Retail

Holmen: 37gsm options means printed products could become up to 16% lighter

Holmen adds lighter weight Uniq option

Holmen Paper aims to enhance its environmental appeal with a new lighter grammage version of its Uniq super-calendered paper.

Parcels boom: Royal Mail launched a new parcels collection service in October

Parcels landmark at Royal Mail

Parcels revenue has overtaken letters for the first time at Royal Mail, which has upped its investment to handle the Christmas ‘peak’ by around £100m this year.

Branding opportunities continue to be missed, said report

Macfarlane study highlights pandemic's packaging impact

Macfarlane Packaging’s latest 'Unboxing' survey has highlighted how online retailers are responding to the environmental concerns of consumers.

Govier: the opportunity to grow the business is huge

Kornit prepares for UK growth

Kornit Digital is setting up a UK office to support what it predicts will be significant growth in the UK market for direct-to-garment and direct-to-fabric printing as a result of reshoring due to...

The range has a wide range of potential applications, including print

G-Tec secures Covid rating for TouchShield

UK materials manufacturer G-Tec Paper & Film’s new range of TouchShield anti-microbial self-adhesive film has secured a 93% virus protection rating.

Tolley, Peeling and Bailey: more M&A could be on the cards

Precision, Prime and Proco merge and unveil £100m target

Precision Printing, Prime Group and ProCo have joined forces to create a £45m, 360 staff multisite commercial and online print group with ambitions to nudge £100m sales in three years.

Blaze's client roster includes flagship retail and banking brands

Hexcite continues buy and build strategy

Hexcite Group has acquired a retail specialist as it looks to create a fully rounded print and services group to serve major bricks-and-mortar retail brands.

Consumers prefer stores that have clear Covid graphics

Research: Covid secure graphics critical to retail bounce back

Industry research has highlighted that poor or non-existent in-store social distancing signage could almost halve an individual store's potential footfall.

More than 180 brands were represented at the show in 2019

Easyfairs reschedules September event

Easyfairs has become the latest event organiser forced to reschedule and has moved its September London show to December, and has unveiled a series of webinars to maintain visitor engagement.

Aux magazine: sent to 2,500 inmates

Kall Kwik City supports prison scheme

Kall Kwik City in London has helped a prisoner rehabilitation initiative continue to support inmates through lockdown by switching its operation from record label to magazine publisher.