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Will packaging designers soon be superfluous? At least that’s the impression you might get if you take a closer look at “Spring”, the new AI-based tool from British technology start-up “Sourceful”. Based on prompts and specific questions about the brand and desired packaging, it is designed to automatically generate.
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Customer loyalty programs are in vogue, and not for the first time. Based on their purchasing behaviour, customers receive special offers or discounts that ideally bind them to the service provider in the long term. This is important! And yet in-house customer loyalty programs often fall short of the mark.
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The restructuring and investments of recent years are taking effect: Cimpress has once again reported record figures for fiscal year 2023 (July 2022 to June 2023) – and achieved significant growth in sales and profits across all business units. No wonder the world’s largest online print provider is starting the new fiscal year with optimism.
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How artificial intelligence could change the online print industry was the topic of the first AI bootcamp of the Initiative Online Print (IOP). The content included possible applications of AI in practice: in small groups, the IOP members were also able to work together on initial, practical projects that should also be implemented in their own companies.
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Anyone who ordered flyers in the second quarter of 2023 once again had to delve deeper into their pockets. The average online print prices for the traditional print product also increased between April and June of this year. For some manufacturers, the increase was even in the double digits. After prices fell at the end of the first quarter for the first time, they rose again slightly in the following months.
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You might think that the hype surrounding ChatGPT has not only pushed the topic of the metaverse out of public discussion but sent it straight into irrelevance. So why are we still talking about it? “Because there are two long-term trends that will be driving this topic in very significant ways,” explains Björn Ognibeni, Strategic Director XRLab-MCM at the University of Münster.
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Obi already did it last year, Rewe wants to follow suit in July and discontinue its printed advertising brochure. Netto has been testing a slimmed-down version of its “Promotional leaflet” in the greater Berlin area since the fall of 2022, and Aldi has said goodbye to its printed customer magazine. Reports like these give the impression that printed promotional communication is a discontinued model.
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Since the end of last year, ChatGPT, Midjourney and Dall-E have not only filled what felt like every media channel but have also turned learned truths about what is created by people and what is created by technology on their heads. It was only logical that artificial intelligence should also be part of the Online Print Symposium 2023. For the keynote, the organizers brought journalist and author, Jörg Schieb, a real digital expert, on stage.
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In the past, shopping and advice went hand in hand. If you were looking for a new outfit, you had to go to a local store and get advice at the same time. But with the emergence of online shopping and the 24/7 accessibility of digital shopping platforms, the two have become disconnected – until now.
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Actually, online print shops can look to the future with confidence. Because they can print anything, as they have internalized the “online” sales channel, and because they deliver high quality at high speed – and at low prices, too. What’s more, the last three years have shown how extremely flexible they can be, even in volatile markets.
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