Business Management - Industry Trends

Will prices increases hold, and will more increases follow? The dynamics are a complex mix of positives and negatives, and the mix is different for different grades.

For 2010, three big stories will be the end of the recession, the end of black liquor credits, and the proposed anti-dumping and countervailing duties on coated papers from China and Indonesia.

There are several industry trends that are being directly driven by paper specifiers and their customers. From environmental benefits to new technologies to the bottom line, these bigger picture objectives will be prevalent throughout 2010

The large format outdoor graphics market is holding strong despite economic constraints. As other forms of advertising falter, marketers turn to a selective, targeted, and impacting means to convey messages. In bustling urban regions, nothing attracts more attention than stunning building sized print.

By all accounts, 2009 was a difficult year for the printing ink industry. Manufacturers faced pressure from a variety of areas: the global recession, the downturn in the printing market, higher raw material costs and fierce competition.

If you visit a Justice store, you may notice large plasma screens showing the latest video from Jonas Brothers. You're not watching MTV. You're watching The Tween Network, an in-store video network launched earlier this year by Tween Brands in 600 of its Justice and Limited Too stores.

After a steady rise and fall this past year, paper prices have leveled off. What's the outlook for 2010? Experts predict a gradual, upward movement in paper pricing for the coming year.

Holiday music tends to put people in a better state of mind. Did it work for you? I know, it's hard to make the bad feelings of an entire year go away with a few lines from a Christmas song. We might have to book a Manheim Steamroller concert in order to sing away all the blahs accumulated during 2009.

I’m here to say the paper party may soon be over. There are a few factors in the market that suggest price increases could be in our future. For starters, paper manufacturers have already started trying to raise prices.

PRINT 09 offered an array of wide-format printing systems and highlighted a number of industry trends that could present opportunities for commercial printers, including sustainability and high-volume POP production.