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The secrets of lucrative giveaway campaigns.

Eastman Kodak Company ("Kodak" or the "Company") announced today, Thursday January 19, that it and its U.S. subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for chapter 11 business reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Printing company Wright Enterprises has announced that the has added an HP Indigo 7500, 7-color, digital press to its lineup.  

"The fact that the HP Indigo uses an ink-based agent rather than toner opens an entirely new range of value-added products to take to market," said Gordon Klepec, vice president of sales and marketing.

There are a lot of reasons to use Round Offset Fans from Lion Circle Corp., but none of them are as important as Will Smith's face. Yes, the fans are affordable, functional, vibrantly colored and come in a variety of stock shapes, but seriously. Will Smith's face. 'Nuff said.

You can't scratch your bug bites, or your chicken pox, or your poison ivy, or your Ted Nugent vinyls, or that ugly crystal your spouse's mom gave you Christmas '98, so how do relieve that deep-seated need to scratch? Scratch-off Coasters from Katz Americas.

Watch associate editor Michael Cornnell demo three electronic greeting cards from CleggPromo, demonstarting the company's air-sensor, light-up and sound effects technologies.

Lion Circle Corporation has announced the purchase of SAM Line, a leading manufacturer of magnets and other plastic products, from Specialty Advertising and Marketing. Effective today, Specialty Advertising and Marketing Corporation is ceasing operations.

A short preview of some of my articles from our August issue.

Tracking sales growth of National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL) Printing Business Panel members from 2000 to 2007, NAPL Research Center economists see variations from 50.1 percent sales growth to more than 20 percent sales loss, depending on the strategic path businesses followed.

Staples Inc. call volume rose to the highest level since August 2008 before the company reports earnings March 2, after a single trade today with a strike price 3.3 percent above the closing level.