BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Owning/managing a commercial printing or digital printing operation brings challenges, be it
common business issues such as profitability, employee benefits, staffing and succession planning
or industry-specific ones like declining print volumes, over capacity and industry consolidation.
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Foxfire Printing and Packaging : Sure Signs of Success
Foxfire reached the top of its marketplace, nearly doubling its sales to $47 million, by enabling its clients—retail chains...
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Island Pro Digital : The Problem Solvers
W hile most companies were trying to remain afloat during the recession in 2009, Hauppauge, NY-based trade printer Island... -
Challenges Facing Folding Carton Printers
In the 2012 PPC Trends Report, RISI predicts that shipments of folding cartons are forecast to grow at a 0.5... -
Labels: Adding Value to Packaging
As a relatively young industry in the context of printing, and a downstream user of a variety of raw materials,... -
The Printing Express : The Right Man for the Job
I t's difficult to believe that Michael Meredith has been at the helm for just 10 years, yet The Printing... -
Industry Benchmarks : Measuring Performance
InfoTrends’ recent “Emerging Trends” survey was designed to create performance and value innovation benchmarks for the production printing market. There... -
Ripon Printers : A Midwestern Delight
Ripon Printers is a company on the move, bolstered by the digital and commercial printing assets it acquired from... -
Printing Business Management LinkedIn Groups
The following LinkedIn groups provide opportunities to connect with other graphic arts professionals involved in managing a printing business: Print...
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Labels: The State of the Industry
July 2012
The need for a label of some kind, intrinsic to the product packaging or applied to it, will not go away. However, there are certainly...
Industry M&A Activity : Deals Are in Full Bloom
May 2012For those printers in some level of distress, this may be an opportune time to cash out as opposed to doubling down in an industry...
Allegra Network : Printer to Marketer Mantra
February 2012
The 2012 value proposition for Allegra Network—now Allegra Marketing•Print•Mail—is this: The network uses the royalties it receives from franchisees to develop programs its members can...
2012 Legislative Agenda : USPS, Elections Force Hands
January 2012Three of the four issues of most interest to Printing Industries of America (PIA) and its lobby—health care, taxes and regulatory—are industry agnostic and impact...
Commercial Printing Outlook : New Year, Similar Outlook
December 2011Looking ahead to 2012, it seems as if the commercial printing industry, the country as a whole and even the global economy have been...
Book Printing Outlook : Riding the Higher Ed Wave
December 2011
Judging the health of the book publishing industry is a lot like viewing a national weather map. The happy sun icon is shown here and...
Fast-Track Firms : Creativity Goes a Long Way
December 2011These three printers—Foxfire Printing and Packaging, Walsworth Publishing, and Direct Impressions—offer hope in an industry that has seen its share of adversity in recent years....
Catalog and Publication Outlook : Multiple Platform Providers
December 2011
There was some good news for magazine publishers this year, as advertising sales levels began to rebound. Looking at the catalog segment, there is no...
Printing’s Best Workplaces : The Cream of the Crop
November 2011
There is a select group of companies in the printing industry that take an aggressive approach to offering working terms and conditions that attract and...
Cross-Media and the In-plant
December 2011
THE GRAPHIC communications industry is in the middle of an evolution to expand services beyond print to include cross-media and marketing. Unfortunately, the in-plant market...
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