Canada’s Mitchell Press shuts down; IKEA puts €1.2B into price cuts; VW approves 50,000 job cuts — plus seven more | BPJ News (Morning)
Fixed costs are tightening on both sides of print—before the press runs and after delivery—and the whole economy is shifting toward “designing out operations,” from factories to retail to schools.
Canada’s commercial printer Mitchell Press has reportedly shut down. Even with strengths like sustainability positioning and premium publishing, exit becomes a real option when the order mix stops matching the fixed-cost base.
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Commercial print in North America is closing. Retail and manufacturing in Europe are moving to cut fixed costs through price cuts and headcount reductions. At the same time, new slices of value are opening up around physical goods—selling factory know-how as a service, or implementing “print experiences” at the store. Today’s 10 stories look at where a printing company gets squeezed, and where it gets entrusted, through policy, shop-floor reality, and culture.…
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