Saturday, September 25, 2021
Nothing Fishy About This Dream Berto
RT's resident cartoonist, Berto ponders what it might have been like for residents of the village of Zhuhai when news broke that it would be transformed into a special economic zone city.
What Lessons can Apple PanAm and Polaroid Reveal?
Darren Turner considers exciting ideas and decisions by entrepreneurs some of which worked and others didn't.
The Time and Tide Were on Our Side
Tricia Judge remembers how the epic battle at the US Supreme Court definitively decided the issues of post-sale restrictions and effects of foreign first sales.
How Consolidation, Protection and Sustainability Impact Us
Mark Dawson remembers back to 1987 when there was no “aftermarket” which all changed with the advent of inkjet and laser and when OEMs adopted the “razor and blades” sales strategy.
Color My World – a saintly experience
David Gibbons can remember the first time he saw color TV and it opened his eyes to new possibilities for his career and life experiences.
Russians, Color and New Printing Technologies
Stanislav Malinskiy reports the color laser printer supplies segment constituted 20% of the whole Russian laser printing supplies market in 2020 and continues to grow as does the demand for compatible laser printing supplies.
From Fishing Village to World Capital in Just 40 Years
David Gibbons has now lived and worked in Zhuhai for more than 10 years. "I have to say that the transformation, even in these short years, does not happen anywhere else on the planet."
Colorless: The Day Businesses Stopped Printing in Color
Controversial industry commentator Ray Stasieczko reminds us end-users are not replacing monochrome output with color output. Instead, they are replacing the need to read printed output with the ability to consume information behind glass digitally.
Who Will We Sell To When the Machines Take Over?
In the race to embrace artificial intelligence (AI), Darren Turner reveals the impact leaves many questions unanswered.
Show Me the Color in Latin America
According to Gustavo Molinatti, color has had a "colorful" past and continues to be controlled by price and quality for the Latin American printing consumables aftermarket.