Business Strategies for the Distributor Sales Professional
Newton, Massachusetts-based P3Software, Inc., a world leader in print procurement technology, announced a new Customer Access Portal (CAP) for the P3Expeditor web-based print procurement system that provides expanded tools and features for print professionals, print brokers and printers to manage print costs across an organization.
USPS announced at the February Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) meeting its plans to retire the POSTNET barcode in January 2013.
Minnesota-based distributor, American Solutions for Business (ASB) recently acquired a sales group from Portland, Ore. The team, lead by Kevin Welch, includes six sales associates and three staff people. This group was originally part of American Eagle Graphics, a west coast business that was founded in 1985. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Wayland, Massachusetts-based iPROMOTEu announced that 12 promotional products distributors have affiliated with iPROMOTEu in February 2012. These new affiliates, in the aggregate, have an estimated annual sales volume in of nearly $5,000,000.
Austell, Georgia-based Graphic Dimensions, a trade manufacturer of business documents, recently announced two management additions.
Cenveo, Inc. recently declared results for the quarter and complete year closed Dec. 31, 2011.
Kodak has agreed to sell its online photo services business to Internet-based publishing service Shutterfly for $23.8 million as the bankrupt company continues to trim its businesses in a massive restructuring.
From Feb. 22, 2012 through Feb. 28, 2012, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) awarded 66 one-time print jobs to 28 print supplier clients of Government Print Management. The total value in new business for the clients was $282,018.
Ideal Printers and PrintMailers, Inc., two of Houston’s largest mail and print service companies, announced a merger that will combine their complementary portfolio of cross-media production services. The new company, Seebridge Media, will occupy the existing PrintMailers Inc. 112,000 sq. ft. location in Houston and offer an expanded range of fully integrated production services.
Diversified Global Graphics Group (DG3 LLC), a leading provider of global print, technology and graphic communication services, announced that its UK operation, DG3 Group (Holdings) Limited (DG3), has agreed to acquire the manufacturing and print related trade & assets of Sterling Financial Print Limited (Sterling). In connection with the acquisition, the parties will enter into a long-term partnership whereby DG3 will exclusively supply corporate finance printing services to Sterling in support of Sterling’s corporate finance business. The parties expect to close the acquisition at the earliest practicable date following its compliance with all legal and regulatory obligations.
