2008 Hot Markets — Charting Your Course
Home appliances and furniture and fixtures ($1.6B to domestic print, -24 percent) will continue in decline as more production goes offshore. Coldset web FSIs, coupons, swatchbooks, POP, packaging and labels will be the principal buys. Floors, walls, windows ($2.0B to print, +3 percent), lawn and garden ($0.4B to print, +19 percent) and remodeling services ($1.0B to print, -8 percent) will source to mostly local sheetfed, label, folding carton and copy shops.
- People:
- Jack Welch
- Places:
- United States
Vincent Mallardi, C.M.C., is a the chairman of the Printing Brokerage/Buyers Association International (PBBA) and is a Certified Management Consultant in the paper, printing and converting industries. He is also an adjunct professor in economics. Contact him via email at vince@pbba.org
