Tight Job Market, High Turnover Concerns for Copier-Industry Sales Managers
Among the findings of a new 2019 survey is that building a copier sales team has become more challenging because of a tight labor market and high turnover.
Among the findings of a new 2019 survey is that building a copier sales team has become more challenging because of a tight labor market and high turnover.
The good news on the tariff front is that a U.S.-proposed 5-percent tariff – that could have gone up to...
Featured Posts / Konica Minolta / Kyocera / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 13, 2019 · Last modified August 5, 2019
Konica Minolta joins Ricoh Company of Japan, which also recently announced that it will shift some of its copier/MFP production out of China.
Sharp CEO and Chairman Tai Jeng-wu said trade frictions between the United States and China could provide an “opportunity” to expand its business with Chinese companies, in contrast to many other manufacturers who have voiced concerns over U.S. tariffs on imported Chinese goods.
This week, we saw a host of office-imaging companies based in Japan report results for their fiscal years that ended...
Sharp said it has achieved 10 consecutive quarters of increasing net profits since the third-quarter quarter of its fiscal 2016 year.
This isn’t the first business Sharp is re-entering. In June 2018, Sharp said it was getting back in the PC business – which it had quit in 2010.
Epson / Featured Posts / HP / Market Reports & Forecasts / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 12, 2019 · Last modified May 20, 2019
The majority of growth was experienced in the Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) and U.S. markets, rather than in Europe.
3D Printing / Canon / Electronics for Imaging / HP / Inkjet / Lexmark / News / Ricoh / Sharp / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 1, 2019
One of the interesting things about technology is that we can’t always see where it will eventually take us, a case in point being drop-on-demand inkjet printing.
Financial News / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 30, 2019 · Last modified February 21, 2019
The company stated that despite the U.S.-China trade war and other economic disruptions, it “secured bottom-line profit…with its profit margin outperforming” the same period a year earlier.
Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA) today announced that it’s expanding its direct regional sales coverage of managed...
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 18, 2018 · Last modified January 8, 2019
For the first time in four years, Sharp Corporation will participate in the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019 being held in...
Financial News / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 30, 2018 · Last modified December 4, 2018
Operating profit for the Smart Business Solution segment was 9.0 billion yen, down 7.3 percent versus the same period a year earlier.
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 24, 2018 · Last modified September 11, 2018
“Sharp continues to drive innovation by creating new offerings that raise the bar for entry-level print and MFP devices.”
Canon / Electronics for Imaging / Featured Posts / Fuji Xerox / HP / Konica Minolta / Kyocera / Lexmark / News / Nuance / Ricoh / Sharp / Xerox
by Terry Wirth
by Terry Wirth · Published August 3, 2018 · Last modified August 15, 2018
The big news this week was HP Inc.’s announcement that it’s seeking to purchase U.K.-based Apogee Corporation, which is said......
Financial News / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 31, 2018 · Last modified August 8, 2018
Net sales were higher year-over-year for six consecutive quarters beginning in the fourth quarter of Sharp’s fiscal-year 2016.
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