Companies & suppliers

Moo.com 'dips toe' in retail with first physical store
Moo.com has opened its first retail store at No.27 Boxpark in Shoreditch as it explores the benefits a physical presence can bring to its online empire.

Screen previews cloud-based personalisation package
Screen has shown its cloud-based Variable Front-end Service, which it expects to commercialise by the end of 2013.

Talking Print to show audio and video DM at TFM&A
Audio and video embedded print specialists Talking Print will be showcasing its range of marketing solutions at this week's Technology for Marketing and Advertising 2013 event (TFM&A).

Phoenix opts for flatbed duo via Océ
Leicester-based digital printer Phoenix Colour has boosted its production portfolio with a double investment with Océ in an Arizona 360 GT flatbed printer and Zund G3 L2500 cutting table.

Monsoon Accessorize criticised for mandatory supplier rebate
Monsoon Accessorize has come in for criticism after it emerged that the high-street retailer charges suppliers a rebate of up to 4% on all invoices as well as a further charge of up to 10% for early...

Xerox bridges gap from cut-sheet to continuous with Color 8250
Xerox previewed a cut-sheet colour press at Hunkeler Innovationdays last week, in addition to a new member of the CiPress range.

HP's Whitman points to 'signs of improvement' in first-quarter results
HP's revenues and earnings fell less than analysts had feared in yesterday's first quarter results announcement, buying chief executive Meg Whitman time for her proposed five-year turnaround.

Proskills partnership offers new training courses to sector
A safety management training program is one of several skills and training courses that is being specifically adapted for printing business, and will be available to employees in the sector next...

Suttle-Straus opts for Vutek GS3250 LX
Madison, WI-based Suttle-Straus said it has installed a Vutek GS3250 LX flatbed and roll-to-roll LED UV-curing printer, supplied and serviced by Heidelberg, to help drive its burgeoning wide and grand...

Swiss firm Model revealed as Fujifilm packaging ink beta site
Swiss-based corrugated and carton board packaging group Model has been revealed as the beta site for Fujifilm's Uvijet OC inks for digitally printed corrugated packaging applications.