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by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 27, 2021
However, ongoing disruption in component production and supply chain, as well as container shortages, and rising shipping costs will lead to continuing shortages and volatile supply in the distribution channel
“The lengthening of the supply shortages combined with on-going logistical issues are presenting the industry with some big challenges.”
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 18, 2021
Inkjet vendors continued to record high shipments to cater to ongoing demand and to fill order backlogs.
Market rebounds, despite computer chip shortages, and rising component and logistics costs.
Expect unstable supply, with A4 laser printers said to be most affected.
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 6, 2021
According to research by International Data Corporation (IDC), the Western European printer and MFP market increased 18.8 percent year-over-year, for......
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 3, 2021 · Last modified August 5, 2021
IDC also reports that due to working from home, laser pages declined sharply, down 16 percent year-over-year in 2020.
HP Inc. led the worldwide Chromebook market with 35 percent market share, and 115.7 percent year-over-year growth.
In June, sales of printers through European distributors were up by 17 percent year-over-year, and revenues were up 21.8 percent,......
Despite digitization accelerated by the pandemic, many SMBs still rely on paper.
On July 17th, the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released its June 2021 Printing-Writing Monthly report. According to the......
“…after more than a year of remote working, and with light at the end of the long pandemic tunnel, employee motivation continues to decline because of technology and communication challenges.”
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 24, 2021
However, 85 percent say they’ve seen a decline in print volumes, while 53 percent have little confidence that print volumes will return to pre-COVID levels.
Printing-writing paper shipments showed their first increase since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the American Forest and......
Survey respondents said print still key for focusing better and for being productive – despite major distractions working at home or in the office.
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by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 11, 2021
“While shipments in some segments took a step backward after a very strong fourth quarter, the overall shipment numbers remained strong in Q1.”
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