Schawk Slips into Net Loss for Second Quarter

• Consumer packaged goods (CPG) accounts sales in the second quarter of 2012 were $92.4 million, or 79.5 percent of total net sales, compared to $86.8 million in the same period of 2011, an increase of 6.5 percent, primarily due to increased product and brand development activity.

• Advertising and retail accounts sales in the second quarter of 2012 were $18.2 million, or 15.6 percent of total sales, a decrease of 6.0 percent, from $19.3 million during the second quarter 2011, primarily driven by continued reductions in client promotional activity.