Lexington, KY - WhatTheyThink, the leading media organization serving the printing and publishing industry, today announced the availability of their annual release of U.S. Historical Printing Shipments and Forecast, 1992-2014. This report, in Microsoft Excel format with accompanying audio commentary, is available for immediate purchase at the WhatTheyThink store.

The report contains both current and inflation-adjusted analysis of commercial printing and print services shipments, in monthly, quarterly, and annual formats, as well as 12-month moving totals and 4-quarter moving totals. Data are in current dollars and inflation-adjusted formats, including different inflation adjustment methods using the Consumer Price Index, the Producer Price Index, and the PCE.

Executives, researchers, and analysts who need to create trend reports, historical comparisons with company data, forecasts, charts and presentations, will find the data to be invaluable. The report also includes an analysis of the relationship of GDP and print, and printing shipments per employee, as well as forecasts to 2014.

The audio commentary is supplied by Dr. Joe Webb, Director of the WhatTheyThink Economics & Research Center. It is in the convenient mp3 format. In the commentary, Dr. Webb walks through the trends underlying the data and the charts. Executives who purchase the report can easily copy the data into company presentations and their own forecasting and analysis models.

The cost of the report is $275.00 at the WhatTheyThink Store.

WhatTheyThink's Economics and Research Center contains a blend of free and premium content for graphic arts and publishing executives. It offers an online library of primary research reports, executive summaries of economic trends, and related industry columns, videos, podcasts and webinars.

The Economics and Research Center is exclusively sponsored by MindFireInc, a provider of software technologies that leverage direct marketing and the Internet.

About WhatTheyThink

WhatTheyThink is the printing and publishing industry's leading media organization; offering a wide range of publications delivering unbiased, real-time market intelligence, industry news, economic and trend analysis, peer-to-peer communication, and special reports on emerging technology and critical events. WhatTheyThink also hosts webinars and live events that are timely and relevant o today's busy industry executives along with consulting and speaker services that leverage a talented pool of writers and industry analysts.

WhatTheyThink consists of flagship site WhatTheyThink.com, discussion forum site PrintPlanet.com, and industry blog PrintCEO.com.

About MindFireInc

Since 1999, MindFireInc has provided innovative applications and services that help marketers synchronize their direct mail campaigns with the Internet. MindFireInc's flagship product, LookWho'sClicking, is a web-based application suite that links the impact and power of direct mail with the interactive capabilities of the Internet. MindFireInc offers its product through a network of Value Added Resellers (VARs). The company's web site is www.mindfireinc.com.