The Key Point Blog

03/15/2021
Kris Alvarez

Forecast of the impact of COVID-19 on print volume for small to large companies

March 11, 2021 marked the one-year anniversary of the WHO's official declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic, which continues to leave its mark on a global scale. This blog explores the recent data and provides an update to our data.
02/22/2021
Eve Padula

Even in a challenging environment, they exist!

Many businesses entered 2020 cautiously optimistic about the opportunities of the future, but those expectations were shattered by the forced closure of non-essential businesses. This blog explores the actions that various printing companies are exploring so they can maintain growth as we emerge from the pandemic.
01/11/2021
Carl Schell

CEO of tech provider speaks about print, production, IT, and dealers

We provide unbiased insights and build responsive tools that are customized for you so that you can focus less on data and more on your customers.
12/29/2020
Carl Schell

Free Keypoint Intelligence series details current and future ways to work smarter, not harder

COVID-19 has presented countless challenges and impacted the bottom line of companies around the globe. But out of that bloomed new opportunities that have led to success stories in many industries—the print space included.
12/16/2020
Colin McMahon

What to expect in 2021

In many ways, COVID-19 has been an accelerator, pushing many industries including print into greater digital readiness. In other words, fulfilling the promise of industry 4.0 transformation, which began many years ago.
12/08/2020
Paul Brady

Dealer principal in NSW Australia talks about the ups and downs during a pandemic

We sat down with Lawrence Breen to learn more about Inland Digital, how the dealer has fared since the coronavirus hit, successes and challenges in 2020, and opportunities for next year. This blog explores some of those findings from our interview.
12/02/2020
Anne Valaitis

Moving online post-COVID

The world of business is now online. Products and services are morphing to meet the needs of the COVID-19 consumer. Whether for business or personal—often when you are working from home, it is blurry at best—an e-commerce presence for vendors is no longer a nicety.
11/30/2020
Riley McNulty

An update to the April and June surveys

In April and June of this year, Big Picture Magazine and Keypoint Intelligence conducted surveys of sign shops, commercial printers, and in-plants to gain a perspective on how the industry is coping with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog explores updates to this data.
11/24/2020
Carl Schell

Former Kyocera VP discusses dealer’s strategy, COVID’s impact, and her career

COVID-19 notwithstanding, the company has grown its print business and hired additional help in sales, thanks to the always powerful combination of continuing to satisfy existing customers and increasing net-new accounts. For a dealer with roughly $2 million in revenue, high double-digit YOY growth is most impressive.
11/13/2020
Lee Davis

Annual forecasts for North America and Western Europe coming soon

Released annually, our Document Imaging Solutions Forecasts for North America and Western Europe estimate and project revenue figures from 2019 to 2024. This blog explores some of the complications we've seen due to COVID-19.