“The State of the Print & Sign Franchises” to be held April 22

Allegra. AlphaGraphics. FASTSIGNS. Minuteman. Sir Speedy. Signs By Tomorrow. Signarama. SpeedPro. Every year, Printing News and Wide Format & Signage conduct their annual Print and Sign Franchise Review. How and what the franchises are doing can be a useful barometer for understanding how the industry at large is doing. Are they growing and expanding their centers? Is revenue increasing? How are they growing? What products and services are they expanding into? What challenges are they facing and how are they confronting them?

On April 22 at 1 pm ET, WhatTheyThink’s latest installment of its monthly LunchNLearn webinar series will offer the results of the annual Printing News/Wide Format & Signage Print & Sign Franchise Review. In this 30-minute session, WhatTheyThink Managing Editor Richard Romano and Senior Editor Cary Sherburne will share the results of the annual franchise survey, talk about the initiatives the franchises have launched to expand the number of centers, how they are moving into and adopting new kinds of products and services, what their challenges and pain points are, and, ultimately, how the franchises see the print and sign and display markets in 2020 and beyond.

To register for this session, visit http://whattheythink.com/webinars/220/ 

Who should attend?

• Commercial printers looking to see how these businesses are addressing challenges in the market
• Sign and display graphics producers looking to know what new products and services are being added and implemented
• Distributors/brokers looking for partnership opportunities

What you’ll learn:

• The current state of the print and sign franchises—number of centers, revenue, top performing centers, etc.
• The new products, services, and other opportunities the franchise are adding or considering
• The top challenges the franchises are facing, and how they are addressing them
• The overall outlook for 2020 and beyond

“The State of the Print & Sign Franchises”is the fourth installment of WhatTheyThink’s monthly half-hour LunchNLearn webinar series. Upcoming topics include a weeklong technology update series covering production inkjet, print software, finishing, and wide format; the industry’s “Top Shops”; textile and apparel outlook; and AR and interactive print. For more information about WhatTheyThink webinars, please visit http://whattheythink.com/webinars/.

About WhatTheyThink

WhatTheyThink is the printing and publishing industry's leading media organization, offering a wide range of publications that deliver unbiased, real-time market intelligence, industry news, economic and trend analysis, peer-to-peer communication, and special reports on emerging technology and critical events. Special interest sections include Economics, Wide-Format & Signage, Labels & Packaging, Software, Print Finishing, Textiles, and Industrial Print.  WhatTheyThink hosts webinars and live events as well as providing content through a syndication program, delivering content directly to related websites. In addition, WhatTheyThink offers a wide range of lead generation and branding programs that help print- and publishing-related companies achieve business growth. For more information about partnering with WhatTheyThink, contact Eric Vessels at email: [email protected].