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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Recruitment During Corona with Dorinda Gibbons

Deb Corn and Dorinda Gibbons, director at Profile Recruitment, discuss recruitment and employment during a pandemic.

Pantone Partners With Apparel Brand for T-shirts a

Apparel brand Fuzzed Up Bear partnered with Pantone for a project it calls the Human Being Initiative.

What Was Once Optional, Is Now Mandatory

Once upon a time, it only took a strong relationship with a buyer to succeed in print sales. Now, new sales traits are needed.

3 Things to Know About Selling During COVID-19

During the months-long stay-at-home orders, many of us have had to navigate a new normal. Then there’s selling during COVID-19.

Your Best Prospects Mirror Your Best Customers

A robust customer review and analysis process can help identify and measure your key accounts along three key criteria.

The Mailworks Raises $30k for Black Lives Matter

The Mailworks has raised over $30,000 in sales of vinyl decals to support and stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

Kodak’s Digital Do-Over 

Kodak is flipping the script with the emergence of digital print. We see digital not as a threat, but as a golden opportunity.

CJK Group Acquires Assets of Quad Book Facility

CJK Group has completed an agreement with Quad to acquire the assets associated with its Versailles, Ky., book manufacturing facility.

Quad Augments Strategy, Divests Kentucky Facility

Quad announced plans to augment its Quad 3.0 strategy and completed the sale of its Versailles, Ky., book plant to CJK Group.

Wage + Benefits 2020 Survey Open for Submissions

Print Industries Affiliates have announced their Wage + Benefits 2020 Surveymis open for submissions now through July 31, 2020.

Finding Success Beyond Print in Adjacent Markets

McClung Companies looks beyond offset and digital print and related services, to also offer digital marketing, IT, and tech services.

Gasch Printing Adds to Business Development Team

Gasch Printing recently hired Tim Dilli as a sales executive and Joe Upton in the newly created role of VP of business development.

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The Week That Was (6/29/2020)

On this episode of The Week that Was, APPI has developed a new antimicrobial flood coating; Quad augmented its Quad 3.0 strategy and divested a book manufacturing facility to the CJK Group; new research highlights trends in influencing profitability; and Bill Farquharson has some simple sales advice.

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Featured Resources

Mid-Atlantic Flexo and Digital Label Printer

Our client is an industry leading pressure sensitive label printer and converter, as well as a…

Multi-Channel Marketing Partner

A marketing execution company that serves a national base of Fortune 500 type, brand conscious…

Publications Printer

Our client is a leading, response-oriented short- to medium-run publication printer strategically…

Mountain States Screen Printing, Embroidery, & Promotional Products Firm

This profitable screen printing firm has a solid record of growing sales and profitability and is…

Technology Leader in the Manufacturing and Sales of Digital Label Systems, Plotters, Cutters & Recording Devices

Located in the Northeast, our client develops and manufactures products and systems based on…

East Coast – Marketing Service Provider

Our client has consistently been a leader in its eastern US local print media market. The key…

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