2013 State of Online Photo Retail, from Photo Reporter
It’s early in the year, but 2013 is already shaping up to be a game-changing year in photo retail news. As the year 2012 came to a close, the headlines provided some insight into the ongoing trends affecting the photo-imaging trade. We recently contributed a feature story to the Photo Reporter show daily, distributed at PMA@CES.
Among the highlights:
The Virtual Becomes Real
Just as retailers have extended their brick-and-mortar presence online with storefronts, watch as pure online sites move to the real world.
It’s All Good
One of the truths about consumer electronics—and digital cameras, in particular—is that it’s a buyer’s market. There are very few “dogs” in any maker’s lineup, with incredible offerings across all price points.
The Size Is the Limit
As we’ve seen over the past few years, large chains in a variety of categories continue to struggle under their own weight. Where there was once an advantage to enormous showrooms and buying power, this has been offset by the Internet.
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