U.S. Commercial Printing Shipments Increase, But Real Growth is Elusive

January 15, 2008 - Lexington, KY - WhatTheyThink, the leading online media organization serving the printing and publishing industry, today announced the availability of their most current report titled “Monthly U.S. Printing Shipments, Issue #26.” Authored by Dr. Joe Webb, director of WhatTheyThink's Economics and Research Center, the report is available for immediate purchase at:

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“October printing shipments were $9.0 billion or +1.4% over the same month in 2006,” said Dr. Webb, director of WhatTheyThink's Economics and Research Center. “On inflation-adjusted basis, however, November shipments were down -$263 million or -2.8% compared to 2006.” Pressures for industry consolidation have been intensifying for months as shipments are not keeping up with the economy while costs such as paper, materials, and labor have been rising. Market conditions do not allow printers to pass these cost increases through the print value chain.”

The Monthly U.S. Printing Shipments Report, based on data from 2003 through 2007, contains both current and inflation-adjusted analysis of commercial printing and print services shipments, and forecasts of 2008 through 2010. The bonus audio file includes his frank analysis, opinions, and strategic outlook. Containing PDF, Excel and PowerPoint files, the cost of the report is $50.00 and features an MP3 file of audio commentary from Dr. Webb as well. Those purchasing the report can easily repurpose the charts and data for internal, client presentations, and reports.

The report contains significant and proprietary analysis by WhatTheyThink's Economics and Research Center. It is a top-level analysis of the U.S. commercial printing and trade services markets such as commercial offset, digital, and other printing processes, as well as prepress and postpress contained in the standard business classification NAICS 323.

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