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De La Rue chairman Nicholas Brookes has said the global bank note printer's performance in the first half of the year has demonstrated its ability to generate "long-term profitable growth".

A 15% drop in sales within HP's Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) to $6.5bn (3.9bn) has contributed to a company-wide 8% revenue decrease in its fourth-quarter results.

Waitrose is to launch a direct marketing campaign to encourage customer loyalty in the run-up to Christmas.

Shares in press manufacturer Oc are trading at a slight premium to the 8.60 euro a share offer from Canon, indicating the market anticipates Canon may be forced to raise its bid.

Ricoh has received Fogra certification for its Pro C900 digital colour press.

Large-format kit distributor Colourgen has said it is in "an excellent position" to take advantage of the upturn in the economy as it revealed its financial results for the year ending June 2009.

Country Life's 25 November issue will sport a collector's issue advent calendar cover.

UK paper manufacturer James Cropper has posted a pre-tax profit of 1.7m in its first-half results thanks to a strong performance from its Speciality Papers division.

Future Publishing's Classic Rock magazine has used a high definition lenticular cover to promote its special issue celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pink Floyd's classic album The Wall.

Dsicmm has moved to quash rumours that it is in final discussions over a possible sale to Swiss Post.

Commercial printer Cloc has been awarded a Green Apple Award in recognition of its ongoing environmental initiatives.

Fashion house Lacoste used Madico's vision control film Lumisty for a recent window display at London's Selfridges.

HP has launched Arttrust, a self-certification scheme for fine art prints produced on its Designjet Z-series printers.

Screenprint Productions has completed its consolidation onto a single site in Brighouse, West Yorkshire and commissioned its Meital 302 flatbed digital press.