After a ten month negotiation process, Snap Franchising has signed a seven year web-to-print deal with EFI, which will see all of Snap franchises across Australia using Digital StoreFront.
Stephen Edwards, CEO, Snap says, “This partnership with EFI is a great partnership for Snap, and we are confident it will be tremendously valuable to both our clients and franchises. We’re committed to offering our clients the best in class options out there, and by teaming up with a company such as EFI we are able to do just that.”
Filip Buyse, general manager web-to-print, EFI says, “Snap is a reputable and well established business with an enviable reputation among its customers. We are pleased to be able to partner with Snap and boost the distribution of our award winning Digital StoreFront solutions, while also bringing Australian businesses a market leading product.”
Snap has 182 owner operated centres across Australia, and it also operates in China, New Zealand and Ireland. It currently services more than 500,000 businesses and retail customers, and has a turnover of $135m per annum.
Digital StoreFront features include a DSF design studio, which according to EFI shortens the production cycle. It is a visual product builder which lets print buyers order, edit and preview their job specifications on a single page. According to EFI, with its EFI Print Messenger, buyers can submit print-ready PDFs directly from their desktops from anywhere worldwide without any training.
It has an automated workflow which creates an end to end content and commerce workflow by providing integration with EFI Fiery servers and EFI Print MIS/ERP solutions.