Overseas Sourcing — China: A Limited Threat

Kevin Clarke, president of book and directory services for Quebecor World, notes that the firm’s Latin American platform—which consists of Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Brazil and Argentina—has grown 300 percent in the past three years.

“There’s a billion dollars worth of product coming into the United States that’s being produced offshore,” Clarke says. “We’ve combined Latin American sources with our U.S. offering to give all our publishers a combination of options. They can drive their supply chain with our U.S. platform and take advantage of the economies that are available for certain products that match our Latin American offering.”