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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.

WhiteWall Fine Art Prints adds Hahnemühle Photo Rag to aluminum Dibond as lamination New Products 

WhiteWall Fine Art Prints adds Hahnemühle Photo Rag to aluminum Dibond as lamination

Premier-quality photo-print lab WhiteWall announced that Hahnemühle Photo Rag Fine Art paper can now be laminated to aluminum Dibond and has made the previously mandatory white border optional or removable. Hahnemühle Photo Rag is one of the most recognized Fine Art papers, prized for its matte, non-reflective surface and subtle, fine texture, the company says. It is suitable for both color... Read More
NRF: Import cargo volume expected to see year-over-year drop in first half of 2026 Market research News 

NRF: Import cargo volume expected to see year-over-year drop in first half of 2026

Import volume at the nation’s major container ports is expected to see a significant year-over-year decline during the first half of 2026 as the impact of tariffs continues, according to the Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. “With tariffs still a matter of debate in the courts and in Congress, their effect... Read More
OM Digital Solutions debuts OM-3 Astro, TG-7 INDUSTRY adaptor New Products 

OM Digital Solutions debuts OM-3 Astro, TG-7 INDUSTRY adaptor

OM Digital Solutions announced the OM SYSTEM OM-3 ASTRO, a Micro Four Thirds System camera designed for astrophotography. Based on the OM SYSTEM OM-3 mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera, this version is optimized for astrophotography by adjusting the optical characteristics of the infrared cut filter positioned in front of the image sensor, enabling vivid capture of red nebulae that are highly popular... Read More
Rise Above Research forecasts a global surge in photos captured Market research News 

Rise Above Research forecasts a global surge in photos captured

Rise Above Research estimates the annual number of photos captured globally will approach 2.5 trillion by 2030. This translates to almost 300 photos per year for every man, woman, and child in the world. “Photography remains an essential part of people’s lives. Its popularity grows as camera specifications continue to improve and artificial intelligence makes devices even smarter. The result... Read More
Eastman Kodak brings distribution of Kodak Ektachrome E100 film in-house News 

Eastman Kodak brings distribution of Kodak Ektachrome E100 film in-house

Eastman Kodak Co. announced on its Instagram page that KODAK EKTACHROME E100 Film joins the portfolio of films made and sold directly by Kodak to distributors. It’s available in both 135 and 120 format rolls. The full line of newly-released Eastman Kodak Co.films, including KODACOLOR 100 & 200, KODAK GOLD 200, KODAK ULTRAMAX 400, KODAK TRI-X 400 and KODAK EKTAR... Read More
CNBC/NRF: January data shows fourth consecutive monthly gain Market research News 

CNBC/NRF: January data shows fourth consecutive monthly gain

Retail sales saw a moderate monthly increase and strong year-over-year gains in January, according to the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor, powered by Affinity Solutions, released today by NRF. “Consumers demonstrated continued resilience in January, showing moderate spending growth on the heels of record-high spending during the holiday season,” NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said. “This was the fourth consecutive month... Read More
Vivid-Pix wins digital health awards in web-based digital health category News 

Vivid-Pix wins digital health awards in web-based digital health category

Vivid-Pix announcedit has won the Digital Health Award in the web-based Digital Health Category for the Vivid-Pix Webinar Series on Photo Reminiscence Therapy (pRT) Education. The Digital Health Awards recognize the world’s best digital health resources, choosing winners from nearly 500 entries. A leader in AgeTech, Vivid-Pix is dedicated to helping people relive and preserve memories with software, hardware, and... Read More
ZEISS introduces Aatma set of nine high-end full frame T1.5 cinema primes New Products 

ZEISS introduces Aatma set of nine high-end full frame T1.5 cinema primes

ZEISS introduces the new Aatma, a set of nine high-end full-frame T1.5 cinema primes (18mm, 25mm, 35mm, 40mm, 50mm, 65mm, 85mm, 100mm, and 135mm) designed to marry the benefits of modern optical design with the nostalgic image characteristics that are popular today. Drawing inspiration from some of the most beloved ZEISS lenses of the 20th century, Aatma combines an emotion-driven... Read More
Nikon introduces the ACTION and ACTION ZOOM binoculars New Products 

Nikon introduces the ACTION and ACTION ZOOM binoculars

Nikon Vision Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Nikon Corp., announced a new binocular series, the ACTION and ACTION ZOOM. These are the successor models to the ACULON A211 binoculars, which are the standard Porro prism type models in Nikon’s binocular lineup. The ACTION and ACTION ZOOM series consists of seven models: 8×42, 10×42, 7×50, 10×50, 12×50, 16×50, and 10-22×50. All... Read More
Kornit Digital returns to revenue growth for the full year Earnings reports News 

Kornit Digital returns to revenue growth for the full year

Kornit Digital Ltd., reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, 2025. Total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2025 was $58.9 million compared with $60.7 million in the prior year period. GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of 2025 was $1.7 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, compared with net income of $2.2 million,... Read More
Fujifilm reports big net income increase for nine months Earnings reports News 

Fujifilm reports big net income increase for nine months

Fujifilm Holdings Corp. reported net income increased in the 9 months ended Dece. 31 compared with the previous year: Net income attributable to the company increased to 193.38 billion from 181.54 billion in the previous year. Earnings per share were 160.34 yen versus 150.59 yen last year. Revenue increased to 2.43 trillion yen from 2.33 trillion yen in the previous... Read More
Perfect Corp. launches AI business avatar and AI product staging New Products News 

Perfect Corp. launches AI business avatar and AI product staging

Perfect Corp. launched two content creation tools within the YouCam AI Pro app: AI Business Avatar and AI Product Staging, enabling anyone to create polished, professional product promotion videos without filming. AI Business Avatar allows users to upload a product photo and type a short script. A lifelike AI avatar then automatically speaks, holds, wears, and showcases the product, generating... Read More
Inside Dscoop: Trust, Growth, And Smart Print, with Peter Van Teeseling and Chris Hyde Events Podcasts 

Inside Dscoop: Trust, Growth, And Smart Print, with Peter Van Teeseling and Chris Hyde

If you think great industry breakthroughs happen on a show floor, think again. We sat down with Dscoop’s Peter Van Teeseling and Chris Hyde to unpack how a trust-first, member-led community is helping HP print businesses grow faster through intentional connections, candid playbook sharing, and events designed for action, not spectacle. We trace Dscoop’s 20-year arc from a “crazy idea” to a global network... Read More
Claranova reports first-half sales down 9% but core business is strong Earnings reports News 

Claranova reports first-half sales down 9% but core business is strong

Claranova, the former parent company of PlanetArt, reported revenue of €49 million in H1 2025–2026 (July–December 2025), 95% of which was generated by the group’s core businesses. The half-year is significantly impacted by a very unfavorable currency effect (-6%) and the scope effect related the disposal of the group’s non-core U.S. operations at the end of October5 (-4%). Supported by... Read More