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With what some call the digital, communications or information revolution, commercial printing is in fluid motion. Idealliance expects commercial printing industry sales (all sources) to grow. 1.5% to 3.0% in 2018, after growing approx.. 1% in 2017. Where in that range it pinpoints represents the state of where our economy will be. The current states
This year promises to be one of the worst flu seasons in the past decade, and that means you may end up having a number of employees who are off sick at the same time. If the flu takes hold among your employees, it can quickly spread and force even more people than usual to
by Laurel Brunner Laurel Brunner considers the implications in making an environmental impact declaration for print and calls for a new standard that measures the materials used in all aspects of the printing process. How do you make an environmental impact declaration for print? And why would you want to? These are questions most printers would
By Bill Farquharson I have a very important question for you that I am quite confident that while you have an answer to my question, your answer is completely incorrect. You ready? Here it comes… “Why do people buy from you?” Sit with that question and make some notes. Why do you think people buy from
BY TONI MCQUILKEN When digital signage first burst onto the scene, it wasn’t much to behold. For the most part, in those early days, it was nothing more than screens found in retail locations, allowing locations to update the sale and price information on the fly, without needing to print all new signage for each rack.
Employers are paying out more for legal settlements and judgments for cases brought by employees over how they are being treated. According to the employment law firm of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, settlements for the 10 biggest class-action suits brought by employees grew an astounding 55% to $2.72 billion in 2017 from $1.75 billion the year
A new law taking effect this year aims to ease the confusion caused by the implementation of new rules that define what constitutes an owner or officer who is exempt from having to carry workers’ comp coverage. The new law, which was in the form of SB 189, last year once again changed the definition
The U.S. Department of Labor is moving ahead with plans that would allow small businesses and sole proprietors to band together to purchase group health insurance plans. The DOL aims to permit these small business health plans – also known as “association health plans” – to skirt the regulatory requirements of some states and the
For many people, the theft or loss of even a single laptop computer, cell phone or tablet can be devastating – unless you take some common-sense measures to mitigate the damage ahead of time. It’s not just the cost of the lost device itself. If there is confidential, proprietary or personally identifiable information on the
Personal voice assistants and the Internet of Things, wide-format graphics and specialty printing—what are some of the new (and old!) technologies to which we should pay attention and how will they affect us in 2018? By Richard Romano Happy New Year, and we warmly welcome 2018. (The word “warmly” is just a metaphor; it’s -12°F in
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