Business Management

If you think meetings are a waste of time and sap your productivity, you're not alone. A recent article in AdWeek aims to change all that with five simple suggestions.

Idealliance is pleased to announce that 11 industry leaders will be inducted into the association’s Soderstrom Society.

The Illinois Graphic Arts sales tax exemption has finally been restored. This comes after three years of hard fought legislative sessions. Because of Great Lakes Graphics Association (GLGA)'s efforts in Springfield, the Graphic Arts sales tax exemption became part of the Illinois Manufacturing Machinery and Equipment exemption.

When did you last interview a customer? I try and interview a customer every month. The information I get from spending 30 minutes with one of my existing clients is invaluable. Remember, this conversation is not about sales. It is all about finding out about your customer.

Fourteen technologies have been singled out by the Printing Industries of America to receive 2017 InterTech Technology Awards. These technologies have been deemed truly innovative and are expected to advance the performance of the graphic communications industry.

The sign and visual communications industry continues to reap the rewards of an improving economy.

Gina Testa has retired from Xerox after 32 years. She weighs in on the state of the industry and how printers can remain successful.

Marketing automation software is a building block in helping to connect all channels.

As a generation of skilled press operators retires, in-plants struggle to find qualified replacements. To help fill that void, the SkillsUSA Championships brought together two dozen of the nation’s top high school and college-level graphic communications students to compete.

The way Quark lost its monopoly in the professional publishing space would be a great case study on everything a company can do wrong.