Stop the ability to write off debt to end low pricing, says printweek.com survey

Almost half of printers surveyed by printweek.com believe that stopping companies' ability to write off debt is the most effective way to combat low pricing.

The poll, which ran on the printweek.com homepage over the past week, found that 43% of respondents believed that ending phoenix and pre-pack administrations was the best way to meet the challenge of low pricing. 

Only 16% believed that market forces should rule and no action should be taken to halt low pricing in the industry.

A quarter believed that naming and shaming guilty companies would be the most effective way to solve the pricing issue, with a further 17% saying that capacity has to come out of the market.

The poll followed Peter Crowson, managing director of Team Impression, hitting out at local rivals’ crazy pricing structures.