GCM 110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cobray Company, Graphic Communication, Ikea
3 Dec 2018
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Interesting facts about the printing industry in canada and internationally: 9. 2 billion dollars net worth of shipment that the canadian printing industry produced in 2012. 51, 00 employed in canada in the graphic communication industry in 5200 companies majority of branches are canadian owned (usa) 900 largest companies in canada translated canada printing. 67% on online searches are driven by offline messages. 163% make more revenue on websites supported by catalogue. Ikea prints more than one billion catalogues a year. 198,000, 000 largest single language catalogue run (ikea) 980,000,000,00 estimated value of global printing industry (2018) 70% of americans (69% of 18-24 year olds) stated they prefer reading print over screen reading (2014) Pocket pal, pages 8 to 22: mankind"s earliest known attempt at a visual record of mankind life and times back. 30,000 years: printing from movable type appeared in china and korea in the 11th century. In 1041, a chinese scribe, pi-sheng, develop type characters from harden clay.
