Friday, February 27th, 2009
Continuing the discussion of coupon fraud, it should be pointed out that it has been estimated to cost retailers and manufacturers millions of dollars a year. The highlight of “Fraud, Forgery, Counterfeits, and Deterrents” session at the Brand Protection Conference was another “shocking demonstration” of how a coupon was forged, and what protections ...Friday, February 27th, 2009
Greetings from Day Two of Graphics of the Americas. I spent the morning at a brace of sessions at the Brand Protection Conference. The first was called “Fraud, Forgery, Counterfeits, and Deterrents,” featuring renowned security printing consultant Richard Warner. Mr. Warner provided some background of the economics of various types ...Thursday, February 26th, 2009
An afternoon Graphics of the Americas session sponsored by HP examined “Marketing to the Latin Market.” Presented by John Bord, President and CMO of Guevavi in Tubac, Arizona, the session ran through the changing (read: increasing) demographics of the Latin market. The U.S. Hispanic economy alone is estimated to be ...Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Graphics of the Americas keynote speaker Dave Barry—humor columnist for the Miami Herald and winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary—began his talk by saying “I am not an expert on printing.” but that hardly mattered as his one-hour, stand-up comedy-like talk careened through a variety of topics that ...Thursday, February 26th, 2009
After a short presentation by Printing Industries of Florida (PAF) President George Ryan and PAF Chairman Art Abbott (of Abbott Printing), the latter welcoming the crowd to “the best trade show in the Western Hemisphere,” at precisely 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 26, the ribbon was cut, officially opening the ...Thursday, February 26th, 2009
“Broadcasting live from Miami Beach, it’s The Jackie Gleason Show.” Well, no, actually, it’s the 34th Annual Graphics of the Americas show, coming from the Miami Beach Convention Center. As I write this early on Thursday morning, the show has yet to officially open, but the whole shebang kicked off ...Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
For over 20 years Carl Malamud has published government information on the Internet. His Public.Resource.Org is a digital repository of millions of pages of legal documents. Now Malamud is looking to "reboot .gov" with his campaign Yes We Scan to become the next Public Printer of the United States. In a prepared ...
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