Retail

Imprint Group targets new markets following £2m Inca spend

Imprint Group has become the first printer in the UK to install both the Inca Onset S50i and the Onset R40i as part of a nearly £2m upgrade to its wide-format digital print capability.

Stores seek to pack in the products – and the punters

Few sectors have had their business model so radically altered by the recession than grocery retailers.

Debenhams invests in Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 102-5+L

Magenta Print & Display, the in-house printing operation of retailer Debenhams, has bought a B1 five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 102 with inline coating to boost its makereadies and efficiency.

DS Smith interim results in line with expectations

In an interim management statement, DS Smith announced that it had made progress in line with its plans. The statement was released prior to the firm's AGM, which was held on 17 September.

Hollanders ramps up production to keep up with demand

Hollanders Printing Systems has ramped up production of its Fespa Digital-launched ColorBooster CB250 textile printer after it received an “an unprecedented number of orders” for the entry-level...

Delta in £1m Durst double investment

The Delta Group has installed two new Durst wide-format machines, significantly boosting it’s roll-to-roll capacity and enabling it to bring soft-signage production inhouse for the first time.

Coveris buys second UK packaging firm in three months

Acquisitive packaging group Coveris has bought its second UK firm in three months with a deal for £20m turnover Learoyd Packaging.

60 seconds with SPS Group

SPS Group was founded in 1968 by Ian Martin as a local screen printing business. The firm has developed into a POS and retail specialist employing 175 staff. It is run by Ian’s sons Toby (pictured)...

Ryedale Group wins inaugural Stationers' Innovation Excellence Awards

The Ryedale Group has been named overall winner of the Stationers' Company’s inaugural Innovation Excellence Awards, for developing a low-cost gas sensor with litho-printed electronics.

Retailers learn to tap into power of the subconscious

The Kunene is a remote, mountainous region of the southern African country Namibia, and home to the indigenous, semi-nomadic Himba people, distinctive for their reddish all-over body make-up.