approximately 5,700 items. We had 157 Aaron Brothers stores in operation as of March 30, 2009.
Artistree is our vertically integrated frame and moulding manufacturing operation with facilities in City of Industry, CA, Coppell, TX, and Kernersville, Combined, these facilities occupy approximately 476,000 square feet and, in fiscal 2008, processed over 25 million linear feet of frame moulding and 5 million individually custom cut mats for our Michaels and Aaron Brothers stores.
In addition to these retail and wholesale divisions, Michaels Stores, Inc. also operates seven distribution centers strategically located throughout the United States to supply our stores with merchandise. They are located in California, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington. Michaels stores generally receive deliveries from the distribution centers each week through an internal transportation distribution network using a dedicated fleet of trucks and contract carriers.
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