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Toshiba to lose $738 million over accounting scandal

The OEM is expecting substantial losses for the six months through to September, as the scandal has spoilt attempts to revive sales of consumer electronics. A report estimated that the firm would announce an operating loss of ¥90 billion ($738 million/€680 million)...

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PrintFleet to create toner cartridge delivery analytics

The MPS provider is joining with Photizo Group to develop a predictive analytics process for just-in-time (JiT) toner cartridge delivery methodology. The analytics will help create a “robust” delivery system as well as “greatly reduce cost and inappropriate toner...

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David Connett celebrates 18 years at The Recycler

This week marks 18 year since David Connett took over as Editor of The Recycler magazine, with Connett happy to report that “I get as excited today with each issue as I did way back then”. Over that time, The Recycler has seen its audience grow from around 1,000...

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Sharp in printer reseller recruitment push

The OEM is hoping to sign up more resellers to push its document management and visual display products as it moves away from the mass low profit consumer market it has struggled to thrive in. It recently held its first Inspire Expo since 2012 in Malta, with Ted...

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MPS market to grow 6.91 percent

The growth figure for the Intelligent Print Management (IPM) market is for the period 2013 to 2018, and includes growth prospects as well as market landscape. IPM refers to processes that integrate assigning specific jobs to specific printers, capturing data such as...

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HP to cut back 1,500 IT jobs in Germany

The OEM is outsourcing the positions to other companies, in a move that will affect its Enterprise services, which deals with IT outsourcing, consultancy and project management. The reorganisation will come into effect by 1 July 2016, and HP said that it aims to...

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Canon sets ¥5 trillion sales target

The OEM has revived a decade-old target for annual sales of ¥5 trillion ($42 billion/€37 billion), with money set aside for investment in its ink, toner and 3D printing technologies. Canon is ready to spend at least ¥400 billion on acquisitions in higher-growth...

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66 percent buy from online marketplaces

Market research found that 62 percent of online shoppers find products using search engines, while a further 62 percent also chose retailers’ websites as places to buy from. Statistics in the second annual Global Online Shopping study by franking machine OEM Pitney...

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Xerox discusses “aftermarket threats” to IP

The OEM said defending “ideas and creations” was particularly important for printer manufacturers, as they invest heavily in new ink and toner technologies and “realise a return” on the device through the sale of supplies and consumables.

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