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Tidy Files and SFS products now available from CTP Stationery
July 17 2024 By CTP Stationery tidy files, sfs, lateral filing, top retrieval filing
CTP Stationery, one of South Africa's leading producers and providers of filing, organisational storage, diaries, scholastic and paper products, will now be carrying Tidy Files and SFS products. From 1 August 2024, these two renowned brand names will join CTP Stationery's stable of popular brands, which include Flip File, Donau, Premier Stationery and Grafton Paper Products. CTP Stationery will continue to service the existing Tidy Files and SFS ...
Read More5 reasons we can't live without beautiful stationery
May 21 2024 By CTP Stationery
'There was something very comfortable in having plenty of stationery,' author Charles Dickens famously said. We couldn't agree more - stationery may seem like a bit of a non-entity in our busy, digitally-driven lives...until we desperately need it. Nothing compares to finding the stapler, highlighter or pencil you need in a fix, only to discover there are no staples, the highlighter is dry, and the pencil is blunt with no sharpener in sight! Stat...
Read MorePrint catalogues are not dead (they're actually making a comeback)
April 30 2024 By CTP Stationery
Before the year 2000, product brochures and mail order catalogues were the order of the day. Consumers signed up for these valuable branded communications, which encouraged sales, enhanced top-of-mind brand awareness, and strengthened the connection between brands and their audiences. Flash forward 20 years later and the good old product catalogue is all but gone. Or is it? Although the perception might be that printed consumer communications are...
Read MoreThe pen is mightier than the (key)board
April 15 2024 By CTP Stationery writing
In an era of digital notetaking, punctuated by apps like Microsoft OneNote, Apple Notes, Google Keep, Notion and Obsidian, it's easy to think that physical notetaking no longer has a place. But as research is now revealing, taking notes with a pen and paper is still the best way to record information. A recent study by Frontiers in Psychology set out to investigate the implications of digital notetaking on the human brain. Researchers monitored b...
Read MoreIn a world of high tech, old school journalling is making a comeback
March 06 2024 By CTP Stationery stationery, journalling, journals
We might be living in the age of AI and automation, but the simple act of journalling has never been more important. In fact, putting pen to paper may well be the one activity that is helping modern human beings navigate our increasingly digital world. Published research by the Journal of Experimental Psychology shows how writing down thoughts reduces intrusive thoughts about negative events that have affected a person, helping to focus attenti...
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