By Brian Womack, The Dallas Morning News

On a sunny morning in Flower Mound, Texas, at a Michaels store, David Boone , the CEO who joined the retailer earlier this year, walked among the shelves and shoppers.

The executive showed off a growing list of products among shelves packed with options like the right items for hosting parties, or growing fabric options for fans of sewing.

“We’ve been working hard for the last six months,” Boone, whose company is based in nearby Irving, Texas, said in a September interview.

The news features for Michaels are part of Boone’s vision for a company whose stores dot sites throughout the country in all but one state. Boone is focused on making Michaels “the center of creativity and celebration in every community,” Boone said.

Michaels, the big-box

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