4over, Inc.

Ennis Inc. chairman, president and CEO Keith Walters is known for his bold business moves, and this year he didn't disappoint. But would Walters' moxie pay off for the Midlothian, Texas-based supplier or draw criticism from the industry?

According to Forrester Research's U.S. Online Retail Forecast, 2011 to 2016, the e-commerce market is expected to grow from 167 million consumers in 2011 to 192 million by 2016. That's a big jump, but the projections only quantify what we already know: E-commerce is changing the way people shop.

Glendale California-based 4over recently welcomed Preston A. Herrin as its new vice president of sales and marketing.

4over Inc. has purchased two Lithrone GL40 presses, Komori America announced last week.

On March 27, 4over Inc. welcomed a large group of customers to its Moonachie, New Jersey-based facility. The group consisted of more than 500 active customers from the region who stopped by for lunch and a brief tour.

As mergers and acquisitions become the industry norm, margins are getting squeezed and making a consistent profit is a struggle. Advertising is put to the test and companies continue to gamble with marketing dollars to promote brand awareness. 

Midlothian, Texas-based Ennis has once again clinched the number-one spot in Print Professional's Top 100 Suppliers list. But despite years of success, the company is far from complacent. In 2011, Ennis managed to outdo itself with annual sales totaling $550 million, compared to last year's showing of $517.7 million.

4over, Inc. recently welcomed Yiannis Lykogiannis to its team as national operations manager.

The United States' financial situation has gotten so dire, President Obama recently called for the freezing of all federal salaries in an attempt to get a hold on the country's debt, which is expected to rise to $2.3 trillion by 2012.

Ten years ago, a lot of people were still feeling a sense of relief that the Y2K bug hadn't caused the collapse of society. Google wasn't very well-known as a noun, let alone as a verb. Blogging was in its infancy. Watching video on the Web generally meant downloading the whole thing first. And social networking was something that you did over lunch or at a convention.