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 The Eagle for Premium Access Members



The Eagle is led by co-publishers, Steve Aranoff and Robert FitzPatrick. The EAGLE is known for its independent and unabashed view of what is happening in the Graphic Arts Channel. It has been continuously published as a subscriber-based print journal since 1981. It was launched to address channel issues and to advocate fair, open and balanced relations between the industry's manufacturers and distributors. Consolidation has redefined the "channel" to now mean manufacturers, dealers and printers, not just the suppliers. The real end-user is the print-buyer. Within WhatTheyThink, The Eagle contains frequent columns about these issues.

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RECENT COLUMNS:


Forces Leading to Adobe/Kinko's Deal will Tempt Other Suppliers - a Longer Term View - 08/22/2007

China: Outsourced Manufacturing and Then What? - 08/16/2007

China redux: Has anything changed in the last year - 07/27/2007

So, how does SecondLife impact the print community? - 07/12/2007

Is there SecondLife in the Printing World? Part 1 of 2 - 07/11/2007

Code of Channel Transactions Reveals Industry Realities: How They Pay Part 2 - 06/20/2007

Code of Channel Transactions Reveals Industry Realities: How They Pay Part 1 of 2 - 06/19/2007

India - Where Newspapers are alive and well! - 05/30/2007

Thoughts about the Realities of NEXPO and the Survival of the Daily Newspaper Part 2 - 05/11/2007

Thoughts about the Realities of NEXPO and the Survival of the Daily Newspaper Part 1 - 05/10/2007

The other side of OnDemand: ISA presents the Big Growth Market: Wide Format Printing - 05/03/2007

Are U.S. Daily Newspapers a Dying breed: Japan vs. the U.S. Part 2 of 2 - 04/24/2007

Are U.S. Daily Newspapers a dying breed? Part 1 of 2 - 04/23/2007

Que hora es?: The State of the Printing Industry as Seen at the - 04/04/2007

Open Systems Needed in Fast-Changing Marketplace - 03/07/2007

The EAGLE Musings: 2006 was the year that wide format digital print matured Part 2 - 02/05/2007

The EAGLE Musings: 2006 was the year that wide format digital print matured - 02/01/2007

Musings from the Fast Signs Convention - 01/25/2007

Sunset for CtP - 01/12/2007

Channel Consolidation: Commentary about Agfa’s recent move and looking ahead - 12/08/2006

Have You Read The EAGLE? Prove It by Dropping Us A Line! - 11/30/2006

SGIA 06: Fulfilling the Promise with An Outstanding Venue For Viewing the Evolution of the Digital Printing Marketplace - 11/16/2006

FREE: Rituals and Realities at Graph Expo Part 2 - 10/31/2006

Rituals and Realities at Graph Expo Part 1 - 10/27/2006

Castles in Spain? HP's Lavish Junket in Barcelona Was More about Relationships than Breakthroughs - 09/26/2006

Outsourcers: Beware the Hidden Cost to Low Price in China - 09/21/2006

Action in the Aisles at Three-in-One Sign Show Reveals - 08/24/2006

There's Only One Way To Respond to Plate Price Hikes: - 04/24/2006

China Update (Part 2): As China's Industrial Might Grows, So Does Pressure on Wages - 04/11/2006

China Update (Part 1): What Can the U.S. Learn from China’s Broadly-Based Trade Expos? - 04/10/2006


ALL Columns from THE EAGLE



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Stephen P. Aranoff is founder and principal of ARTTEX Associates. He has 28 years experience in the development and profitable distribution of printing/digital imaging market products. Managing prepress technology companies from start-up through significant growth, such as Xyvision, Eikonix, Raytheon Graphics, UNDA, and ScanView, he has played a leading role in introducing many first-of-a-kind successful printing industry products.

Since 1986, ARTTEX has provided pragmatic business, marketing and sales strategy and implementation consulting to both large and small client companies based upon this successful operating expertise – including bringing off shore products to the domestic market.

Well known clients include: Cactus/3M, Dainippon Screen, Heartland Imaging/VieNet, Island Graphics, Kodak, Ricoh, and Scitex, as well as venture capitalists, law firms and startup technology ventures.

Since 1995, Mr. Aranoff has specialized in the marketing and distribution of Digital Imaging products, with emphasis on marketplace convergence brought about by the use of powerful off-the-shelf components.

Mr. Aranoff also holds a Masters Degrees in Systems Engineering and an MBA Degree, with Distinction, in Sales/Marketing. He often serves as a speaker and forum moderator and for many years, has done so at NAGASA’s Forums. He is also a frequent guest writer for digital imaging publications.

Contact Stephen Aranoff at: 25 Canyon Shadows Drive, Sedona, AZ 86336 USA, Tel: (928)282-4173, Cell: (928)300-8757, Fax: (775)254-5768, email: Steve@arttex.com
- - - Robert L. FitzPatrick, president of FitzPatrick Management Inc., is an industrial relations consultant, writer, speaker, facilitator, and trade association advisor. He is a nationally recognized analyst of mature industries. His work involves grasping the fundamental economic needs of all parties in the supply chain as well as understanding the dynamics and life cycles of products.

Since 1981, Robert FitzPatrick has continuously published THE EAGLE, a unique and influential journal that analyzes technology, manufacturer/ dealer relations and trends in analog and digital product distribution. His articles on the dynamics of mature industries have appeared in trade journals for graphic arts, sanitation supply, automobile parts, office automation, wholesale florist and food processing industries, among others.

He has been a featured speaker at dealer conferences for Hewlett Packard, FujiFilm, among other major companies and he has organized international dealer/manufacturer conferences in Antwerp, Belgium and in Guadalajara, Mexico. Consultancy clients of FitzPatrick Management include Fuji Photo, DuPont, Lastra S.p.a., Anchor Chemistry, AB Dick, #1 Network, London Litho, Heartland Imaging, VieNet.com, among others.

He was a consultant and featured speaker at the meetings of Food Industries Suppliers Association (FISA) four consecutive years. In 1997, Robert FitzPatrick co-authored and published the first book to expose and critique the multi-level marketing model of sales and distribution. Entitled, False Profits, this book is available in bookstores nationwide or from the publisher at web site www.falseprofits.com. He has served as Expert Witness in various cases involving pyramid scheme fraud perpetrated against independent distributors.

Contact Robert FitzPatrick at 1522 Lilac Rd., Charlotte, NC 28209 USA. Tel.: (704) 334-2047, Fax: (704) 334-0220, Email: robertf765@aol.com.





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