Wine
Enthusiast Magazine
has expanded its digital footprint, launching two new exciting projects: A
comprehensive, free Tasting Guide app and a redesigned mobile-friendly magazine
Web site.
The
Tasting Guide, now available
in Apple’s App Store now and on Google Play September 25, is the ultimate
app for all-things wine, spirits and beer.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
USA Today Expects Big Drop at Newsstands
As
its restructuring enters a second year, USA
Today is bracing for a 35% drop in newsstand sales when it doubles
the single-copy price to $2 on Sept. 30, according to internal company
documents.
Retail Growth Expected in Holiday Season
Sales are forecast to rise only 2.4 percent in November and December compared with increases of 3 percent in 2012, 4 percent in 2011 and 3.8 percent in 2010.
Boom in Chinese Log Imports
Global trade in logs will expand 10 percent to 127 million cubic meters (4.5 billion cubic feet) in 2013, according to Wood Resources International LLC, a research company in Bothell, Washington.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Mohawk Creates Mohawk Fine Paper and Mohawk Digital
Mohawk's core business of fine text and cover papers and envelopes will be managed within the Mohawk Fine Paper division, while the company's growing portfolio of digital substrates — including a wide range of papers and non-papers for printing across dry toner, liquid toner and ink jet devices, will be managed within the new Mohawk Digital division.
Kevin Richard, formerly Executive Vice President, Operations & Chief Operating Officer, has been named President of Mohawk Fine Paper Division.
Paul Biesiadecki, previously Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, has been named President, Mohawk Digital.
Stora Names CFO
Stora
Enso has appointed Seppo Parvi (49) as its new Chief Financial Officer. He is
currently CFO and Executive Vice President, Food and Medical Business Area, at
Ahlstrom.
Prior
joining Ahlstrom in 2009, Parvi was CFO for Metsä Board (M-real) and before
that worked for more than ten years in various line management positions at the
packaging company Huhtamäki, including responsibilities such as paper
manufacturing within Rigid Packaging Europe and General Manager for Turkey.
Parvi
will join Stora Enso during the first quarter of 2014.
Domtar Announces Uncoated Freesheet Increase
http://www.domtar.com/
In what would be the first broad-based pricing increase in more than two years on uncoated freesheet (UFS) papers in North America, Domtar was out with a group of $40/ton and $60/ton increases effective with shipments on Oct. 15 across all its UFS publication and printing papers, including offset and printing/converting grades, contacts said.
In what would be the first broad-based pricing increase in more than two years on uncoated freesheet (UFS) papers in North America, Domtar was out with a group of $40/ton and $60/ton increases effective with shipments on Oct. 15 across all its UFS publication and printing papers, including offset and printing/converting grades, contacts said.
Pulp Price Increase
Domtar has informed Asian customers that its northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) and fluff pulp prices will increase $20/tonne, effective October 1 until further notice, RISI has learned.
In China, Domtar's $20/tonne increase would bring its NBSK list price to $730/tonne, industry contacts said. Domtar also announced a $20/tonne price increase on fluff, which would bring its fluff list price in China to $680/tonne.
Domtar has informed Asian customers that its northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) and fluff pulp prices will increase $20/tonne, effective October 1 until further notice, RISI has learned.
In China, Domtar's $20/tonne increase would bring its NBSK list price to $730/tonne, industry contacts said. Domtar also announced a $20/tonne price increase on fluff, which would bring its fluff list price in China to $680/tonne.
Sale Puts Boise’s International Falls Mill at Risk
Packaging
Corp. of America’s announcement Monday that it plans to buy struggling Boise
Inc. in a cash deal worth nearly $2 billion has raised concerns about the fate
of Boise’s paper plant in International Falls.
Illinois-based
PCA is best known for making boxboard and corrugated packaging products, while
the smaller Boise makes copier paper, liner board and corrugated packaging
products. But copier paper is the primary product for Boise’s International
Falls plant, putting it at increased risk for cutbacks. In May, the factory
announced that it was reducing staff as electronic correspondence such as
e-mail and text messages clipped demand for paper.
“The
question is whether Packaging Corporation of America wants the copy-paper
portion of [Boise’s] business,” said Wayne Gjerde, recycling market development
manager for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. “I am really concerned that
we maintain our container board and paper capacity here. That [provides] a lot
of our jobs.”
Holmen Closes Newsprint PM
Holmen has permanently stopped production on the 200,000 tonne/yr newsprint
machine PM 51 at its Braviken mill in central Sweden. The machine was halted on
September 14, at around 2 PM.
Holmen
announced plans to close the machine in March this year due to falling demand,
pressure on prices, high raw material costs and the strengthening of the
Swedish krona. The company settled the timing for the closure, which has led
to 168 job cuts, in May. It is not yet clear what will happen to PM 51, a
spokesperson for Holmen said.
Rainy Summer Costly to Mill
John Faraci, in a session with analysts and investors at a UBS gathering last week, said the wettest summer since 1895 is causing the global paper company some headwinds for the third quarter.
“We’re on track in the Southeast … of having the wettest year since 1895. … That really started to happen at the end of May,” Faraci said at the Thursday, Sept. 12, event. “What that’s meant is our wood costs, particularly hardwood – they are going to rise a lot more significantly than we thought.”
It means IP will probably end up spending about $20 million to $30 million more than it anticipated. But Faraci emphasized the problem shouldn’t have lasting effects on the company.
Value of Design Elements in Catalogs
A: to speak to one or both of those interests. Try this two-step approach:
Most C-level execs are primarily interested in increasing sales and decreasing costs. Therefore, whatever you present to them needs
1. Mock up a couple of catalog spreads done the way you think they should look.
2. Ask to test your revised layout to see if it beats the old layout.
Johnson Publishing Gets Credit Infusion
The company behind popular African-American titles Ebony and Jet announced it has agreed to a revolving credit facility with Gibraltar Business Capital. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Cenveo in Agreement to Sell Division to Ennis
September
17, 2013—Cenveo Inc. today announced that it has executed a letter of intent to
sell its Custom Envelope Division (“CED”) to Ennis Inc., a manufacturer of
printed business products and apparel, headquartered in Midlothian, TX, for
approximately $47.25 million in cash and the assumption of certain trade
liabilities. The closing, which is expected to be on or before September 27,
2013, is subject to the completion of normal due diligence procedures and the
consummation of a definitive purchase agreement between the two parties.
Cenveo Officially Acquires National Envelope with Close of
Sale
National
Envelope is pleased to announce Cenveo has acquired substantially all of the
assets of National Envelope. The sale formally closed today after
receiving court approval to proceed on September 11, 2013. Cenveo
anticipates a full integration of the two companies by the end of the year, and
National Envelope will begin using the Cenveo name immediately.
Saks Executives Leaving Following Merger
http://www.retailonlineintegration.com/aggregatedcontent/saks-execs-out-following-hudsons-bay-merger
Saks Incorporated
reports that both chairman and CEO Stephen I. Sadove company president and
chief merchant Ronald L. Frasch will be be leaving the retailer upon completion
of the merger with Hudson's Bay Company.
More Magazine Launches Interactive Program
Penthouse Publisher Files for Chapter 11
FriendFinder Networks Inc. filed for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to restructure its debt. The company,
which also operates multiple social networking and adult-dating Web sites,
sought Chapter 11 protection along with 38 affiliates in the U.S. Bankruptcy
Court in Wilmington, Del., after missing interest payments on its secured
notes.
Consumers Don't Believe Your Green Ad Claims
The percentage of consumers who say they don't know if companies' environmental claims are accurate doubled to 22% between 2008 and 2013 in GfK's annual Green Gauge tracking survey. The percentage who said they don't know how well businesses fulfill their responsibility to the environment tripled to 10% over the same period.
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