A Cautionary Tale

The departure of failed printers may permit the best managed enterprises to grow profitably in a down market, Holliday says. “I’ve never known a time that printers did not complain about too many cylinders chasing too little work.

“I’ve also never known a time when aggressive, customer-focused printers weren’t growing profitably at the expense of their less aggressive and less astute competition,” he adds. “Printers are still eating their less savvy competitors’ lunch. They always have and they always will.”