Business Management - Industry Trends

Steve Mattingly discusses the International Newspaper Group’s Annual Conference, which is happening in Chicago right before PRINT 17.

Private label grocery stores like Aldi and Trader Joe’s are on the rise in the United States.

We take a look at five commercial printers who have taken inventive approaches and have become innovators.

I hope you immediately noticed the new graphic design treatments that we launched in our July issue of Printing Impressions.

Coloring books with grown-up themes were the hot item of 2016 for both brick-and-mortar bookstores and for retail sales of magazines.

If you are attending PRINT 17, make sure to visit The Printerverse at Booth 4425.

Marketers spent $44.9 billion on direct mail last year and nearly 90% of millennials use the paper coupons that they get in the mail.

Heidelberg recently hosted the first Security Day to highlight its commitment to partnering with security printing companies and state printing offices. The latest technology and solutions impacting ID printing were showcased for the more than 120 attendees from all over the world.

This week, Julie Greenbaum highlights industry news about LSC Communications' release of IntercepTag solution for verifying textbook authenticity; Weldon, Williams & Lick's acquisition of Worldwide Ticketcraft; C.J. Group of Companies' acquisition of Clixx; the acquisition of Quark Software by Parallax Capital Partners; Cox Media Group Ohio's closure of its newspaper printing facility in Franklin, Ohio; and the final deadline for the 2017 Gold Ink Awards (which is today!)

The sign and visual communications industry continues to reap the rewards of an improving economy.