RJ Young

RJ Young, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is not hesitant to blaze trails. Its foray into production print is an excellent example. Three years ago, RJ Young partnered with…

In our February Virtual Panel, we asked participants to look on the bright side of the past year and identify the positive developments that occurred…

It’s not a stretch to say that everyone in the imaging technology industry would like to see business return to normal in 2021. Coincidentally, that was one…

It’s never too late to discuss goals for 2021. In this excerpt from our February virtual panel series where industry leaders discuss what’s next in a post-COVID world…

One of these days, we are going to stop writing about the pandemic. I promise. But until it is eradicated and a faint memory in our collective consciousness, there is no avoiding…

When we began to plan for our 35th Anniversary Awards & Charities Gala at the beginning of the year pre-COVID 19, we knew we wanted to do things a little different…

It may be June 1 and our June issue publication date right around the corner, but it’s not too late to flashback to our May services and service-themed issue. Incidentally…

Last Thursday, May 21, The Cannata Reported hosted the first of its two Survival Tactics in a COVID-19 World webinars featuring members of…

Earlier this year, we learned Hunter McCarty, executive vice president at RJ Young in Nashville, Tennessee, would be retiring in April. He has had an amazing…

What better way to get to know one’s colleagues and peers in the industry than by peaking at their bookshelves, playlists, and Netflix viewing… 

This is the second installment in our ongoing series of Business as Unusual. On Monday I reached out to various dealers and companies to…

The end of the month has arrived and these are the top imaging stories of January, including news items as well as original articles and commentary…

In this installment of “Dealer Check-in,” we touch base with Hunter McCarty, executive vice president, RJ Young, Nashville, TN. RJ Young offers…

Does the rise of mega dealers and private equity backed dealers spell doom for the dealer channel as we know it? I recall my colleague Andy Slawetsky…

Learn from their mistakes. That’s what IT management experts at dealers say, offering encouraging advice for others in the channel who want to offer information…

As dealers offering managed print services (MPS) know, managing supplies is a key component to a successful relationship with customers. While many dealers opt to…

There were no April showers of acquisitions in the imaging world during the month of April. Without a doubt, the biggest was the acquisition of EFI by a private equity firm. However…

RJ Young has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Business Electronics (BE), a privately-owned office technology and solutions provider…

After two furiously busy months on the acquisitions front, March blew in less like a lion and more like a lamb, then blew out pretty much the same it blew in. It’s not as if there weren’t…

RJ Young has completed the acquisition of Automated Imaging Systems, a privately-owned office technology and equipment dealer in Louisiana. Founded in the 1969…

I don’t have much time to write this before the next acquisition announcement arrives in my email inbox so here goes. It’s almost a cliché to say that January and February…

It is simultaneously a definitive and surreal thrill to launch the first issue of The Cannata Report since my official appointment to president and CEO of our…

It is simultaneously a definitive and surreal thrill to launch the first issue of The Cannata Report since my official appointment to president and CEO of our…

Imagine being a senior executive at a copier dealership in Nashville, Tennessee. One day, as is your daily routine, you arrive at the office for one of your company’s…