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Finishing is key to cards that deliver
Christmas is definitely on the cards this month, though it's anyone's guess whether it'll be a white one, a green one or the grey of economic gloom. For those seasonally merry men at Nottingham's...
Custody brands are certifiably confusing
Hooray for Hotel Chocolat. Or, more specifically, well done to whoever handles its mail order catalogue, which dropped on to my doormat recently. It's not so much the toothsome treats inside that...
Opportunities abound in digital print
Thinking about and planning for 2009? This we all need: new opportunities; new business options; and ideas to give us inspiration as to how we can grow and prosper. In the digital print world, there...
Print can learn from drama at Frome
What does Joni Mitchell have to do with the printing industry? Not a lot that I know of, but while reading up on the latest twists in the tale of Butler and Tanner, I found myself humming the refrain...
Print evolution set to continue apace
Following on from Drupa, our publisher organised for Frank Romano, professor emeritus at Rochester Institute of Technology, to come and share his world view with the Haymarket Print Group team and a...
PAS 2020 move to ban polywrapping ignores real environmental threats
Plans to regulate the direct mail industry through the new PAS 2020 standard don't seem to have been thought through, particularly the move to outlaw the use of polywrapping and poly-bagging.
Print's latest goldrush
It is not often I hear people speaking of Klondike moments in the printing sector, but at last months Printing World Digital Workshop, W2P director Peter Lancaster likened the opportunities to be...
E-marketing the only winner in mail dispute
Royal Mail chiefs have stated that the latest wave of strikes could cost the carrier up to 260m.
Ancient script is no longer a puzzle
One pastime that I enjoy is the solving of crossword puzzles. It is a pursuit that helps to improve vocabulary, to extend general knowledge, and to provide gentle daily mental exercise. Sceptical and...
Kodak and Xerox lead the fight against the counterfeiting that blights print
On foreign trips to places like China, many of us delight in haggling for apparently branded goods in the street markets. This is for items we obviously know to be fakes such as Rolex watches and...
The psychology of colour choice
Scientists at Newcastle University recently published, in an issue of Current Biology, the results of research examining the colour preferences of the sexes. Any colour predilections were deem-ed to...
The best managers can make money in print
Media & Print Investments Mike Dolans entrance into the world of print reminds me of the old industry joke: How do you make a small fortune in print? Start off with a large one.