Allegra Network

Whether you keep a very strong current ratio with large cash reserves in the business or you choose to keep it in liquid personal assets, do one or the other. You will sleep better and will be better prepared for emergencies. Equally important is to be in a position to capitalize on the great opportunities that are still out there in our industry.

The ownership groups of Allegra Holdings, parent company of the Allegra, Insty-Prints, American Speedy and Signs Now franchise brands, and Sign and Graphics Holdings, parent company of the Signs By Tomorrow and new Image360 franchise brands, have united these organizations through the formation of a common parent company called Alliance Franchise Brands.

What was the inflation in your cost structure last year and what will it be this year? How much have your rent, utilities, payroll, supplies and delivery costs gone up? Have the courage to always build inflation into your pricing, or it will eventually put you out of business. It’s happened to many of your competitors.

Have you heard of The Deadly Law of Attrition? If not, I may shock you with this statement: You are going to lose your best customer. It’s not a matter of if; it’s a matter of when.

I’ve never witnessed a time during my 27 years in this industry when more printers felt like they are at a fork in the road. One road takes them down the same path they have been on for many years. The other road, or roads, leads down a new path of diversification.

CHICAGO—The industry's finest printers and executives will be on parade at the annual Gold Ink Awards and Hall of Fame banquet, which is slated for Monday, Oct. 8 at 5 p.m. in the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Regency Ballroom during Graph Expo.

PHILADELPHIA—Printing Impressions magazine is pleased to announce its 2012 class of inductees into the Printing Impressions/RIT Printing Industry Hall of Fame. The 27th induction class includes Carl Gerhardt, chairman, Allegra Network, Plymouth, MI; Michael Graff, president and CEO, Sandy Alexander, Clifton, NJ; David Harding, president and CEO, HardingPoorman Group, Indianapolis; Volker Petersen, president and CEO, Brown Printing, Waseca, MN.

The 27th Printing Impressions/RIT Printing Industry Hall of Fame induction class includes: Carl Gerhardt, chairman, Allegra Network;  Michael Graff, president and CEO, Sandy Alexander; David Harding, president and CEO, HardingPoorman Group; and Volker Petersen, president and CEO, Brown Printing.

PLYMOUTH, MI—Allegra Network, the marketing, print and graphic communications franchisor of Allegra, American Speedy Printing, Insty-Prints and Signs Now brands, has announced the appointments of Bob Milroy as president of the company’s Print/Marketing Division and Ray Palmer as president of the Sign Division. Steve White, COO and president of Signs Now, has decided to resign his position and leave the company to pursue new interests.

Allegra Network has announced the appointments of Bob Milroy as president of the company’s Print/Marketing Division and Ray Palmer as president of the Sign Division. Steve White, chief operating officer and president of Signs Now, has decided to resign his position and leave the company to pursue new interests.