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10 Feel-Good Stories During the COVID-19 Epidemic
March 31, 2020 at 6:52 pm

The news surrounding COVID-19 continues to change on an hourly basis, and in the age of the smartphone, the breaking news updates are relentless. A lot of the headlines are bleak. Hospitals are nearing capacity, businesses are closed and people across the globe have been asked to hunker down indefinitely in the name of flattening the curve...

State of the Industry Report: Welcome to an election year where anything can happen
February 28, 2020 at 6:29 pm

The current economic expansion, which turns 11 years old in June, is the longest on record. To provide some perspective, average recoveries (post-World War II) last roughly six to seven years. Andrew D. Paparozzi, chief economist for Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA), Fairfax, Va., urged printers not...

Selling Promo During a Crisis: Doing Your Job When Things Get Weird
March 24, 2020 at 5:04 pm

Things are weird right now. Your customers’ businesses are probably closed or operating in reduced capacity. New orders are light, existing ones on hold or cancelled. People are adjusting to a new normal that changes by the hour. Everyone’s a little anxious...

Mac Papers Announces the Sale of its Businesses to Monomoy Capital Partners
March 17, 2020 at 3:48 pm

Mac Papers, one of the largest merchant distributors in the southeastern United States, announced the sale of its businesses to Monomoy Capital Partners, a private investment firm with $1.6 billion in committed capital that invests in the debt and equity of middle market businesses...