Retail

Amazon app update heralds opportunity for print

Online retailer Amazon has launched an app update in the US that enables consumers to simply photograph a piece of packaging in a retail store or at home that will then link to the product on Amazon...

PS2 in triple IFS spend as it eyes 35% growth

PS2 Print has spent circa £150,000 re-equipping its bindery to help improve efficiencies and margins and grow turnover from £2.6m to £3.5m in the next couple of years.

Icon rebrands McKenzie Clark and invests £1.5m in kit and site consolidation

Icon has rounded off the integration of McKenzie Clark by consolidating the two firm’s production facilities into one site in a £1.5m spend that included a UK wide-format first.

Canon expands wide-format range with entry-level machines

Canon has expanded its imagePrograf family of large-format printers with two new stripped-down models targeted at inplant and entry-level commercial and franchise print poster applications.

Hine field upgrade doubles digital capacity

Rotherham-based Hine Labels has field-upgraded its Xeikon 3030 web-fed digital label press, more than doubling the speed at a “fraction of the cost of a new machine”.

Graphic Measures International targets Europe

Packaging quality measurement agency Graphic Measures International (GMI) has opened a UK sales centre to widen its certification reach to European retailers and print managers.

London retailers host live t-shirt printing

Live t-shirt design and printing has been rolled out at Liberty London and Topman Oxford Circus, in collaboration with interactive print specialist Yr Store.

Print is inked into the fabric of life

Even with the highly experimental cuisine, a world without print is no fun at all – just one day without print is a struggle to get through.

Dufaylite launches first outdoor honeycomb board

Dufaylite has launched its first outdoor product, a polypropylene-based honeycomb board, which it claimed represents an eco-friendly alternative to MDF and PVC boards for outdoor work and long-life...

Mimaki to unveil latest wide-format flatbed

Mimaki is to debut a new wide-format LED UV-cured flatbed inkjet, the JFX200-2513, next week.