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Matthew Parker provides the most common reason why customers leave, and what you can do to prevent it.

Getting things done matters. How they get done is every bit as important. Here are strategies to help your team deliver on commitments.

A perfect plan may sound great, but it won’t work if it cannot be executed. Here are tips to create an achievable and successful plan.

Let’s discuss ways to create stand-out direct mail marketing and get your product or service noticed.

Let’s explore how to increase desirability of your product or service with direct mail using these behavioral science tactics.

One of the easiest ways to improve direct mail results is by testing “augmented mailers.” Here are some examples that have worked well.

According to a NAPCO Research survey, printing companies that offer custom web portals are reaping many benefits.

How do today’s customers engage with brands? For Lake County Press, success comes through utilizing every available resource.

2022 is a pivotal year for the W2P industry. Here, we will discuss two major opportunities: platform economy and automated workflow.

Complete with a hashtag and over 2.7 million views, Truly Engaging has harnessed TikTok for its incredible marketing potential.

Mark Nixon, the EVP of global sales and marketing at Scodix, chats about the trends he sees impacting the space in the coming months.

This week’s strategy is a simple way to add a 3D effect using a layered die cut. It won’t get in the way of machine production, either.

Leaders will often say their people are their greatest strength. Yet recruiting and training are overlooked. There’s a better way.

There’s been a shift in how to attract, retain, and train valuable staff members; therefore, a new employer toolbox must be assembled.

The hiring struggle is unprecedented. By turning this challenge into a competitive advantage, companies can avoid falling victim.

The Anstadt Co. looked to new folding carton printing opportunities in digital packaging print technology for growth.

HP’s Indigo 12000 HD system is increasingly being used for applications such as professional and wedding photo prints. The system’s high-definition writing head doubles print resolution and outperforms the quality of most offset printing. PRINTING United Booth 6407.

What follows is an interview with Rosemarie Breske Garvey, VP at Blooming Color in Lombard, Ill. Blooming Color is doing some pretty spectacular work beyond traditional four-color printing and I wanted to learn more.

Here are five terms that may impact your organization and your clients’ print applications.

The value it brings to all forms of print is significant, and if you’re not engaging with this medium then you should ask yourself why.

This holiday season marketers are leveraging augmented reality to drive both consumer engagement and purchases; some include print.

With an ICC profile, we can convert the artwork with this definition to force it to match the standard with a non-standard ink set.

With management systems, printers should be equipped with the proper hardware and software to ensure consistency of output.

Trying to achieve a shared visual appearance between products printed on different media with different printers can be challenging.

The data that is generated and collected within your MIS system can speak volumes about the performance of your business.

The Committee on House Administration held a hearing to discuss data privacy risks and reform needed in the public and private sectors.

As businesses and retailers adjust to new routines and marketing gears up, here are three reasons to consider programmatic printing.

Expanding into wide-format is exciting, but requires creating a smart manufacturing layout to produce the printed items profitably.

If you haven’t delved into wide-format, it can be a significant new revenue stream for your commercial printing operation.

In part two, Green examines the impacts of e-commerce and trends that are driving the North American digital textile market forward.

While digital is a choice among printing processes, it continues to provide change, new opportunity, and compelling advantages.

Printing and packaging industries benefit from influx of digital printing platforms across commercial, in-plant, packaging segments.

According to the research, roughly 6,000 printers are considering an investment in B2 inkjet printing over the next two years.

Returning to the U.S. after 8 years, Hunter Bliss provides insight into American society and how this move impacts Pebble Printing.

Who in the U.S. could print a project like this? This project is uncompromising in quality and it must be printed in the U.S.

Hunter Bliss discusses what Pebble Paper offers in the matte and semi-gloss arena, and what’s next for Pebble Printing Group.

The printing industry is shifting toward inkjet printing. As such, more companies should evaluate the benefits of insourcing.

Lack of information can cause designers to miss out on exploiting new technologies or create unnecessary expense.

Slowing down and following a "Best Practices" method to paper trials and qualification will save you time and ink costs by focusing on ink and paper surface compatibility. As your cost for a better inkjet paper and print quality go up, your ink usage should go down. But only if there are best practices in place.

The centerpiece was the virtual debut of a new, dry-toner digital press: the SX30000, a B2-format, continuous-feed device from Xeikon.

The imagePRESS C850 offers print speeds of up to 85 letter-size images per minute, duplex, long-sheet printing, and can handle heavier, coated or textured stock. The imagePRESS C850 also features in-line finishing options including creasing and trimming. PRINTING United Booth 7016.

Xerox recently unveiled the Iridesse. Now that the glitter has settled, there are a few questions to explore about its possibilities.

The last couple of times we discussed how paper and then finishing can enhance your direct mail ROI, now let’s look at coatings.

The new, high-gloss printable laminate film from Nobelus offers scratch-resistance and can be used for gluing, foil stamping, UV coating and more. It is intended for direct mail, magazines, folding cartons and other applications. PRINTING United Booth 10141.

We have seen lots of advances in adhesives for bookbinding over the years, with PUR (polyurethane reactive) adhesive being the last major game changer. But there is now a revived interest in protein-based adhesives.

Heidelberg’s Speedmaster XL 106-5 press is the machine of choice for a Canadian sheetfed printer: Its integrated LED drying technology gives companies additional product options, as well as a way to access higher-margin printing opportunities. PRINTING United Booth 10143.

Citing the need to increase capacity and gain a competitive advantage, the perfecting press from RMGT was the perfect choice for a growing business. This and other solutions from the company will be represented in Dallas. PRINTING United Booth 9551.

OK, I digress from my usual finishing tech. discussion this week. Although I’m on the digital finishing side, I spent enough time in the high-volume offset world to become quite familiar with publication, periodical and catalog production.

Don Piontek shares some of the diverse finishing applications and systems he’s come across in his career.

During a recent trade show, Don Piontek looked for the newest finishing technology and he found innovations in mechanical binding.

In the search for new finishing developments, Don Piontek received a LinkedIn press release alert on something called “Vpaper.”