Data Analysis
Welcome to the WhatTheyThink data analysis section. As a service to the printing and publishing industries, WhatTheyThink provides access to economic, trend and other data that is valuable to industry executives for strategic planning and other purposes. This is also an excellent way for industry executives to stay current with the latest trends. This includes proprietary data developed by our own Dr. Joe Webb, Director of the WhatTheyThink economics and research center, as well as data from a variety of partner sources.
Data from the Economics & Research Center
Monthly Commercial Printing Shipments data series
Industry Snapshot collection of regularly updated industry data about various measures of business activity
Difference in Revenue Trends Among General Commercial Printers vs. Digital Commercial Printers
Published: January 15, 2009
Capacity Utilization in 20+ Year Decline
Published: December 15, 2008
Business Confidence of Leading Graphic Designers
Published: December 8, 2008
Change in Publishing and Content Creation Employment
Published: December 1, 2008
Births and Deaths of U.S. Commercial Printing Establishments
Published: November 24, 2008
The Postal Service Blames the Economy for Its Shortfall; Don't Believe It
Published: November 17, 2008
4-quarter Change in Net Sales of Publicly Traded Commercial Printers
Published: November 10, 2008
Number of U.S. Graphic Design Establishments
Published: November 4, 2008
Number of U.S. Advertising Agency Establishments
Published: October 27, 2008
Number of U.S. Periodical Publishing Establishments
Published: October 20, 2008
Number of U.S. Newspaper Pulishing Establishments, by number of employees
Published: October 13, 2008
Number of U.S. Commerical Printing Establishments, by number of employees
Published: October 6, 2008
Change in Shipments per U.S. Commerical Printing Employee, 1994-2008
Published: September 29, 2008
Changes in Employment 1994-2008 in Various Packaging Sectors
Published: September 22, 2008
Paper Industry Shipments and Profits
Published: September 15, 2008
Newspaper Industry Woes Not Being Cured by Online Revenues
Published: September 8, 2008
Which Commerical Printers Groups are Most Interested in Web-to-Print Storefronts and Infrastructure
Published: September 1, 2008
Average Hourly Earnings of Commerical Printing Production Workers
Published: August 25, 2008
Publicly Traded Printers: 4-quarter Inflation-adjusted Change in Net Sales
Published: August 18, 2008
Published: August 11, 2008
Paper Industry Shipments and Profits
Published: September 24, 2007
Printing as a Percentage of GDP
Published: September 17, 2007
