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Stationery Product Manufacturing Employment—2010–2019
According to County Business Patterns, in 2010, there were 24,349 employees in NAICS 32223 (Stationery Product Manufacturing establishments). This NAICS category declined slowly over the rest of the decade, ending with 15,678 employees in 2019. Also: following up a BoSacks tweet about newspaper circulation.
Inside Frank’s Type Vault
Frank takes us into one of the hidden treasures of the Museum of Printing: the type vault. Here you will find the drawings for every glyph in every typeface done by Linotype, plus type art from Photon, Intertype, and others.
Around the Web: Lovin' 'Letters. Follicle Fabrication. Canine Calling. MySpace Memories. Freaky Furby. Bar Bots. Better Batteries. Unspun Unveiled. Plague Planet. Plushie de Pain.
Newsletters continue to thrive. Making ink from human hair. The “DogPhone,” for some reason. “MySpace nostalgia,” also for some reason. Integrating a Furby into a modular synthesizer. Robot bartenders streamline drink-making. A graphene-based battery charger accelerates charging speed. 3-D weaving can produce one-off pants in 10 minutes. The Human Library aims to promote more empathetic human relations. This week’s animal plagues had a 2020 feel to them. A bread plushie.” All that and more in WhatTheyThink’s plague-ridden weekly miscellany.
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- U.S. Supreme Court Hears Key Sign Case
- Signarama Helps Fan Group Recreate Iconic Ghostbuster Sign
- BOBST Launches MASTERLINE DRO, New Rotary Die-Cutting Solution that Sets a New Gold Standard for Inside-Outside Printing
- Ghent Workgroup Welcomes its First New Zealand Member: PageProof
- Worzalla’s Jim Fetherston Honored with Book Manufacturers’ Institute Signature Award
- ALPLA Establishes New Asia-Pacific Region
- Domtar, Paper Excellence Merger Receives Canadian Competition Bureau Approval
- Golisano Collection at RIT Archives Goes Digital with New Interactive Exhibit
- Quadient Introduces iX-Series Mailing Systems and S.M.A.R.T. Essential Software to Canadian Market
- Graphic Packaging Holding Company Declares Quarterly Dividend
- International Paper to Release Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2021 Earnings On January 27, 2022
Communication Channels: The Focus Should be on the Strategy!
Today’s marketers must ensure that their communications are having an impact, which can be challenging when consumers’ communication preferences are individual and ever-changing. Some marketers obsess about the method of communication when developing their campaigns, but the overall strategic vision of the campaign should ultimately drive the channels that are used to deliver that messaging.
Driving the Reinvention of Printed Textile Production Demands an Acute Knowledge of Process
Over the years, digital textile printing appears to have become much simpler; and that is a tribute to the research and development teams, who have now perfected textile printing on an industrial scale by fine tuning physical manufacturing technology alongside digital innovation. But each unique combination of design, substrate, ink type, print process and post finishing has a cumulative impact on final printed output. This article, compliments of textile expert and WhatTheyThink contributor Debbie McKeegan, explains.
Wide Format and Signage: Demand- and Technology-Side Drivers for 2022
As we head into 2022, we look back at some demographic trends that could prove favorable for wide-format and signage providers, as well as offer some technology trends to keep an eye out for.
Living Walls: Great Ideas for Transforming Spaces
Over the past three to four years, there’s been a surge in the use of living walls, also known as plant walls or green walls. These modern applications cultivate a feeling of well-being in any space. While popular, most versions of these walls need care and maintenance, requiring real soils, air, light and water. FASTSIGNS walks us through some of the types of these walls seen today.
Time to Talk Turkey About Sales—Part 1: Firing Customers and Avoiding Discounts
We use the phrase “let’s talk turkey” when Thanksgiving is just over a week away…or we want the other party to know that it’s time to get to the bottom line. As you look forward to 2022, Pat McGrew talks turkey about why this is a good time to think about the bottom line for your sales teams and how they interact with customers.
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Printing Outlook 2021 - The WhatTheyThink Overview of the Current State of the Printing Industry
The new Printing Outlook 2021 report provides detailed analysis of the latest WhatTheyThink Business Outlook Survey, the latest industry economic data and macroeconomic trends, as well as industry and cultural technological trends to look out for in 2021.
Stationery Product Manufacturing Employment—2010–2019
According to County Business Patterns, in 2010, there were 24,349 employees in NAICS 32223 (Stationery Product Manufacturing establishments). This NAICS category declined slowly over the rest of the decade, ending with 15,678 employees in 2019. Also: following up a BoSacks tweet about newspaper circulation. Full Analysis
September Shipments: We Got Good News and We Got Bad News
September 2021 printing shipments came in at $6.93 billion, up from August’s $6.87 billion. It’s not a massive increase, but we’ll take it. Year to date, January-to-September shipments are $60.48 billion, a bit off 2020’s January-to-September number of $60.97. Can we close the gap in Q4? Full Analysis
Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing Employment—2010–2019
According to County Business Patterns, in 2010, there were 50,879 employees in NAICS 32222 (Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing establishments). This NAICS category peaked two years later at 54,175, declined slowly over the rest of the decade before shooting back up to 51,811 employees in 2019. In macro news, Q3 GDP growth is up 2.0%. Full Analysis
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Warren Werbitt on Warren Werbitt Goes Printer to Printer with Nathaniel Grant
Hey Gasper I will give you a call. Reply
HARVEY LEVENSON on What is the Metaverse, and Why Should Businesses Care?
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Gordon Pritchard on Frank Goes Back to the Futura
P22 Johnston Underground Regular came out in 1916. Perhaps Futura was a copy/variation of that font? Reply
Gasper Lipari on Warren Werbitt Goes Printer to Printer with Nathaniel Grant
It'd be nice to know more about the Canadian membership makeup of the NPSOA to determine how much we could leverage relationships here in Canada. Reply
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