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HOW HAS 2023 BEEN FOR THE WIDE-FORMAT DIGITAL INKJET PRINT SECTOR, AND HOW DO WE EXPECT IT TO PERFORM IN 2024? THAT WAS THE THEME OF THIS YEAR’S ANNUAL WIDTHWISE DISCUSSIONS WITH PSPS AND SUPPLIERS. HERE’S THEIR THINKING…

The 16th annual Image Reports Widthwise Report is being published alongside this issue and can be downloaded for free at: www.imagereportsmag.co.uk/widthwise. In the meantime, you may want to digest the key findings.

Has much changed during the course of this year - and what do we expect 2023 to bring? That’s what PSPs and sector suppliers debated in two recent virtual discussion groups hosted by Image reports to address the issues playing out in the UK’s wide-format print sector. Here’s what key stakeholders had to say…

The 15th annual Image Reports Widthwise Report is being published alongside this issue and can be downloaded for free at: www.imagereportsmag.co.uk/widthwise . It’s a detailed read, incorporating data from 201 PSPs based here in the UK/Ireland to help you get a good grassroots feel for the landscape in which you now operate. Here are some of the key findings you can expect to be explored in the full report.

It is 14 years since we conducted the first Widthwise survey of the UK/ Northern Ireland’s large-format printers. We’ve probably seen more disruption in the marketplace in the last year than we did in all of those previous ones put together, and 2021 is proving to be ‘the great reset’.  What that means for PSPs in this sector is where we hope to shed some light IN our 2021 Widthwise Report, published alongside this issue. You can download it at https://imagereportsmag.co.uk/widthwise, but here’s a précis of the key findings to whet your appetite.

This has been the year of the ‘great reset’ for so many UK businesses, and the majority of those in the large-format sector are looking towards 2022 with optimism. Aren’t they? This autumn we ran two Round Table discussions - one with print chiefs, and one with suppliers - to find out if much had changed since the Widthwise 2021 poll at the start of the year, and before we kick-off the next one in January. This was the upshot…

As we head into 2021 - and the next Widthwise poll of UK large-format PSPs - now is a good time to reflect on what key print company bosses had to say about doing business in this shape shifting sector at out first ever WIdthwise Live webinar this autumn.