Printing.comprinting.com is a UK-based printing company.[1] Started in 1992,[2] it has over 300 franchises in the UK and Ireland which are served from its production facility in Trafford Park, Manchester, UK.[3] It is the largest high-street print franchise in the UK.[4] printing.com is quoted on the London Stock exchange[5] and also has stores in France, the Netherlands, the USA and New Zealand.[6] The company has four routes to market: Online, Franchise Stores, Bolt-on Franchises and Company owned Stores. In March 2019 printing.com bolt-on franchise Artichoke Design Ltd is acquired by Grafenia Plc. Artichoke Design Ltd was founded and operated by brothers Richard Morris and David Morris.[7] Online channelsprinting.com’s acquisition of the Dutch online printing company MFG BV was reported to the London Stock Exchange on 8 November 2010.[8] The company consequently acquired the websites Flyerzone.nl, Drukland.nl and Printrepublic.nl. printing.com launched its first UK web2print channel, BrandDemand, at the start of 2011.[9] The intended launch of the UK version of the Flyerzone.nl site, Flyerzone.co.uk, was reported at the end of July 2011 via printing.com's AGM Statement.[10] The French version of the Flyerzone site, Flyerzone.fr, was launched in August 2011.[11] The following year the company announced plans to add their template software to this site in the final quarter of 2012.[12] printing.com's web2print software and systems use InDesign Server technology to build print design templates.[13] On 7 November 2011 printing.com’s CEO, Tony Rafferty, reported the launch of a further website, TemplateCloud.com. The aim of this site is to establish an online library of editable print design templates crowdsourced from freelance designers to be resold on a royalty basis.[14] In 2015 Printing.com sold the websites Drukland.nl, Drukland.be, Flyerzone.nl and Printrepublic.nl to Simian B.V. for a total of EUR 2.4 million.[15] References
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