Paper Industry Research from MPA International

MPA International publishes what is universally regarded as the most comprehensive research available on stationery products within the paper industry. Information from our extensive analysis includes statistics on cut office paper, commercial envelopes, books and pads and filing supplies.

Our portfolio of paper industry research publications is produced specifically for companies with an interest in this important sector and considers every relevant development in the field, giving an independent view of how each affects the supply and demand for stationery products within the paper industry, both now and in the future.

MPA’s research methodology is unique and comprehensive in that we collect data from all the channels involved in the supply chain for stationery products within the paper industry - such as mills, paper merchants and printers, office products wholesalers, office paper products dealers, mail order companies and superstores, e-tailers, EOS specialists, high street retailers and grocery multiples, retail wholesalers and cash and carries. Nowhere will you find more thorough and up to date research on stationery products within the paper industry.

MPA’s research processes carefully cross-verify the data collected from all of these industry sources to produce accurate calculations of market value and the shares of both paper manufacturers and distributors.

The research process commences with a review of all published information on the market for stationery products within the paper industry, including trade press, libraries, government publications, official statistics and the Internet. The next phase is fieldwork research interviews amongst the key manufacturers of stationery products within the paper industry to identify market trends, price movements, segmental changes and manufacturer shares. This is followed by further interviews with paper industry stationery products distributors to ascertain channel shares and margin trends. Finally, all research data is checked and report is written by our research analysts, all of whom have experience in researching the market.

These reports present our research – and a wealth of other essential market statistics – in easy-to-assimilate chapters.

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