Hot Markets for 2007 — Prepare for Growth

At Number 2 will be banking and insurance ($3.02T, +6 percent; with $15.6B to print, +2 percent). Commercial banking ($11.6B to print, +2 percent) is the largest direct mailer and a major demander of signage, outdoor, transit, forms and stationery. Mergers will slow to smaller banks, limiting category growth, but the buyers will be foreign-based financial institutions. Name changes!