Features

It's all gone quiet for PM

After optimistic predictions at the start of 2009, the year saw a retreat rather than expansion for print management . Simon Nias asks what went wrong?

Kingfisher boosts turnover in transition from late developer to early adopter

A relatively late move to CTP spurred this SME into technological innovation, finds Simon Nias

The Cats that got the cream

Having made 12 acquisitions over the past 10 years, Cats Solutions knows how to stay flexible,keep customers happy and focus on its strengths, discovers Philip Chadwick

Paper cleans up

Despite already being one of the greenest industries, paper is working hard to become even greener, finds Simon Creasey

Historic London printer steps into 21st century with next-generation investments

This 100-year old veteran company has learned a few new tricks to keep its output fresh, finds Adam Hooker

Commission schemes: redefine the carrot and stick

With the recession hitting print hard, Jo Francis discovers that profits can come from redefining the way in which your sales staff operate and getting tougher on targets

Can you bank on print's future?

Far from ending, print's involvement in the financial sector is evolving, finds Philip Chadwick

Power of Print: Rectifying the pulp fictions

If the paper industry is to overturn its reputation as environmentally unfriendly, it must learn to communicate, says Simon Creasey

Power of Print: Print's in the mix

Far from print being past its sell by date, it is in fact entering a new phase in its development where it holds its own working in conjunction with other media, discovers Philip Chadwick

Power of Print: Make text come alive

The ascendance of 'augmented reality' may offer a new lease of life to print and help to keep the industry both contemporary and relevant, discovers Simon Creasey

Power of Print: The big clean-up

While the green lobby may lambast print, the industry has done much to clean up its act and rebuild its reputation, says John Severs

Power of Print: Guilty until proven innocent?

In the media and the eyes of the public, direct mail has been cast as an environmental bad guy, but that's not the whole story, says William Mitting

Review of the decade

As the curtain falls on the decade, the printing industry will be hoping that the next 10 years bring better fortune than the last. In a two-part look at events since the turn of the millennium,...

Broad customer base and modern set-up ensure growth during the recession

MD is confident of company's future despite increasing competition from digital media, finds Jon Severs

Mixed messages for DM

While strikes at Royal Mail may have prompted fears of marketers migrating to online alternatives, the direct mail sector has remained strong, finds Philip Chadwick