40th anniversary IPIC event a success

GaryPageau

The annual IPI Member Network conference, IPIC, is an annual celebration of ingenuity and entrepreneurship in the retail photo lab sector. This year’s event, at the Red Rock Resort and Spa for the second year, also served as the 40th anniversary of the group. After starting as a meeting for disgruntled Fromex One Hour Lab franchisees, the group expanded along the West coast and the east coast, across North America and eventually, internationally. Below, John Albright, a founding member of the organization, tells the story:

The mood at the event was celebratory, not just due to the anniversary celebration but the group was also buoyed by post-pandemic optimism. Many of the IPI members at the show were talking about booming business, driven in part by revitalized film-processing volume and the continued growth in business graphics and analog-to-digital transfer services.

Here’s a short review of the trade show floor:

 

And the changes keep coming for IPIC, as the organization moves its annual conference from Las Vegas to Ft. Worth, Texas, next year, at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel, July 9-13, 2023.

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Gary Pageau is principal of InfoCircle LLC, continuing his marketing communications career. InfoCircle LLC is a marketing and communications consulting firm, specializing in business-to-business markets. For nearly 25 years, he was with PMA International, serving most recently as Publisher, Content Development and Strategic Initiatives. His primary responsibilities included overseeing the Association’s editorial department, marketing research unit, education and corporate relations department.