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Special Report - Getting Britain Stamping... Again

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'Get Britain Stamping' has just returned for its second year:

BOSS Today looks at what has been happening with the rubber
stamp market in the last 12 months and discovers what was
new about this year’s campaign.

t’s a little difficult to get a clear trend in stamps demand has Our growth is driven by the high trends from within this particular
Iperspective on the overall followed that of the OP industry end industrial marking stamps.” community.”
rubber stamps market because in general: “Generally, it’s been In the eyes of Ian Bradbeer,
of the large number of players pretty flat. The market was very MD of Trodat UK, the market has Stamp On Demand
and subcategories involved. strong at the beginning of the been static overall, but there It is perhaps surprising that
However, talking to three of the year, but at about the time of the have been differences in the any product sector which is so
major manufacturers, there is general election in May, demand performance of downstream regarded as quintessentially
some agreement that overall tailed off somewhat.” However, channels: “The traditional OP traditional and mature should be
market demand for rubber Kiran Mistry, MD of Colop UK, reseller channel was down a subject to dynamic innovation,
stamps in the last 12 months is more downbeat: “Overall, the little, driven by the consolidation but this is very much the case
has been static at best, although UK stamps market was down taking place in this sector with the stamps market, as Eyre
the volatility of the market has between 9-11% this year in value and the drive towards the explains: “This market is very
seen some producers being terms. In volume terms, I would digitisation of paper processes. demand-led: someone will
affected by mergers, takeovers say that the market is down 5-6%, However, the internet channel come to us and say ‘I don’t know
and distributor issues. For Nigel so there has been some price has enjoyed growth as the whether this will be possible, but
Eyre, MD of ASAP Stamps Ltd and deflation across the board. There change in consumer purchasing if you made me a rubber stamp
Chairman of the Rubber Stamp is now price sensitivity in the behaviour continues to challenge of this, would that be a solution
Manufacturers’ Guild (RSMG) market that did not exist a few the more traditional reseller to this problem?’ For example,
– the trade association for the years ago, which is being driven models. The arts and craft sector we’ve been doing a few stamps
rubber stamp and associated by the Internet, and is giving also remained buoyant, due in recently with barcodes on, and
marking devices industry - the more visibility to lower prices. part to the creative design-led we have found that scanners

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