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In a world where everyone is scrambling to label themselves “data-driven,” catalog marketers and direct mailers get to claim veteran status. We were data-driven before it was cool, back when it was called “direct marketing.” And as the digital person at an agency with a long history of direct marketing, I’ve never understood the rush…

In recent times, there have been far more reports of U.S. printing facility closures than of new plant openings, including the sudden shutdown of Henrico, Virginia-based Colortree on June 3, 2019, which displaced approximately 240 workers...

We have all heard of—and perhaps worked for—companies that pride themselves on treating their employees as if they were family members. What must it also be like, then, to have actual relatives along for one’s professional journey, united in the cause to make others feel like extended kin?...

On an organic basis, consolidated net sales declined 3 percent. The Marketing Solutions segment grew 12.4 percent organically driven by higher volumes in the Direct Marketing and Digital Print product categories. The Business Services segment was down 6.6 percent organically due primarily to...

Print+Promo is excited to reveal the honorees in this year’s Under 40 spotlight. Cited by their industry peers for unmatched professionalism, visionary behavior and contagious energy, these individuals are dismantling generational labels, and, instead, using the wisdom gained from esteemed colleagues to become mentors in their own right. This week’s spotlight features Rob Shiner, account executive, American Solutions for Business…

The ongoing skirmish between R.R. Donnelley & Sons (RRD) and Chatham Asset Management, a Chatham, New Jersey-based private investment firm—which manages funds that own 12.9 percent of outstanding common stock in North America's largest printing company, as well being its largest bondholder—is turning into a potential war...

As we head into Super Tuesday and move closer to the November election, the field of Democratic candidates in the party's primary is slimming down, with both Tom Steyer and Pete Buttigieg recently suspending their campaigns. Before that, though, their campaigns were at full primary strength, which obviously includes pumping out a ton of promotional products in...

There’s always talk about the decline of print, mill consolidations and increasing paper costs. There have been some ups and downs over the years, but there is some good news emerging for jumbo rolls: The trend of paperless statements seems to have stalled...

Print+Promo is excited to reveal the honorees in this year’s Under 40 spotlight. Cited by their industry peers for unmatched professionalism, visionary behavior and contagious energy, these individuals are dismantling generational labels, and, instead, using the wisdom gained from esteemed colleagues to become mentors in their own right...

Aside from the global concern for the loss of life and spread to other countries and continents, sourcing from China has been difficult for companies, including those in the promo products industry, as well as retail. For example, German athletic apparel Puma warned that its first-quarter...