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Archive for January, 2010

iPad Stirs Up Change, but Who Will Benefit?

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

I have spent hours looking for the perfect article that matches or at least parallels my first impression of the iPad. Many are laughing at the name; I say get over it. It really does not matter that people can and have made fun of it. I ...

CMO Council Releases Study on Customer Loyalty Program Effectiveness

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

The Leaders in Loyalty: Feeling the Love from the Loyalty Clubs, released by The CMO Council and InfoPrint Solutions,  is the first study the CMO Council has done specifically on loyalty programs.  It was conducted by InfoPrint who polled more than 600 marketers who deploy loyalty programs and 700 ...

Think Visual: EFI Brings Interesting Printing Ease-of-Use to Desktops

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

I remember having a conversation with franchise network Allegra’s Carl Gerhardt a few years ago about the impact of more fully featured equipment in corporate environments on the volumes of work available to his franchisees.  At the time, his position was that franchisees should go after what Gerhardt describes as ...

Quad/Graphics’ Worldcolor Acquisition Details

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

WhatTheyThink is keeping you informed real-time about Quad/Graphics' intent to acquire Worldcolor,  formerly Quebecor World. This big industry news was broken on WSJ online and on WhatTheyThink as well as here on PrintCEO. During the investor conference call held this morning, Mark Angelson of Worldcolor and Joel Quadracci of Quad/Graphics ...

Quad/Graphics Acquires Worldcolor, will Rival RR Donnelley in Size

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Quad/Graphics announced today the intent to acquire Worldcolor formerly known as Quebecor World, before that company filed for bankruptcy in January 2008. Joel Quadracci, 41, will serve as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the expanded company. The future Board will be comprised of the six current Quad/Graphics directors ...

Marketing to Empowered Buyers

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Marketing and selling to business buyers are becoming increasingly difficult. More than ever before, prospective buyers now control the buying process.  They decide when and how they will research purchasing decisions and when and how they will interact with potential suppliers.  The Internet has put a huge volume of information ...

BoSacks Speaks Out: Magazine Production’s New World Order

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

There are two things I would like to point out today in reference to an article Folio titled Magazine Production's New World Order. The first is that I forecasted the demise of the traditional production department in a white paper in 2005. Being a senior manufacturing guy most of ...