Paper calendars endure despite the digital age

New York

WITH the year's end comes the ritual of many households and offices: getting new appointment books, planners or calendars to hang on walls or put on desks.

In an age of smartphones and the Internet, you might think the days of paper calendars are numbered, but data suggest otherwise. Not only have they survived the digital revolution, but sales of some kinds of print calendars have increased.

The sales of appointment books and planners grew 10 per cent from 2014-15 to 2015-16 to US$342.7 million, and decorative and other calendars increased by 8 per cent…