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The Year in Review: Finishing Is In It to Win It

It has been a wild year of highs and lows and unique pressures, but the print finishing category met the challenge and pushed forward with lots of new offerings and opportunities. Trish Witkowski looks at some of the highlights.

Monday, December 13, 2021

(Please join me on December 15 for the “Finishing Up the Year: In It to Win It” webinar. I’ll give you the complete rundown of all the notable launches and innovations that happened over the year, and some exciting things to watch for in 2022—and I’ll do it all in an efficient, fast paced 30 (40?) minutes. —Trish Witkowski)

It has been a wild year of highs and lows and unique pressures, but the print finishing category met the challenge and pushed forward with lots of new offerings and opportunities.

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About Trish Witkowski

Trish is president of FreshCut Crafts and Foldfactory.com. You may remember her as the host of “Fold of the Week”—a series that amassed 660 episodes and millions of views over its 15-year run. Trish is also an instructor for LinkedIn Learning, a public speaker, and the author of several books on print marketing and direct mail strategy.

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