The youth want to buy from, and/or work for, a company that stands for something more than making money. So should you still put profit first? Walter Hale investigates
Zeitgeist
Stand and deliver
Will you be an ambassador for print? Will you help educate the next generation about the opportunities a career in this industry affords them? Debbie McKeegan of TexIntel and Fespa Textile Ambassador makes a rallying call.
Contacts worth having
Did you know that media substrates supplier Antalis has an in-house innovation and creative consultants team? And did you know that its head, Claire White, and others like her, can help you have more profitable conversations with customers and creatives to make the most of new and trending print opportunities?
Fashion faux pas?
Catherine Cresswell and Ron Gilboa of Keypoint Intelligence consider whether UK PSPs not rushing headlong into apparel printing are missing out.
Britain’s got talent…
...but how do you get it into your business? Partnering with a local uni is one way of doing it. Just take a look at the Teesside Advanced Practice Internship programme.
Change your default setting
Sticking with the status quo is stalling progress for the world’s print shops according to Erik Strik, CEO at PrintFactory. Here’s why.
Listen and learn
Think you know all inkjet can do? Well, the annual Inkjet Conference, organised by the European Specialist Printing Manufacturers Association (ESMA), might challenge your perceptions.
Women in wide-format
Well, where are they? When it gets to director level, women are few in this sector. But is that changing?