August 2009 U.S. Commercial Printing Shipments Down $950 Million from August 2008 WhatTheyThink, an online media organization serving the printing and publishing industry, has released its most current report, North American Monthly Printing Shipments. According to the report, August commercial printing shipments were $7.3 billion, down 11.5 percent compared to August of last year. “August is usually a relatively good month with educational and retailer advertising printing leading the w...