Online print market leader Cimpress has presented its latest quarterly report. In view of the ongoing pandemic situation, this is not just about figures, but also about strategy. Cimpress CEO Robert Keane addressed investors in a letter. Overall, the company has so far weathered the Covid 19 pandemic well, emphasized Keane.
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We were optimistic that we would be able to successfully hold the Online Print Symposium in September. However, much to the regret of all, things have taken a different turn: Currently, the Corona Protection Ordinances only allow events with restrictions, which include maintaining minimum distances and holding events with a small number of people.
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Flyeralarm is offering the crowdworking service “Crowdsite”. According to the print platform, this allows customers to access the services of over 90,000 design experts. The offer is integrated directly into the Flyeralarm site. Recently, many online print companies have added editors to their offerings. These tools allow customers to design their own print products, even if they are rather inexperienced in the field of design and layout.
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The Schürfeld Group from Hamburg is acquiring the advertising materials company, Geiger-Notes. As announced by Geiger-Notes AG in Mainz on Friday, the Hanseatic company is acquiring the majority of shares in the medium-sized company. The Schürfeld Group is a family-owned company that also originates from the SME sector and invests exclusively in medium-sized companies in the paper and printing industry.
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I see the pictures of the flood and I am speechless. The appeals from WDR and aid organizations are following and Alena Buyx from the German Ethics Council is also calling for donations via Twitter. A post from a friend, Haeme Ulrich, snapped me out of my work and notified me of the appeal from the Verband Druck + Medien Nord-West (Northwest Printing and Media Association).
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At Beyondprint, we don’t just keep an eye on the German market, but we also look beyond (as the name suggests). The following article offers an interesting insight into the growth of online print in Spain and France. As a measure of analysis, we looked at the number of hits on the websites of online printers. We have translated the blog article from French, with the kind permission of Ludovic Martin, an independent consultant for eCommerce strategy and web-to-print projects.
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Elanders Print & Packaging has taken over the mass customization specialist, Schätzl Druck und Medien. As of July 6, 2021, the company from Donauwörth will join the Elanders Group. Elanders, one of the largest suppliers in industrial digital printing in Europe, is thus acquiring one of the German flagship companies when it comes to mass customization and print. Bernd Zipper had the opportunity to talk to Sven Burkhard, CEO of Elanders Print & Packaging, and Ulrich Schätzl, CEO of Schätzl Druck und Medien, regarding the background.
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The Zipcon Onlineprint Price Index (ZOPI) provides guidance on pricing in the printing industry. In March, we last compared developments on the market. The current analysis of the first half of 2021 shows what has happened since then. In the last ZOPI we could see that Flyeralarm had reduced their prices for flyers by 11 percent around the turn of the year, against the general trend on the market.
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We are keeping things exciting and now we are unveiling the second keynote and it’s a good one at that! Carles Farre, CEO of HP Pagewide Industrial, will be speaking on the developments and potential of the global high-speed inkjet market. This means that we have once again been able to win over an international CEO for the Online Print Symposium whose focus will be on current topics in the online print industry.
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The cloud business is booming, including in the print sector. A new company from England has entered the market under the name “Cloud to Print”. What’s new about the British business model? Large print runs, long contracts, good margins: Cloud to Print is well aware that these times are over. Today, it has to be smaller, faster, cheaper – and preferably online.
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