Case Study
Killer App: PressOn creates ‘baroque’ display for Rixo’s fashion week
In February, fashion brand Rixo put on its London Fashion Week winter season show at the Kimpton Fitzroy Hotel and simultaneously launched a new display in its Chelsea pop-up store. It turned to...
Lincs lives and village vistas celebrated in charity calendar
An enduringly popular stocking filler, calendars continue to fly off the shelves every festive season and many are produced to raise money for good causes.
Business inspection: There’s no home like your own
Buying the factory it rented for the past 15 years has given Wallace Print security, stability and further scope for business expansion.
Accounting for more adventurous tastes
Historically report and accounts (R&A) brochures used to be drab affairs consisting of a cover bearing a company logo and little else, followed by numerous pages of impenetrable numbers. Colour was...
Around the world in 8 prints
Print is constantly being challenged to push the boundaries of what’s possible to ensure that it maintains its key position in the marketing mix. As the following examples from the past 12 months...
Print buyers seek out their perfect partners
“It’s a lot like online dating,” said Kathy Sletten, print manager at Estée Lauder, at a recent ‘An Audience with the Print Buyers’ talk. She was referring, slightly bizarrely you might think, to the...
Strategies for successfully adding wide-format services
If the chatter around the print industry is to be believed, commercial printers have spent the past few years flocking to wide-format in their droves. And why wouldn’t they?
'All you high flyers, ignore the cliff edge at your peril'
Bob Jenkins suddenly realised his head felt hot. Unusually hot. "It was not," he says "the sort of feeling you get with a normal headache. It was like imagining a saucepan full of simmering water,...
Purchasing the best of both: a guide to M&As
Acquisitions have a murky reputation, as we have all seen too many pre-pack administrations to feel at ease with the subject. Do it well, though, and merging with another firm could be your best move...
Why you must give qualifications the third degree: print training interrogated
The last UK university print course closed in 2012. Many argue that on-the-job training is now the only answer, but others say this is costly and takes too much time. So, could there be another way?
Print PR veteran Philip Paris publishes novel 'Men Cry Alone'
In 1984, Philip Paris, former director of print PR firm AD Communications, wrote a letter to the BBC with an idea for a drama about men who suffer domestic abuse from their wives.
Security printing faces ongoing battle against fraudsters
The wide availability of high-end printing kit over the internet is fuelling a rise in cheque crime - a trend that could threaten the sector's future
Print industry takes a stand against tobacco packaging legislation
Lobbying has postponed a consultation on proposals to introduce plain tobacco packaging. Printers say it's essential to keep fighting to save jobs
The benefits of social enterprises
A recent report found 58% of 'social enterprises' were growing, compared with 28% of SMEs. But the rewards require commitment
'Few markets can boast the UK's productivity': an interview with George Clarke
From wannabe fighter pilot to battling for orders at a major press manufacturer, former Heidelberg UK managing director George Clarke reflects on his near-30-year career in print