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Xerox Completes Acquisition of ACS

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Xerox announced that its acquisition of ACS was completed today, transforming Xerox into a $22 billion global enterprise, tripling the size of Xerox’s service business to $10 billion, with annuity revenue representing 80% of total revenue. Xerox held a press call to discuss how the integration would be managed, with ...

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 ...

Xerox Gives Book Publishers One More Thing to Think About

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Yesterday,  Xerox announced a joint sales and marketing agreement with On Demand Books wherein the Xerox 4112 Copier/Printer will be integrated with the Espresso Book Machine - a fully integrated solution that prints, binds and trims books with full color covers on demand in retail locations and libraries.  The Espresso Book ...

Adobe Discontinues worldwide Adobe Partner Connection Print Service Provider Program

Monday, January 4th, 2010

WhatTheyThink has just been notified by Adobe's PR firm that the worldwide Adobe Partner Connection Print Service Provider Program will be discontinued, effective February 4, 2010, due to membership decline.  Visiting the site reveals a message from Adobe: We are no longer accepting applications for the Print Service Provider program. There ...