Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Here's a good idea for commercial printers: Examine your customer base and find a common theme of company types based on profitability. Then brainstorm ideas to further expand your firm's usefulness for this new niche client base - software, inventory management, design or other specializing services. Fire (or phase out) ...Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Two American Business Media rebuttal witnesses were cross-examined before the Postal Rate Commission this week. Their written testimony was filed in November. Circulation Management reported on their appearance. The ABM testimony was made in response to two sets of testimony and rate proposals, one jointly by the Magazine Publishers of ...Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
New York Times Company announced today that in November 2006 advertising revenues for the Company's business units from continuing operations decreased 3.8% and total Company revenues decreased 1.7% compared with November 2005. The Internet ad revenues rose 29.8% in November due to continued growth in both display and classified advertising.Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
Forty percent of book publishers say they had worked with an overseas printer in the past year according to a recent survey. Book Business, an industry trade mag, has a story with 15 tips from printers and publishers about outsourcing overseas. A couple were quite interesting: - Consider an offshore ...Monday, December 4th, 2006
If postal rates increase, mail volume is supposed to go down which means print volume goes down. Right? Not really says Dr. Joe Webb in his column today at WhatTheyThink.com. "For years we have been hearing that postal rate changes disturb the pattern of shipments of the industry. Mailers increase their ...Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
This summer, Phinney/Bischoff Design House and research firm Ipsos conducted a study of marketing professionals. The study examined issues and opportunities marketers face within their organizations and the impact that rapidly evolving market conditions are having on the traditional roles of marketers. The results were very interesting as noted by ...Friday, December 1st, 2006
The New York Times has released its Times Reader in a free beta on NYTimes.com. The NYT may charge for this service after the beta. The Reader is a downloadable application for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista users. "The New York Times is the only newspaper to offer advertisers ...Thursday, November 30th, 2006
Perry Judd's is one of North America's most respected magazine and catalog printers. Based in Waterloo Wisconsin, the firm is known for its great service and name-brand clients. Graphic Arts Monthly recently published an article about the company's investments in technologies that cut production costs while integrating their customers into ...Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
Cenveo's attempt to buy Banta drew out a bit of information that Senior Editor Gail Nickel-Kailing pointed out in a report today at WhatTheyThink.com. The report is entitled "Cenveo Board Waived Its Ethics Code During the Takeover Attempt of Banta: The Question Remains, Was This Ethical?" (Subscription Required) Here are ...Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Inflation or a worse-than-expected housing slump could slow the economy even more said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke today. Bernanke says the slow down has been expected and that this should ease inflation. "A failure of inflation to moderate as expected would be especially troublesome," he said. (See more from ...
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