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Printers capsized by an endless sea of paper options
When even the paper merchants admit that choosing a paper for print can be like "walking through treacle" for customers if the right information is not provided in the sales process, it's easy to see...
Attendance figures quash concerns of the 'Drupa effect'
Few would have admitted it two weeks ago, but Fespa Digital 2012, given its proximity to this May's looming print spectacular, was at risk of falling foul of the dreaded 'Drupa effect'.
Printers bridging the gap to cross-media
Personalised emails whizzing into customers' inboxes, text messages popping up a couple of days later to remind them to act on the email, and pieces of attractive print landing on doorsteps to really...
PrintCity shows survival instinct in face of member's woes
The bonds of the PrintCity Alliance have been creaking of late. The insolvency of one its founding members at the end of last year - six months from Drupa - could not have come at a worse time....
The importance of keeping up appearances
We all know the score: organic fare is better for us and, to most palates, tastier than food that has been processed within an inch of its life. But it also costs a lot more.
Power-packed: brands battle for on-shelf impact
Faced with the combination of a cut-throat, time-sensitive, brand-promiscuous UK consumer and the plethora of product choice competition crowding the retailer shelves, high-street brands are...
How shared know-how can cut costs
WIth the help of an innovative tie-up with the local university this firm implemented a comprehensive and effective energy reduction scheme
'We're in it for the long term & we expect to see growth'
A month ago, the future of Manroland's sheetfed arm looked more than a little uncertain. While a buyer for the web division was all but signed, sealed and delivered, the only hope for the sheetfed arm...
In-plants blur the boundaries between public and private
Rarely has an iGen purchase caused such a furore as that of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) print services division.
OEM or third-party? Now a new force joins the inks fray
Plastered onto the high-street window display is a poster of a stunning model gazing out and dressed in this season's garb. But something is wrong. The colours have faded under the glare of sunlight...
Show preview: Fespa Digital
Applications are to take centre stage in Barcelona, with the key message being howprinters can boost profits by "exploring the wider opportunities"
Half-empty or half-full? How the Olympics will affect print
It has been 2,394 days since the International Olympic Committee announced that the 2012 Olympic Games were coming to London.
Print managers face up to the cross-media challenge
And the winner of PrintWeek's Most Popular Sector Award is... print management!" Okay, so this isn't the most likely of scenarios. But there's no denying that print managers have, over the past few...
For the record: printing your art on your sleeve
A few years back, notions like RPM, the B-side and the 12-inch would have got a blank response, at best a snigger, from anyone below the age of 25. In 2012, though, to the astonishment of many in the...
'We're not Manroland' - nonetheless, recovery will be hard
Kodak never does anything the easy way. Last week's Chapter 11 filing - in the dead of night - was a case in point. The lack of surprise at an announcement that had been anticipated since September...