While many clients are requesting price reductions to help manage their cost of doing business, print suppliers are being hit with price increases for ink, paper, personnel, utilities, equipment, and cybersecurity to name a few. Their print clients have options: they can reduce quantities, switch providers, or move from print to social media. All o...

After a holiday lull, the Xerox HP tug-of-print continues. Xerox’s hostile take-over activities escalated when Xerox bought HP stock and exercised its shareholder right to nominate 11 replacements for HP’s current Board. There is more to come, but for now, let’s dive deeper into this week’s Board replacement episode.

This year’s US political advertising from presidential, federal, and state election campaigns across all media is projected as much as $10,000,000,000. Printers, both large and small, should be planning how to best tap into that treasure trove. The big impediments are competing with social media and developing the sophisticated campaign materials t...

Deborah Corn interviews Andy & Julie Plata on educating the future print workforce. The Platas share the University of Houston Digital Media Program’s transformation of graphic arts education for the digital age. Digital-native millennials learn to initiate, produce, and manage a broad mix of media disciplines - including print and packaging – with...

Xerox strongly encouraged HP’s shareholders to urge HP’s Board of Directors to pursue mutual due diligence in considering the buyout offer. We provide you Xerox’s 33-page PowerPoint detailing the $2,000,000,000 in anticipated post-merger savings. Also, five shareholders own over 20% of both…

University of Houston’s Digital Media students develop transmedia skills across eleven digital media disciplines. XMPie’s software donation empowers students to integrate print with video and social media. The result is sophisticated, data-driven, personalized, multi-channel business communications. 

November 26 Update: This began as an HP/Xerox Dance, became an aggressive tango, and now almost fisticuffs. In its November 25 letter to Xerox, HP stated that “…we are not dependent on a Xerox combination” and “We will not let aggressive tactics or hostile gestures distract us…” Where will it all end? Read the full text of Xerox’s Nov. 26 letter.

In Sunday’s letter, HP rejected Xerox’s “intent on forcing a potential combination” by issuing threats. The response was, “We will not let aggressive tactics or hostile gestures distract us…” HP’s response let Xerox know that ‘It’s YOU, not us’ who are responsible for stalling the deal. Then HP provides a long list of reasons why. Click through for...

HP said ‘NO’ last week to Xerox’s buy offer. Yesterday, Xerox responded, asking “Why” since the offer was higher than your financial advisor set? Meanwhile, Carl Icahn now owns substantial share in both firms. What’s the next step in the dance? We are providing you Xerox’s offering letter, HP’s rejection letter, and Xerox’s response. Read on for mo...

This week, Xerox’s largest shareholder, Carl Icahn, disclosed that over the summer he bought 4.24% of HP (valued at $1,200,000,000). With his substantial ownership in both Xerox and HP, Mr. Icahn commented that the combination is a no-brainer that could yield big profits for investors – which includes him in a big way. What most amazed us about thi...