Questions and Answers Archives - Print & Promo Marketing

Peter Schaefer on Wide-Format M&A Trends

With so much going on in wide-format mergers and acquisitions, now is a good time to take a closer look at the trends driving the space, and what to expect in the coming months. We sat down with Peter Schaefer, partner at New Direction Partners, to get his perspective on what wide-format printers need to know about M&A activity.

Mary Furto of Counselor Top 40 supplier PCNA discusses consumer purchasing habits and their impact on industry products on the cusp of a new year.

Steven Flaughers, owner of Proforma 3rd Degree, discusses his history in print and promo, asking the right questions and finding the right opportunities in unexpected places.

We sat down with Mark Hahn, senior managing director and founder, Graphic Arts Advisors, to get his perspective on what wide-format printers need to know about M&A activity.

The apparel supplier has been working to get accredited with the Fair Labor Association since 2019.

Executive Perspectives: Metrographics’ Casey Duke on Controlling Variables

Print & Promo Marketing’s ongoing feature series, Executive Perspectives, tells the personal entrepreneurial stories of leading professionals in the print and promotional products industry. This month, we interviewed Casey Duke, partner at Metrographics (asi/268937) in Fairfield, NJ. In our chat, Duke discussed everything from taking over the reins from his father and modernizing the business, to adapting in hard times. How did you get started in the industry? What path did you take to your current role? Casey Duke: The business was started by my father back in the mid-1980s.…

Maxim Advertising Inc., a distributor based in Newton, IA, made the bold decision to go beyond its core business of promotional products and begin selling print solutions too – a move precipitated by a request from one of its largest clients