Advertek announces strategic acquisition of Custom Colour Imaging Acquisitions News 

Advertek announces strategic acquisition of Custom Colour Imaging

Advertek Inc, one of Canada’s leading print innovators, announces the strategic acquisition of Custom Colour Imaging (CCI), a Toronto-based photo lab and print-on-demand company with more than 50 years of heritage and expertise. Terms were not disclosed. This acquisition marks a significant milestone in Advertek’s 25-year journey in commercial printing and photo imaging. Advertek, known for its expertise in various... Read More
Lensrentals acquires BorrowLenses from Shutterfly Acquisitions 

Lensrentals acquires BorrowLenses from Shutterfly

Photo gear rental leader Lensrentals, the largest online photo, video, audio and lighting equipment rental and production resource company, has acquired the BorrowLenses brand and “select assets” from Shutterfly. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition brings expand the Memphis, Tenn., company’s inventory to more than 400,000 copies of more than 6,000 different lenses, cameras, drones, lighting, audio and other high... Read More
PRO Spring Convention brings together camera dealers Events 

PRO Spring Convention brings together camera dealers

The Dead Pixels Society attended the Photographic Research Organization (PRO) Spring Convention & Trade Show in Lincolnshire, IL, March 20-21. The annual spring event brings in camera dealers from around North America for community, education, and knowledge sharing. In this video, we talk with PRO president Tony Miresse, Art’s Cameras Plus and Mark Leonard, COO, PRO, about what makes this... Read More
Felix Schoeller shows expanded lines at DSCOOP Indy Events New Products 

Felix Schoeller shows expanded lines at DSCOOP Indy

Felix Schoeller is fulfilling its PAPER MADE FOR LIFE brand promise with its iconic E-PHOTO® range for HP Indigo, its S-RACE sublimation range for fabric and hard substrate, as well as a first glimpse at new sustainable product solutions at this year’s DSCOOP Edge (March 24-27) in Indianapolis, IN. “We are pushing forward with our One-Stop-Shop approach and are about... Read More
Peakto update adds AI keywords News 

Peakto update adds AI keywords

CYME updated its universal cataloger, Peakto, with AI-boosted and cross-catalog photo keywording. Peakto 1.12 automates mass keyword assignment to scattered photos, serving as the indispensable control tower to centralize and harmonize all associated keywords in a photo library. Key features of Peakto 1.12 include: Automatic Keyword Assignment: Peakto’s artificial intelligence recognizes image content and suggests appropriate keywords, saving users valuable... Read More
Charting creative entrepreneurship and small business marketing with Drew Donaldson Marketing Podcasts 

Charting creative entrepreneurship and small business marketing with Drew Donaldson

Have you ever found yourself at a career crossroads, yearning for creative liberation and the thrill of entrepreneurship? Drew Donaldson, founder of GroHaus, joins Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society to share his transformation from a film and television graduate to a marketing maven. Donaldson transports us through inspirations drawn from his parents’ business savvy, and how a mix of resilience, strategic thinking, and a dash... Read More
Logitech debuts Mevo Core streaming Micro-Four Thirds camera News 

Logitech debuts Mevo Core streaming Micro-Four Thirds camera

Logitech International introduced Mevo Core, the next generation live streaming camera in the Mevo ecosystem, now with Micro-Four Thirds lense mount. Mevo Core is available now for $999 (camera body only) at Mevo.com, B&H Photo Video and Amazon in the US and Canada, and will be offered with lens bundles at select retailers. Mevo Core is a 4K camera built for... Read More
NRF: Retail sales to reach at least $5.23 trillion in 2024 News 

NRF: Retail sales to reach at least $5.23 trillion in 2024

The National Retail Federation (NRF) forecast that retail sales will increase in 2024 between 2.5% and 3.5% to between $5.23 trillion and $5.28 trillion. The announcement was made during NRF’s fourth annual State of Retail & the Consumer virtual discussion on the health of American consumers and the retail industry. “The resiliency of consumers continues to power the American economy, and... Read More
Canon unveils enhanced PRISMA Home v1.5 Cloud Portal New Products 

Canon unveils enhanced PRISMA Home v1.5 Cloud Portal

Canon U.S.A. Inc. launched the revamped PRISMA Home v1.5 portal for accessing and managing PRISMA cloud-based applications. This update offers enhanced features and tools designed to empower Canon production printing and large format customers to help optimize access to their workflow processes and print production solutions. PRISMA Home serves as a centralized hub for cloud-based PRISMA workflow applications and tools... Read More
Tiffen 58mm Filter System now works with iPhone New Products 

Tiffen 58mm Filter System now works with iPhone

Tiffen brings its award-winning professional motion picture and still lens filters to the iPhone with the new Tiffen Smartphone 58mm Filter Mount. The mount uses Apple’s MagSafe Technology to  magnetically secures to the back of an iPhone, where it accepts any Tiffen 58mm filter including Neutral Density (NDs), UV Protectors, Polarizers, Glimmerglass, Pro-Mist, Smoque, and Fog diffusion. The Tiffen Smartphone... Read More
Census data shows retail sales bounced back in February News 

Census data shows retail sales bounced back in February

Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows retail sales expanded in February after a strong but flat January, said Jack Kleinhkenz, chief economist, National Retail Federation (NRF). “Retail sales rebounded in a solid fashion in February, showing the consumer is still spending and pointing to underlying strength in the economy,” Kleinhenz said. “These results indicate that the economy is... Read More
IPI CONNECT draws big group to Louisville Print Refinery Events 

IPI CONNECT draws big group to Louisville Print Refinery

The Dead Pixels Society visits the IPI Connect: Live Production Experience at the Print Refinery-Louisville East, in Louisville, KY, on March 13. In this event, IPI members saw firsthand how the Print Refinery-Louisville East uses cutting-edge printing equipment like the Fujifilm Revoria Press and the Logojet UV printers to serve new markets. The Print Refinery licensed business model is also... Read More
Visual 1st announces “Re-establishing Trust in Visuals” streamed Spotlight discussion April 10 Events 

Visual 1st announces “Re-establishing Trust in Visuals” streamed Spotlight discussion April 10

Visual 1st announced next Spotlight presentation will be a streamed “Re-establishing Trust in Visuals”, April 10, 8:00 – 9:30 am. PST. The $19 Early Bird Ticket sale ends March 27. At Visual 1st’s Re-establishing Trust in Visuals – Untangling the potential solutions streamed Spotlight event on April 10, a panel of cutting-edge experts will take a deep-dive into the current... Read More
MyHeritage launches OldNews.com site for historical newspapers New Products 

MyHeritage launches OldNews.com site for historical newspapers

MyHeritage, the leading global family history platform,  launched OldNews.com, a website for historical newspapers. OldNews.com enables genealogists, researchers, and history enthusiasts to search, save, and share articles about people and events throughout history. At launch, OldNews.com includes hundreds of millions of historical newspaper pages from around the world, with millions more added monthly. The website features easy navigation and consists... Read More
2024 Easter spending expected to top $22 billion Market research 

2024 Easter spending expected to top $22 billion

Consumer spending is expected to reach a total of $22.4 billion this Easter, according to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. The total figure is the second highest in the survey’s history, after last year’s record-setting $24 billion when the holiday fell nine days later in the year. “Each year, Americans look... Read More
From Fire to Flourish: Rachel Arbuckle’s Journey to Photo Organizing Success Podcasts 

From Fire to Flourish: Rachel Arbuckle’s Journey to Photo Organizing Success

There are moments when life throws a curveball that ignites a spark within us, reshaping our future in ways we never expected. Rachel Arbuckle is no stranger to such pivotal moments. On the podcast today, she recounts a harrowing experience that nearly cost her family’s photographic legacy to fire, prompting her to start 2000 Paces Photo Organizing. She transitions from the structured corporate world... Read More
Adobe reports record revenue in Q1 Fiscal 2024 Earnings reports News 

Adobe reports record revenue in Q1 Fiscal 2024

Adobe reported financial results for its first quarter fiscal year 2024 ended March 1, 2024. “Adobe drove record Q1 revenue demonstrating strong momentum across Creative Cloud, Document Cloud and Experience Cloud,” said Shantanu Narayen, chair and CEO, Adobe. “We’ve done an incredible job harnessing the power of generative AI to deliver groundbreaking innovation across our product portfolio.” “Adobe’s Q1 results... Read More