NAPL Leadership Road Show in Atlanta: Programs for Print Executives, Buyers, Designers

Following a highly successful first stop in Chicago, the National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL) Executive Road Show will be coming to Atlanta on June 24 for two programs. NAPL Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Andrew Paparozzi and Senior Vice President Bill Woods will bring industry best practices to life in the morning program […]

French Connection goes lenticular for summer campaign

Lenticular printer Riot of Colour has produced a range of black and white lenticular photos for French Connection. The photos are being used as window displays until mid-June and forms part of the fashion store’s This Is Man/This Is Woman campaign. “Our campaign includes some amazing short films, you can see them all on youtube, […]

Redesigning the Coffee Cup

58 billion paper cups are thrown away – and are not recycled – every year. In a contest hosted by Jovoto, and partly sponsored by Starbucks and Core77, the Betacup project has the goal to find the best ideas to eliminate paper cup consumption. What could be a more sustainable alternative? This entry, by Miller Creative, solves […]

Opportunities in Printing and Production

The book printing and production is a business which can offer you many satisfactions and its complexity offers you a special beauty. If we want to elaborate an investment plan in view of acquiring the equipments necessary for this, we must create a market study which largely comprises: the publishing houses with their market share, […]

USPS’s Susan Plonkey on Fixing the Postal Service

Susan M. Plonkey was named new acting president, mailing and shipping services, for the U.S. Postal Service on June 3. Plonkey succeeds Robert F. Bernstock, who left the USPS to pursue interests in the private sector. Plonkey, who most recently served as vice president of sales for the USPS, is now responsible for all product […]

Changes In the Print Industry

Technology continues to change our industry… and now it has changed forever! Microchips, the Internet, and new printing processes have accelerated changes to the print industry and we have a decision to make. The decision before us is “Am I going to ride out as long as I can the traditional print model” or “Am […]

CPrint Sales Summit to Be Held In Nashville, June 16-19

CPrint, a national franchise of certified printers, has invited Patrice Valentine, the President of Net Solutions North America, LLC to speak at their national Sales Summit – “Printing without Print” in Nashville, TN on the 16-19th of June. The Sales Summit is open only to affiliates of CPrint. Mrs. Valentine will be demonstrating how to […]

The U.S. Postal Service and Modern Postcard Present Proven Strategies for Washington D.C. Businesses to Increase Sales at the Direct Mail Crash Course Seminar

In today’s challenging economy, businesses are looking for an advantage to help them pull out of the recession and avoid losses, layoffs, or worse. Companies are focusing on a single task — increasing sales. To help businesses learn how to quickly implement powerhouse direct mail marketing campaigns proven to sell, the Direct Mail Crash Course […]

ICS University: A new series of free online seminars for graphics professionals, brand managers and print production staff.

Live Instruction From The Experts – Learn On Your Schedule – All Sessions Include QA – Preview RemoteDirector.net New courses for the summer of 2010 include: Color Management 101 – This class covers the basics of color management and ICC profiles, and helps you get the most out of your color-managed workflow. 50 Monitor Proofing Advantages – This class covers […]

Graph Expo 2010 Announces Print Buyer Program Among Full Slate of Educational Seminars

GRAPH EXPO 2010 has announced that it will feature a full slate of educational seminars when the foremost graphic communication exhibition opens this fall. Among the highlights will be the Print Buyer Program, newly updated and returning for the third time to GRAPH EXPO. GRAPH EXPO 2010, the year’s largest commercial and package printing, publishing, […]

Pack Expo/GMA Conference speakers announced

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has named the General Session speakers for the inaugural Manufacturing Excellence Conference (Nov. 1–2, 2010), collocated with PACK EXPO International this fall (McCormick Place, Chicago; Oct. 31–Nov.3); PMMI owns and operates the PACK EXPO family of trade shows. PMMI President & CEO Charles D. Yuska notes that PACK EXPO, with […]

5 Habits of Highly-Successful Freelancers

I have the pleasure of knowing several highly-successful freelancers, some of whom are top names in their respective fields.I also know many very talented freelancers who are struggling. Try as they might, they just can’t seem to build any momentum in their business. Clients seem elusive. Good projects, scarce. So what’s going on? Over the […]