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For an industry where image is everything, retail comes with less-than-glamorous hours. Just ask Miriah Cassidy. With a background in retail management and years of working an erratic schedule, she was ready for a change...

EnvyPak, Marysville, Ohio, recently announced an innovative, patent-pending, clear plastic envelope format that can reduce postage for marketers by as much as 57 percent. EnvyPak recently received a monumental ruling from the United States Postal Service...

Print is a family affair for Nicole Merkle. Her father, Ron Muzechuk, launched Proforma CNR Marketing 20 years ago. Having grown up in the industry, Merkle suspected that she would eventually join the business, but not without forging her own path and gaining other experiences first...

LSC Communications, Chicago, has signed a multi-year publisher services agreement with America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) to provide print, sourcing, distribution and postal optimization solutions for ATK’s media entities including cookbooks and magazines. ATK has sold more than 10 million cookbooks to date, and has nearly...

If you’re a fan of magazine-inserted scent strips, then we’ve got something that’s gonna blow your mind. If you’re one of those people that has to tear them out of magazines immediately due to impending nausea, read on if you’re a fan of kitschy promotions. If you’re neutral, well, everyone’s gotta take a stand on something someday, and magazine inserts are a relatively harmless place to start...

New Jersey Business Forms (NJBF) is putting the finishing touches on a new 563kW roof-mounted solar power system on its plant in Englewood, N.J. The 55,000-square-foot solar array will provide enough electricity to power 100 percent of Hampshire Label’s daytime...

Jamie Miller got his start in the print industry at the age of 16. More specifically, he worked in the prepress department for a sheetfed printer, filing film proofing for the strippers. But it wasn’t the glamor that first attracted him to print...

Harriet Gatter, founder of Accounting Support LLC, Charlotte, N.C., recently announced reduced pricing of QuickBooks Training On Demand, video instruction specifically for ad specialty distributors and bookkeepers to use QuickBooks correctly—and to its full capacity. QuickBooks is the predominant accounting software for small businesses, which makes...

American Solutions for Business (ASB), Glenwood, Minn., recently announced that Amy Spychalla has been promoted to senior director of strategic operations support, and Mike Schmitz has been promoted to senior director of e-commerce. They have both been integral to the success...

Wise, a leader in business document and industrial label printing headquartered in Alpharetta, Ga., announced the promotion of Gerry Nadeau to general manager of its Portland, Maine-based plant. In his new role, he will be responsible...