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If there’s one thing you can say about Ricoh Co. Ltd., it’s that the company has a strong foundation in the Japanese domestic market where it dominates with print…

In our journeys to Japan over the last 40 years, we have stuck to a consistent travel schedule. We fly into Tokyo from the U.S. and hit the ground running. Coordinating…

In Nara, Sharp delivered on providing an amazing visit, which turned out to be the most time we spent with any of our hosts during our tour. Our day began at…

After attending the Kyocera dealer meeting in Las Vegas earlier this year, we had a good idea of what might be discussed when we visited Kyocera Document Solutions,…

An off-handed remark about wanting to move to Japan during a night of socializing with his Japanese colleagues more than five years ago eventually turned into a…

When Sharp’s Ayumi Toshinaga met us in the lobby of our hotel, we knew she wasn’t our average host. For each of our previous meetings, we had been greeted by…

It was our pleasure to host our third annual elite partner dinner at Tiro A Segno of New York, a private club and the oldest Italian American heritage organization in the U.S….

Just as technology has rapidly changed the way we work, so has the evolving dynamic within the workplace. Today, our industry continues to expand to include…

Anneliese Olson, vice president and general manager, global head of home printing solutions at HP, has spent her nearly 25-year career at HP traveling the world,…

EO Johnson CEO Mary Jo Johnson’s guiding principle is simple: lead as a servant. Since taking over her father’s business in 1999, Johnson has leaned on this core…

For Ragni Mehta, vice president and general manager of Xerox’s cut-sheet business, evolution is more than a buzzword for her nearly three-decade career at the…

Taking a look back on our four previous Women Influencers issues, The Cannata Report has featured 12 senior women executives in this editorial franchise’s…

The final stop on our dealer tour of Cincinnati was with one of the largest dealerships in the city, Prosource. Mainly due to an aggressive acquisition strategy, as…

Five years ago, in 2014, The Cannata Report launched its first initiative to highlight our industry’s diverse workplace with our first Young Influencer themed issue. Our main…

Reflecting on our four previous Young Influencers issues, The Cannata Report featured 34 young professionals in these pages, as well as on thecannatareport.com. In…

When we visit dealers, I am always most appreciative of their willingness to bring their entire senior team together to spend four to six hours with us in a boardroom, telling their…

As we wound our way through Cincinnati, our second day was spent with owner Jim Donnellon and President Jim George of Donnellon McCarthy Enterprises (DME),…

As we plotted out our 2018 Dealer Tour, we made sure to include the Stewart Organization in Dallas/Fort Worth with headquarters in…

If there’s such a thing as warp speed, Doug Pitassi, president of Pacific Office Automation (POA), is cruising at it. Recently,…

In April 23, 2010, I was returning home from a Ricoh Convergence meeting in Las Vegas. After a short respite, I was scheduled to…

As we continued on our dealer tour across the country, it gave me pause to reflect about where we started, where…

It was a landmark year for The Cannata Report’s Annual Awards & Charities Dinner with $188,000 raised. A total of…

In partnership with AMETEK ESP, official sponsor of the Women Influencer franchise””and as represented at the…

As determined by The Cannata Report’s Annual Dealer Survey, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) and…

Like a fine red wine, E.O. Johnson Company in Wausau, Wisconsin, just keeps getting better with age. As the company finishes…