Double-dipping at the Bankruptcy Bar (Commentary on National Envelope's...
By Dustin LeFebvre Well, here we go again. As reported in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal , a large printing company files for a second round of bankruptcy protection within a few years. This isn’t...
View ArticleCompeting with Robots
By Dustin LeFebvre The topic was inventory management. Customers were frustrated, the folks from Sales were upset, and managers were gathered around throwing out ideas to make our information more...
View ArticleWeb Ads Are the New Bricks in the Mailbag
By Dustin LeFebvre I’ve long viewed display ads with a heavy degree of skepticism. Am I so biased by print’s tangibility that my disdain for online advertising clouds my judgment? I’m not sure, but...
View ArticleLike Dust in the Wind
By Dustin LeFebvre Ah, the life of a printer! There are so many variables around us that sometimes it seems like we’re that feather from Forrest Gump, subject to forces much stronger than we are. I’m...
View ArticleWhat I Learned at PRINT 13
By Dustin LeFebvre I spent my weekend doing PRINT 13 related things, and I need to travel down there for another day today so I’ll be quick. Saturday, I spent my day at the Gleacher Center attending a...
View ArticleHere’s an Alternative “Exigent” Solution
By Dustin LeFebvre Last week the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) released its recommendation for 2014 postal rates. In addition to the annual price increase tied to inflation (1.6 percent), the...
View ArticleThe Marriage of RRD and CGX from a Competitor's Perspective
By Dustin LeFebvre Hire a planner and dust off that old suit because another wedding is in the works! The world has been buzzing about the R.R. Donnelley (RRD) acquisition of Consolidated Graphics...
View ArticleGhost of Vertis Haunts Us
By Dustin LeFebvre The leaves are falling, the weather is chilling, and the season is turning here in Chicago. Among other things the seasonal change brings is the much-celebrated return of Charles...
View ArticleGood Grief USPS!
By Dustin LeFebvre The USPS is rolling out Sunday package delivery in Los Angeles and New York this fall , as reported by the Los Angeles Times . Good grief! It’s a real Charlie Brown story, the USPS....
View ArticleLunch and Sterling Premium Paper
By Dustin LeFebvre I was enjoying my pastitcio when the conversation turned to Sterling Premium, as it seems to more often than I’d like. In the company of good folks at our local Greek eatery, things...
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