Second Mill Raises April Pulp Price

http://www.resolutefp.com/en/?langtype=4105

Resolute Forest Products told North American customers that its bleached hardwood kraft (BHK) market pulp prices were increasing $20/tonne, effective April 1, industry contacts said.

Resolute told domestic customers its list prices for aspen grade northern bleached hardwood kraft (NBHK) would increase to $840/tonne.
The firm's southern bleached hardwood kraft (SBHK) was also slated at $840/tonne.
Resolute, one of several northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) producers that previously announced an Apr. 1, $30/tonne hike in North America ($930/tonne), told domestic customers about its BHK price increase in late March.
Alberta-Pacific (Alpac) was the first North American BHK producer to announce an April price increase when it slated an $840/tonne level on aspen NBHK on Mar. 27.

NewPage Joins Two Sides

http://www.paperage.com/2013news/04_09_2013newpage_twosides.html

Two Sides, the fast-growing non-profit organization established to promote the responsible production, use and sustainability of print and paper, today announced that NewPage Corporation has joined the organization.

"Print and paper have a great environmental story to tell, and Two Sides is pleased to have NewPage join our growing U.S. effort to get the word out to as many people as possible," says Two Sides President Phil Riebel. "Made from one of the earth's few truly renewable resources - trees from responsibly managed forests - print and paper is the most recycled commodity in the world. Nearly 68 percent of paper produced in the United States is recovered for recycling.

Seaborne Trade to Double by 2030

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-08/seaborne-trade-seen-more-than-doubling-by-2030-on-china-s-growth.html

Global seaborne trade will more than double by 2030 as China’s expanding economy drives demand for commodities from crude oil to iron ore, a study showed.
Cargoes will rise to between 19 billion and 24 billion metric tons, Lloyd’s Register, Qinetiq and the Glasgow, Scotland-based University of Strathclyde said today in a report titled Global Marine Trends 2030. That compares with 9 billion tons now, it showed.

Strong Growth Forecast for Global Biofuels

http://www.fortmilltimes.com/2013/04/08/2603323/global-biofuels-production-will.html

After more than a decade of healthy growth for conventional biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel, the next wave of advanced biofuels is nearing commercialization. The pool of commercially available biomass-derived fuels is expanding to include advanced fuels derived from non-food feedstocks and drop-in synthetic substitutes for gasoline, diesel, and kerosene-based jet fuel. According to a new report from Navigant Research, worldwide biofuels production will grow from 33.6 billion gallons per year (BGY) in 2013 to 61.6 BGY in 2023.

Escalating Paper Demand in Brazil

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/08/5325595/escalating-demand-for-paper-forms.html

The escalating demand for paper and the ensuing rise in paper production have spurred the pulp and paper chemicals market in Brazil. The need for high-quality paper will lead to technological advancements, and will continue to aid the market's development.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.chemicals.frost.com), Analysis of the Pulp and Paper Chemicals Market in Brazil, finds that the market earned revenues of more than $1.78 billion in 2012 and estimates this to reach $2.03 billion in 2017.

Q1 Ad Pages Down 4.9%

Ad Pages Dip 5 Percent in Q1:  First-quarter PIB numbers are out from the MPA and ad pages have continued their decline, dropping about 5 percent when compared to the same period last year.  The MPA points out that revenue eked out a half-point gain in the quarter, the first in two years, but given the vagaries of rate card reporting versus what an ad is actually sold for, revenue figures are difficult to estimate at face value.  Yet reporting on PIB numbers has become challenging not simply because print ad pages have been pinched, but because they now only tell part of a larger story. Nevertheless, print is still one of the three main legs of the magazine publisher's business model.  MPA CEO Mary Berner says PIB reporting is in a period of transition as the association investigates ways to incorporate digital numbers. "We're very focused on trying to expand PIB measurement to include all of the digital advertising as well. We should have that in the next several months," she says.

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/slide-eases-for-magazine-ad-pages/ 
Slide eases for magazine ad pages

Fall 4.9 percent in first quarter, smallest decline since 2011
Magazine ad pages aren’t yet on their way back up. But they’re falling by smaller percentages.

During first quarter of this year ad pages saw their smallest year-to-year decline since second quarter 2011, falling by 4.9 percent, according to Publishers Information Bureau data released today.

USPS Sees Customer Growth, Revenue Loss

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/national/2013/04/postal_service_loses_money_despite_customer_growth

What business gets more customers every year, yet keeps losing money? 
It's the U.S. Postal Service.

The agency delivers mail to 11 million more homes, offices and other addresses than it did a decade ago — even as the amount of mail people in the United States receive has fallen sharply. 
The number of new addresses had been rising by roughly 2 million almost every year since 1989. But that was cut in half to 1 million or less during the recession and housing crisis this decade. 
With the economy improving, the constant march upward in the number of places the postman has to travel is expected to accelerate.

95% of Americans Use Coupons

http://www.progressivegrocer.com/top-stories/headlines/consumer-insights/id37765/coupon-use-still-prevalent-among-american-consumers/

Ninety-five percent of Americans use coupons when shopping, while 73 percent admit to using coupons at least a couple times per month, according to a recent survey conducted by Boston, Mass.-based Linkable Networks. 78 percent of respondents name the Sunday paper as the source for their coupons.

JC Penney CEO Steps Down

http://adage.com/article/news/ron-johnson-17-months-jc-penney/240772/

Ron Johnson lasted just 17 months as CEO of JC Penney.

A JC Penney spokeswoman confirmed that Mr. Johnson is stepping down and will be replaced by his predecessor, Myron "Mike" Ullman, effective immediately. Mr. Ullman has also been elected to the Board of Directors. 
"We are fortunate to have someone with Mike's proven experience and leadership abilities to take the reins at the company at this important time," said Thomas Engibous, chairman of the board of directors, in a statement. "He is well-positioned to quickly analyze the situation JC Penney faces and take steps to improve the company's performance."
JC Penney's returning CEO will waste no time in assessing how much has changed since he departed in late 2011.

Glamour Uses Google+ to Offer Integrated Ad Buys

Glamour Uses Google+ to Offer Integrated Ad Buys, Custom Content:
It’s a cross between social advertising, content marketing and a traditional ad-buy: Glamour magazine is launching a new month-long series of custom Google+ Hangouts, giving its advertisers unique access, and exposure, to the title’s more than 1.5 million Google+ followers.

Trends in Retail

http://www.retailonlineintegration.com/article/search-engine-25058638/1
A move away from online channels and toward physical spaces — e.g., pop-up, outlet and brick-and-mortar stores — to market products is trending for Retail Online integration readers, at least according to this year's Annual Trends Survey. They'll also rely more on television, digital catalogs and social media this year to increase consumer engagement and ultimately grow sales. Their biggest challenge? For the third year in a row, customer acquisition.

Magazine Start Up Still Attractive Prospect

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/lets-make-a-magazine/?src=rechp

“Everybody thinks it’s crazy to start a magazine today,” said Alexia Niedzielski, who is starting her third at the age of 30... We are sitting at a fashionable restaurant... -->

Seated opposite is Elizabeth von Guttman, 36, her partner in their previous publishing ventures, Industrie, the influential magazine for fashion insiders, and Ever Manifesto. Between them is Jonathan Wingfield, 39, the former editor of Numéro. Not present, but equally as involved are Thomas Lenthal, the art director of the art-and-erotica journal Paradis. Collectively, the five-person editorial board represents the next generation of Annas, Graydons and Graces. Or so they hope.
Their latest project, set to make its debut in May, is a deep-thoughts magazine about the fashion industry, called System.

PIA Launches Integrated Print Center

Printing Industries of America Launches the Integrated Print Center: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Printing Industries of America today announces the launch of the Integrated Print Center, or IPC, a site dedicated to providing the integrated printer with the most essential data from the printing and graphic communications world. Led by Julie Shaffer, Vice President, Digital Technologies, the Integrated Print Center, www.printing.org/ipc is an interactive site created to provide everything from print and digital solutions to multichannel marketing.