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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.

Photobook.ai replaces Black’s Photos app with it’s white label app News 

Photobook.ai replaces Black’s Photos app with it’s white label app

Singapore-based Photobook.ai announced one of Canada’s leading photography brands, Black’s Photo, has chosen the most recent AI Photobook app to enable users to automatically make photobooks and other photo products on their mobile phones using advanced AI and story-flow technology. Black’s Photo customers will able to design and order a myriad of customized photo products from magnets and prints to wall decor and photobooks on the blacks.ca... Read More
Photo Finale announces major updates, marketplace expansion New Products Updates 

Photo Finale announces major updates, marketplace expansion

Photo Finale announced updates to almost every part of the platform, including the website platform and myLab, andsoon, PF Kiosk. Here are some highlights pf PF16: Control over customer info fields (configure in myLab’s General Settings). Offer multiple media products (CD, DVD and USB), and customers can now order without also ordering prints (this requires the new PF Kiosk, coming... Read More
South Bend coffee shop rebrands as “Kodachrome Coffee” News 

South Bend coffee shop rebrands as “Kodachrome Coffee”

A South Bend, Indiana-based roasting company Zen Cafe has rebranded to become Kodachrome Coffee, according to a report in Daily Coffee News. The rebrand “is intended to provide a sharper focus on the company’s attention to craft, as well as on the relationships with producers developed over Kodachrome’s 10-plus years in business,” according to reporter Howard Bryman. The Dead Pixels Society... Read More
Nikon releases update for remote shooting system, NX Field, adding support for Nikon Z 9 Updates 

Nikon releases update for remote shooting system, NX Field, adding support for Nikon Z 9

Nikon Inc. announced Ver. 1.2.0 of NX Field, the latest version of its remote shooting system for professional agencies, was released, adding support for the Nikon Z 9 FX-format/full-frame mirrorless camera. Support for the Z 9 added with Ver. 1.2.0 enables the detection of nine subject types; people, dogs, cats, birds, bicycles, motorcycles, cars, trains, and airplanes, for the more... Read More
NRF: Mother’s Day spending to reach record high News 

NRF: Mother’s Day spending to reach record high

Mother’s Day spending is expected to total $31.7 billion this year, up $3.6 billion from 2021’s record spending, according to the annual consumer survey released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Approximately 84 percent of U.S. adults are expected to celebrate Mother’s Day. “Consumers are eager to find memorable ways to honor their mothers and other... Read More
Delkin 6K-Ready PRIME UHS-II (V60) SD Memory Cards are Back & Better News 

Delkin 6K-Ready PRIME UHS-II (V60) SD Memory Cards are Back & Better

Delkin Devices announced the return of one of their former top-selling high-speed memory lines: PRIME UHS-II (V60) SD memory cards. Leveraging today’s most advanced technology, Delkin’s new and improved PRIME SD cards offer professional-level performance. Rated Video Speed Class 60 (V60) and utilizing two rows of pins, Delkin PRIME SD cards boast recording speeds surpassing 150MB/s for everyday shooting, as... Read More
Xerox announces lower first-quarter sales Earnings reports News 

Xerox announces lower first-quarter sales

Xerox Holdings Corp. announced first-quarter results, including  $1.67 billion of revenue, down 2.5 percent year-over-year and a GAAP (loss) earnings per share (EPS) of $(0.38), down $0.56 year-over-year, and adjusted (loss) per share of $(0.12), down $0.34 year-over-year. “Revenue was in line with expectations this quarter despite an increasingly volatile operating environment,” said John Visentin, Xerox Vice Chairman and CEO. “Underlying... Read More
ChromaLuxe announces new ChromaLuxe Wall Tile New Products 

ChromaLuxe announces new ChromaLuxe Wall Tile

ChromaLuxe released its newest product for the home decor market, ChromaLuxe Wall Tiles. ChromaLuxe Wall Tiles are wooden tiles coated in Gloss White finish to provide the exceptional image quality and durability users have come to expect from other ChromaLuxe products. Designed with repositionable adhesive mounting blocks, ChromaLuxe Wall Tiles allow users to display, rearrange, and add tiles easily without... Read More
Agfa-Gevaert to acquire Inca Digital Printers Acquisitions News 

Agfa-Gevaert to acquire Inca Digital Printers

The Agfa-Gevaert Group announced it will acquire Inca Digital Printers, subject to meeting and obtaining customary conditions and approvals. The acquisition strengthens Agfa’s position in high-speed digital printing and brings an additional focus on packaging printing markets, the company said. “The Inca acquisition is a major step in Agfa’s transformation further,” said Pascal Juéry, President and CEO of the Agfa-Gevaert... Read More
CamScanner adds enhancement feature Updates 

CamScanner adds enhancement feature

Global scanning app CamScanner has launched a major update:  a new “portrait enhancement” feature. The long-awaited upgrade enables users to bring their old, low-quality, and damaged photos back to life through a variety of enhancement and colorization features. The new functionality was made globally available on April 18 on the CamScanner app for iOS and Android. With Portrait enhancement, users... Read More
allcop Color Image Service GmbH & Co. KG takes over omaMa GmbH Acquisitions News 

allcop Color Image Service GmbH & Co. KG takes over omaMa GmbH

 allcop Bambus Service GmbH & Co. KG, a European provider of photofinishing, print on demand, and product personalization, is taking over the online portal omama-shop.de. Terms weren’t disclosed. omaMa focuses on the production of personalized photo products for babies and toddlers including wall clocks, cushions, cuddly toys, and many other products. “With allcop we have found the perfect operative production... Read More
Growing volume industry leadership with David Crandall and Tim McCain Events News Podcasts 

Growing volume industry leadership with David Crandall and Tim McCain

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with David Crandall, executive director of the School Photographers of America, and Tim McCain, CRO of ImageQuix/PhotoLynx to discuss the importance of the upcoming MVP and SPOA conferences for the volume photography industry. Crandall and McCain talk about the importance of leadership development in the business world and how the MVP and SPOA conferences differ from other photo industry events. The Mastering Volume Photography... Read More
Entourage acquires Picaboo Yearbooks Acquisitions 

Entourage acquires Picaboo Yearbooks

Princeton, N.J.-based Entourage Yearbooks finalized its acquisition of Picaboo Yearbooks. Combined, Entourage and Picaboo Yearbooks will service more than 10,000 schools and deliver millions of books. Entourage will continue to offer yearbooks under the Entourage and Picaboo Yearbooks brand going forward. Terms weren’t disclosed. “I am thrilled to have gone through this process with Picaboo Yearbooks,” said Elias Jo, founder... Read More