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It’s Valentine’s Day and love is in the air as is Manic Monday, The Cannata Report’s weekly recap of document imaging industry from the previous week…

Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America announced that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named John Sheehan, senior vice…

On January 18, UBEO announced that it had acquired Centric Business Systems in Owing Mills, Maryland. The acquisition…

Each year at this time, we identify the trends, companies, and people we will be tracking in the coming year. Although our list is comprehensive and far-reaching, we have never…

Despite the lingering effects of the pandemic, 2021 was still an active year in the imaging technology channel, with introductions of new products, solutions, and services…

Time to start your week off right with Manic Monday, The Cannata Report’s weekly recap of imaging industry news highlights from the previous week…

Before you go over the river and through the woods to Grandma’s house, how about a quick stop for Manic Monday, The Cannata Report’s weekly…

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…

The MPS world experienced quite the shake-up in 2020 due to the pandemic and the subsequent increase of people working from home. We can debate all we want how much printing…

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…

Sharp Electronics Corporation announced that NJBIZ has named Moonsun Park, chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance, one…

In February 2020, The Cannata Report presented a virtual panel featuring Eric Auman, president, Hytec Dealer Services; Phil Buysse, senior vice president…

Sharp Dealer Meeting after-hours event photo recap featured in the October 2019 issue of The Cannata Report.