There were a few pieces of news this week affecting the print industry status quo. Walmart revealed that it will introduce electronic labels for its aisles to be able to change displayed labels and prices within seconds. At the same time, the IRS announced the continued shift away from paper tax forms that need to…
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Have you ever considered elevating your apparel game with polos and business casual wear, especially now that we’re seeing a greater shift into the business casual space as we all adjust from two years of working from home in our pajamas?
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The Civil War’s finale in April 1865 didn’t mark the end of slavery. Though the Emancipation Proclamation had been enacted two years prior, Abraham Lincoln’s decree that freed all slaves in the Confederacy couldn’t be enforced in still-contested states. Soldiers marched through the South months after the war ended, proclaiming slaves’ emancipation and enforcing it…
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The Fed last week indicated that it’s eyeing only one interest rate cut this year, down from three. Executives weigh in on what that means for the promo industry.
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Bag Makers CEO Maribeth Sandford details how she went from buying one printer and decorating bags by night to selling 90 million bags annually.
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Orbus Visual Communications, Woodridge, IL, announced a new group of products and solutions that it will be offering for the display and trade show categories. The announcement included the following new products: Vector Fast Frame Collapsible SEG Frames & Light Boxes Hybrid Pro Modular Kits and Counters Economy Banners Dimensional and Channel Letters [caption id=”attachment_141325″…
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued Adobe and two of its executives, saying the maker of Creative Cloud is deceiving consumers by hiding hefty termination fees and strategically putting up roadblocks that make canceling a subscription difficult. The FTC says the actions of the software maker, David Wadhwani, president of the firm’s digital media…
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Counselor Top 40 supplier Delta Apparel (asi/49172) is suspending operations at its manufacturing plant in Honduras, a move that will reportedly affect 2,413 employees. The shutdown, which will last at least 120 days, is a result of ongoing liquidity challenges that have come amid a time of plummeting sales, steep loses, and high-profile executive departures that reportedly have…
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In the hunt for more environmentally friendly packaging and food products, restaurants and other food-industry businesses have been trying to hit a moving target sort of. The legislation changes and varies from state to state and country to country. And legislation is more concrete – consumer habits are even more challenging to meet. But companies…
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As the Postmaster General has made aggressive moves to bring the United States Postal Service into profitability after the requirements to pre-pay the organization’s pension fund was finally relaxed, printers have borne the brunt of those rising prices.
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