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Time flies when you’re having fun. Just ask Frank G. Cannata who founded The Cannata Report 40 years ago this year. What an incredible…

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends, meaning it’s time for the latest installment of Manic Monday, The Cannata Report’s weekly…

In the latest installment of Fridays with Frank, Frank G. Cannata is joined by Mike Jones, president of Business Capital for CIT, a division of First Citizens…

Last month, Carol and I were invited to a retirement party for Mike McGuirk, former president of ProCopy, now a Flex Technology Group company…

In our April issue, a panel of small and midsize dealers addressed their daily challenges, manufacturer relationships, why they are successful…

After the April showers, we are starting to see May flowers as well as the latest installment of Manic Monday, The Cannata Report’s weekly recaping…

In this week’s episode of Fridays with Frank, Frank G. Cannata continues to offer his insights on dealer acquisitions, this time focusing on a dynamic…

It’s been a while since I last attended a vendor dealer meeting in person. That’s because there haven’t been any since the pandemic started. For me…

Last month we featured a panel of small and midsize dealers who addressed their daily challenges, manufacturer relationships, navigating their…

Welcome to May and this month’s first installment of Manic Monday, The Cannata Report’s weekly recap of document imaging industry news from…

In this week’s edition of Fridays with Frank, Frank G. Cannata examines the history of acquisitions in the dealer channel, examining the pros and cons…

Six o’clock already I was just in the middle of a dream, which means it’s just another Manic Monday, The Cannata Report’s weekly recap of document…

In the second part of a two-part Fridays with Frank series, Frank G. Cannata has a few more suggestions as to how dealers can expand their…

We were asked to present at an ICDA (International Copier Dealer Alliance) meeting in Savannah, Georgia on March 31. We have been…

Back in the 1960’s Spanky and Our Gang sang, “Sunday Will Never Be the Same,” but Mondays will never be the same here without Manic Monday…

The independent dealer channel is on the precipice of a seismic shift, and we examine how the channel is shifting, the trends driving these changes…

In the first part of a two-part Fridays with Frank series, Frank G. Cannata encourages dealers to consider selling wide format not to reach new…

According to our 36th Annual Dealer Survey, only 12% of dealers built their managed IT business through acquisition while 61% have built their own…

April flowers may bring May showers, but Monday morning always brings the latest edition of Manic Monday, The Cannata Report’s weekly…

In this week’s episode of Fridays with Frank, Frank G. Cannata, inspired by recent interviews with two veteran service professionals, offers some…

Hiring and retention consistently rank as one of the top three dealer concerns in our annual Survey.  While most dealers tend to think…

Last week we received an email from Jim D’Emidio of Konica Minolta that deeply saddened me. He advised us that he was leaving Konica Minolta at…

It’s been a tough couple of years for the independent dealer channel, starting with the pandemic, followed by supply chain disruptions…

If it’s Monday morning, that means it’s time once again for latest edition of Manic Monday, The Cannata Report’s weekly recap of document imaging…

In this week’s episode of Fridays with Frank, Frank G. Cannata spends a few minutes on a subject that’s near and dear to him, The Cannata Report…