At the back end of last year, a report by Smithers entitled The Future of Global Printing to 2024 forecast that the global print industry will be worth $874 billion by 2024, with its overall value increasing by 1.3 percent year-on-year. While this is a particularly volatile market, constantly subjected to wave upon wave of disruption as the digital revolution marches on, it is also incredibly adaptable, capable of evolving with the times while other industries often falter. And these impressive figures are perhaps testament to this.

So what does the year ahead hold for the print industry? And what are the key trends likely to affect the market in the coming months? Here are our top five.