Retail

Fujifilm has unveiled more of its plans for next month’s Ipex, which include a tie-up with Horizon UK agent Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS) to create a true short-run commercial inkjet print shop.

Earlier this month Amazon launched an app update that has been described as a major threat to traditional retailers. However, not everyone is running scared as the opportunities may be significant.

Swanline Print has ordered its second HP Scitex FB10000 industrial flatbed press, part of a £1m investment, just eight months after installing the UK’s first after achieving significant growth with...

Commercial printer Compass is targeting continued growth in its sign and display division after completing a £100,000 investment in a new facility and kit.

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 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 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 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.

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”.

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.