PIA Print Market Update Shows Growth Slowed in 2012

According to Printing Industries of America’s (PIA) 208 survey panelists, printing industry sales increased by 2.3 percent year-to-date (YTD) 2012. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, YTD 2012 shipments on a nominal unadjusted basis declined 2.2 percent. While the Census Bureau still reports a decline, it is an improvement from the first quarter's 3.9 percent decline.