Print buying
More woes for Tangent
Operating profits at Tangent’s print business have crashed by 95% from £1m to just £50,000.
Hot hands uncover Computer Arts’ undercover cover
Heat-reactive ink, which reveals hidden images when warmed, has been used to enhance the front cover of the latest issue of Future Publishing’s graphic design magazine Computer Arts.
Make sure good customers want to keep coming back
On the high street – be it the virtual or physical version – customer loyalty is hard won. The big retailers pump great piles of cash into customer retention strategies because they know that the...
Royal Mail shares rise after interims
Royal Mail’s revenues from marketing mail grew by 3% in the first half of the year, boosted by an increase in DM spend and in its own data activities.
Adapt, rather than die
Jo Francis wonders whether some of our major magazine publishers have lost the art of reinvention.
Americk Packaging acquires Adare Advantage
Americk Packaging has acquired Adare’s packaging business, Adare Advantage, for an undisclosed sum.
Avon tender to be finalised soon
One of the UK’s largest regular catalogue jobs should have a new printer by the end of the month.
Norske Skog in talks on debt
Newsprint and magazine papermaker Norske Skog is attempting to restructure its near $1bn (£660m) debt, in the hope of avoiding a “comprehensive balance sheet restructuring”.
Bauer culls FHM and Zoo
It’s the end of the line for lads’ mags FHM and Zoo. Publisher Bauer has announced that it has suspended publication of both titles.
Guardian pulls popular supplement
The Guardian had to pulp a supplement with a print run of more than 160,000 at the weekend, according to reports.