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Badgemaster pins sales boost on new Mimaki duo

Badgemaster has seen a 6% jump in sales year-on-year thanks to the blue chip and B2C work brought in by its rebooted website and a brace of Mimaki UJF-6042 MkII flatbed printers.

Instantprint creates Game of Thrones mosaic

Staff at W2P printer Instantprint have hit on a novel way to promote the firm's business card services by combining it with the buzz surrounding TV series Game of Thrones.

Star product: Taopix

Software designed for personalised photo gifts.

Duplo boosts portfolio with PBT photobook lines

Duplo has secured the exclusive UK agency for Photobook Technology’s (PBT) Mita range of lay-flat hardcover book production systems aimed at photobook specialists and commercial printers.

Social firms work hard to be 'likeable'

Networking websites offer a low-cost way to improve sales performance and raise your profile.

Star product: RedTie Template 4.1

Web-to-print stalwart upgraded to boost features and speed.

'We see ourselves as growth hackers'

Lawrence Merritt was managing director of Photobox UK & Ireland from 2007 until 1 March this year when he side-stepped to head up his new 'incubator' arm of the business, Photobox Startups. Hannah...

Books Are My Bag campaign is launched

A campaign described as 'the biggest ever campaign for bookshops' has been launched to celebrate and encourage engagement with bookshops and books.

CWU ballots Parcelforce members

CWU has held a consultative ballot of Parcelforce members on the issues of Royal Mail privatisation, pensions and pay.

Latent targets B2C market with Canon spend

Bristol-based printer Latent Light has invested in a Canon Imagepress C7000VP as it expands its presence in the consumer photobook market.

Royal Mail secures High Court DSA boycott reprieve

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has agreed not to urge its members to boycott downstream access providers for at least a week after the Royal Mail went to the High Court to prevent them taking...

Why consumers need to see the big picture

When it comes to photography, the received wisdom is that consumers rarely think big. While they will happily create a photobook full of smaller images, the thought of picking one photograph to blow...