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This year’s Survey had the greatest number of responses in the history of the Survey—385, with 377 of those representing the Big Six manufacturers—Canon, Konica…

In this year’s Survey, 729 A3 MFP lines were reported across respondents from the Big Six dealer universe, comprising dealers representing Canon, Konica Minolta, Kyocera…

With more people working from home in 2020 than ever before and more organizations planning on reducing office space going forward, and subsequently the need for A3…

To determine the manufacturers with the strongest distribution, we examined how they ranked as a dealer’s primary and secondary equipment supplier (Exhibit 1.10). Our Survey…

With more dealers than ever before participating in our Survey, the percentage of dedicated dealers grew from 37% last year to 40.5% this year. As we have seen year in and year…

Dealer revenue is where we can see most dramatically the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the independent dealer channel. It was not a very good year, but it wasn’t as bad…

Starting in 2017, we began tracking dealers with revenues of $7.5 million or greater, calling it, the “$7.5 Million-Plus Club.” Previously, we tracked dealers with revenues…

Low margins be damned, most dealers now realize that having a selection of standalone printers in their portfolio is a necessity. That’s because printers are essential to…

As office-print volume declines and dealers seek out new revenue opportunities, we believe production and industrial print represent viable opportunities for dealers with the financial…

Until this year, the more dealers who participated in our Survey, the lower the percentage that offered managed IT. We believe the reason for this trend can be attributed…

Applied Imaging acquired The Polack Corporation, effective October 1, 2021. All of The Polack Corporation’s locations will now operate under the Applied…

Ricoh USA, Inc. announced it is expanding its decade-long partnership with the Philadelphia Eagles to digitize the team’s information…

The PRINTING United 2021 conference is still scheduled for the first week of October in Florida. In preparing this article, I reached out to a selection of PRINTING United vendors in late…

In our June issue, I covered the business potential of wide- or large-format printing and how it can put money on the table for enterprising dealers. Bear in mind that “large format” is not…

Behind every good piece of production and industrial print hardware is software that drives the workflow and manages and enhances the output. With so much attention focused on selling…

It may be the last Monday in August, but our calendar tells us it’s time for Manic Monday, The Cannata Report’s weekly recap ..

For this week’s installment of The Way We Were, we are taking a trip back to March 2017 and a segment from our Virtual Panel Series with the OEMs…

We know some people don’t like Mondays, but here at The Cannata Report, we love Mondays because that means it’s time for Manic Monday…

We don’t know about you, but we’ve been having fun all summer long and now that it’s Monday, it’s time for Manic Monday,…