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Advances in production digital printing toners and inks are creating new opportunities to capture high value pages that require more than traditional CMYK-based colors. The powerful combination of special effects (white, clear, textures, metallic, fluorescents, etc.) with the unique capabilities of digital printing (personalized and on-demand production) is opening up new applications traditionally produced with offset presses and enabling printers to add value to jobs and have a competitive differentiation.

InfoTrends is pleased to announce a new multi-client study that will map and score document technology providers’ security portfolios and capabilities over requirements and customer selection criteria.

InfoTrends is pleased to announce a new study entitled Best Practices of High-Performance Print Sales Organizations. This study will identify the best sales practices used by companies of all sizes in the U.S. and Western Europe (France, Germany, U.K.), assess future challenges, and provide recommendations for sustainable sales growth.

InfoTrends is pleased to announce that Pat McGrew will be joining the company as Director of the Production Workflow Solutions (PWS) advisory service at the end of June. In her role, McGrew will have responsibility for forecasting, market analysis, research, and custom consulting related to production workflow software and solution trends within the printing, packaging, and publishing industries.

InfoTrends is pleased to announce that Jeff Hayes, Managing Director for InfoTrends, will be presenting at the HP Indigo Photo event on June 3, 2016 during drupa. The tradeshow runs from May 31st to June 10th in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) today released two new tools on bliQ, once again expanding its portfolio of sales and marketing workflow tools for the document imaging industry.

Since 2008, InfoTrends has been offering the imaging community an annual segmentation and profiling study of both current and future owners of digital interchangeable lens cameras (ILCs). To build on research conducted in early 2015, InfoTrends is offering a new report titled The 2016 U.S. Digital Interchangeable Lens Camera Study. This study will once again be based on an extensive review of both new and existing research, a consumer survey, and more.

The growth of smartphones and tablets has changed the way that consumers communicate with each other and perform various tasks like taking and sharing photos, consuming media, and many other activities once handled with digital cameras and personal computers. Internet-connected televisions provide access to virtually all the same content, but with a distinct advantage: direct playback on the biggest screen in the home. Most of these features are enabled or enhanced by downloadable apps that allow each user to customize their experience according to his or her tastes and preferences.

InfoTrends has just published a comprehensive report entitled Exploring the State of the Global Marketing Print Management Market, which provides insight into this space through interviews with nearly 40 executives worldwide. Also known as the print brokering or strategic print sourcing, the marketing print management market is in an unprecedented state of transition. “Print’s place in modern marketing campaigns is transforming, competing with other channels for marketing dollars,” stated InfoTrends Senior Director, Matt Swain. “The insights that we gathered from this research are invaluable and tell a story of a rapidly developing global market.”

InfoTrends is pleased to extend its successful franchise, Vertical Market Business Opportunities to the European market delivering a new advisory service: Vertical Market Business Opportunities Europe Consulting Service (VMBOE).