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Kristen Dettoni is the founder and CEO of Design Pool LLC, the only pattern library created exclusively for interior designers. Since 1996, Kristen has worked for mills throughout North America, designing fabrics for automobiles, furniture, and home furnishings. She developed the first sustainable upholstery fabric for office interiors, the first sustainable upholstery fabric for automotive interiors, and was awarded a patent for automotive suspension seating. Kristen believes strongly in the power of good design to transform our environments and experiences.

Adriane Harrison, vice president of Human Relations Consulting for PRINTING United Alliance and a professional advisor for Women in Print Alliance, gave her thoughts about how workplace initiatives for women in the print industry have evolved, how men in leadership roles can be better allies to their female colleagues, and what businesses can do to create more inclusive environments. 

We sat down with Peter Schaefer, partner at New Direction Partners, to get his perspective on what wide-format printers need to know about M&A activity.

Mergers and acquisitions in the wide-format space continue to be robust, though the industry and economy make for a changing playing field.

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