I am very happy to announce that effective September 1, 2017 Sunny Huang will become Exaclair’s Director, Marketing and Communications. Sunny will continue many of the current programs, develop new ones, and assume the responsibilities of communications with both retailers and sales reps. I am leaving with confidence, knowing the brands, customers and people I […]
Editorial
Quo Vadis US History
Quo Vadis planners entered the US market in 1976 – 41 years ago – with a small sales & distribution office in Buffalo, NY. Planners and diaries were manufactured in Carquefou, France (near Nantes, in Brittany), and imported into the U.S. The manufacturing and warehouse facility in Hamburg, NY was built in 1982, with the […]
J.T. Ellison’s “So Close the Hand of Death”
J.T. Ellison is the New York Times and USA Today best selling author of seventeen critically acclaimed novels. One series of thrillers stars Nashville homicide detective Lt. Taylor Jackson, who hunts down serial killers – sometimes with the help of her love interest, FBI profiler Dr. John Baldwin. It was a thrill for me to read this passage in chapter […]
Jacques Herbin 1798 Ink – “Amethyste De L’Oural”
For the last five years, J. Herbin (now “Herbin”) has introduced a new 1670 ink over the summer. 1670 inks are known for their deep, rich colors and gold sheen. This year, Herbin is introducing a new color and a new collection: Jacques Herbin 1798 Ink. The color chosen to inaugurated the collection is “Amethyste […]
Ivory Paper
Not all the paper in Quo Vadis and Exacompta diaries and planners is the same. Most are printed with white paper, a few with ivory pages, and some with a green tint for a light mint look. You can read about the planners with green tint paper here. Three of our weekly formats — Space […]
The West Coast Planners
The West Coast Planners invited Quo Vadis to participate in their spring meet up – “Planners Rock!” It is scheduled for Saturday, February 3, 2018, and will be held at the Hard Rock Hotel in Palm Springs, CA. Past events in Portland, OR and Seattle, WA have sold out. The organizers expect about 400 participants. […]
Quo Vadis A-Z
Every year we get calls from people looking for the traditional A-Z address insert for their planner. One of our online retailers – Classic Office Products – stocks every address insert available. You can see and purchase them on their site. The store owner, Ed Bauer, is a great guy with a lot of product […]
2017 North American Quo Vadis Meeting
Next week, several of us from Exaclair, Inc. and Quo Vadis Editions will head off to Montreal for the annual meeting of U.S. and Canadian Quo Vadis offices. We will be joined by the president of Quo Vadis from France. If you had one thing to say, one issue to raise at the table, what […]
Early Bird Special at Atlas Stationers!
Atlas Stationers is offering a 10% “Early Bird” discount on all Quo Vadis planners through August 31, 2017! 2017-2018 planners are in stock now, and 2018 calendar year planners will be in stock the first week of June. Atlas Stationers is one of our best retailers for Quo Vadis planners, Clairefontaine and Rhodia notebooks, G. […]
Does “Made in the USA” Mean Anything?
One on-going debate we have in the office is about highlighting “Made in the USA” on our Quo Vadis products. We need to redesign the product bands for the 2019 editions, which means we need to complete them by next fall. What information should we include on them? Should “Made in USA” feature prominently? If […]
