Here are just a few of the gems you might've missed in social media this week…
- A printer producing scratch-and-sniff cards that smell of cannabis
- Australia Post trying to boost snail mail through personalised stamps
- A politician coming under fire for using taxpayers' money to print 70,000 personalised AFL fixture cards for his electorate
- Cactus Imaging sponsoring a Sydney fun run
- The Twitter battle between 'Mr Magazine' and a print sceptic
- The 15 best food packaging designs you'll ever see
- Toppan Printing producing the world's smallest book
- Canon's Jane Bridger shaving her head in the World's Greatest Shave
- Stadium Signs wrapping a Mr Whippy van
- An album of brilliantly creative print ads
- Is it better to be a franchise printer or an independent?
- Tell us about your best client. What makes them so great?
Our top five stories this week were…
1) Receivers take over BPA Print Group
2) Officeworks pushes into commercial print with 'lowest-prices guaranteed' strategy
3) Blue Star buys Geon NZ; hundreds of jobs on the line
4) Geon Perth acquired in management buyout led by Ian Smith
5) PMP loses another executive as Gordon & Gotch MD resigns
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