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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.

SPAC 2026 brings volume photography to the forefront Events News 

SPAC 2026 brings volume photography to the forefront

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The 71st-anniversary SPAC school and sports photography conference was held Jan. 21-24, at the South Point Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev., featured a record 1,300 attendees, a sold-out trade show featuring more than 90 companies serving the volume photography marketplace, and new social events. social events. The session topics included how-to sessions, sales, marketing, AI, and more. The conference program... Read More
Seoul entrepeneur brings Kodak licensed apparel stores to Hong Kong Marketing 

Seoul entrepeneur brings Kodak licensed apparel stores to Hong Kong

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Time Out Hong Kong reports Kodak Apparel, a South Korean clothing brand officially authorised by Eastman Kodak Co., has opened its first-ever Hong Kong pop-up store at Airside in Kai Tak. Spanning 2,500 sq ft, the space is a vibrant, retro tribute to the aesthetic of Kodak and film photography, with the brand’s iconic yellow and red as colour accents,... Read More
When Nostalgia Meets AI: The Future Of Photo Commerce with Mediaclip Podcasts 

When Nostalgia Meets AI: The Future Of Photo Commerce with Mediaclip

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What if the best product designer is the one you barely notice? We sit down with Mediaclip CEO Marion Duchesne to explore how photo and product personalization is moving from heavy, time-consuming builders to fast, elegant flows that deliver a finished result in a single action. From early DVD slideshows to Flash and now a cloud-native, API-first platform, her team’s throughline is simple: clean... Read More
Nikon updates firmware on Nikon ZR cinema camera Updates 

Nikon updates firmware on Nikon ZR cinema camera

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Nikon Inc. announced the first firmware update for the recently released Nikon ZR full-frame cinema camera. Version 1.10 adds a range of functional enhancements and supports timecode input via a wired connection, making it easier to synchronize with audio recording devices and other cameras. The update also extends the maximum recording time, making continuous shooting possible even for long recording... Read More
NRF: Valentine’s Day spending expected to reach new records  Market research 

NRF: Valentine’s Day spending expected to reach new records 

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Consumer spending on Valentine’s Day is expected to reach a record $29.1 billion, according to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. The amount surpasses the previous record of $27.5 billion in 2025. Shoppers are budgeting a record $199.78 on average for gifts, an increase from $188.81 last year and surpassing the... Read More
From Film To Volume: How Alkit Lab Reinvented Itself News Podcasts 

From Film To Volume: How Alkit Lab Reinvented Itself

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What does it take for a family photo lab to thrive across three generations and multiple technology upheavals? We sit down with David Buchbinder of Alkit to trace an unvarnished journey from New York City retail counters to a lean, volume-first lab that ships in three days. Buchbinder walks us through the hard calls: expanding into Kodak-branded stores, then cutting overhead and rebuilding around... Read More
Eva brings data-driven quality control to school photography Feature News 

Eva brings data-driven quality control to school photography

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In volume school photography, image quality is everything — yet most studios still rely on manual review processes that struggle to keep pace with thousands of images arriving every day. That challenge is exactly what 36Pix CEO Robert Ste-Marie set out to solve with Eva, a new AI-powered platform designed to evaluate photographer performance in near real time. Ste-Marie, whose... Read More
Richmond Professional Lab: From basement beginnings to volume photography powerhouse Feature News 

Richmond Professional Lab: From basement beginnings to volume photography powerhouse

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Founded in 1938 by Ted Bullard’s father, Richmond Professional Lab has grown from a basement-based operation into one of the most respected professional and volume photography labs in the country. Today, under the leadership of President Ted Bullard and COO Josh Lewis, the Richmond, Virginia-based lab is a national leader in high-volume, high-quality photographic production, serving professional photographers across the... Read More
Alkit story of reinvention, volume growth, and the future of photo printing Feature 

Alkit story of reinvention, volume growth, and the future of photo printing

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Few companies embody the resilience and reinvention of the photo imaging industry quite like Alkit. Founded in 1936 by Alfred and Kitty Buchbinder, the Long Island-based family business has navigated nearly 90 years of industry change — from retail camera stores and professional film sales to wedding labs and, today, high-volume school, sports, and event photography. On a recent episode... Read More
Airstudio: Building the “holy grail” operating system for volume photography studios Feature 

Airstudio: Building the “holy grail” operating system for volume photography studios

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On a recent episode of the Dead Pixels Society Podcast, host Gary Pageau sat down with Scott Rodgers, partner at Airstudio, and industry veteran Peter Koop to explore how Airstudio is transforming the way school and volume photography studios manage their businesses. Airstudio’s origin story is familiar to many long-established studios. Rodgers runs a Chicago-based school photography operation founded in... Read More
Tether Tools introduces a generation of locked, protected, and extended tethering solutions New Products 

Tether Tools introduces a generation of locked, protected, and extended tethering solutions

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Tether Tools announced the launch of a new lineup of Optima 10G tethering upgrades as part of its Lock in Reliability campaign, designed to give photographers, digital techs, and videographers confidence in their connections. At the center of the system is the TetherPro Optima 10G TetherBoost Locking Extension Cable, the first locking USB-C extension designed specifically for professional tethering at... Read More
SWIT announces Powercell camera battery series New Products 

SWIT announces Powercell camera battery series

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SWIT launched the Powercell camera battery series for Sony, Canon, Nikon, and Fujifilm camera systems, with slot-in compatibility, affordable pricing and charging features that make it easy to always have a charged battery ready. The PowerCell battery series is now shipping worldwide through authorized partners and leading e-commerce platforms: PowerCell Canon LP-E6P replacement battery, MSRP $39; PowerCell Fujifilm NP-W235 replacement... Read More
Cloudprinter.com launches proprietary infrastructure for global print commerce News 

Cloudprinter.com launches proprietary infrastructure for global print commerce

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Global print infrastructure company Cloudprinter.com, announced the launch of its own proprietary Print Fulfillment Centers across the United States and Europe. By establishing a dedicated physical infrastructure alongside its vast global network, Cloudprinter.com is transitioning to a high-velocity model engineered specifically for the extreme delivery demands of modern print commerce. This expansion is designed to achieve absolute Shipping Zone 1 Proximity,... Read More
ProGrade Digital lands SPACE contract for Artemis moon mission Partnerships 

ProGrade Digital lands SPACE contract for Artemis moon mission

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ProGrade Digital, founded with a mission to provide the highest quality professional grade digital memory cards and workflow solutions announces it has entered into a Space Act agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to support the agency’s Artemis moon missions with ProGrade Digital CFexpress Type B Iridium cards in 400GB and 1.6TB capacities as well as ProGrade... Read More