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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.

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
Deja vu: Fujifilm files patent claim against Kodak News 

Deja vu: Fujifilm files patent claim against Kodak

Fujifilm Corp. has launched a legal action against Eastman Kodak Co. and claims its Sonora processless plates infringe on Fujifilm’s patents. The patent infringement lawsuit was lodged against Eastman Kodak in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on March 20. Fujifilm has asserted four patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 10,427,443, 10,525,696, 10,875,346, and 11,294,279) on various aspects... 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
Claranova reports first half sales exceed €300 million Earnings reports News 

Claranova reports first half sales exceed €300 million

PlanetArt parent Claranova reports half-year sales exceeded €300 million, with a normalized operating profit up 67% at constant rates to €27.5 million for an operating margin of 9.1%, with a net result of €2.2 million “The results for this first half of 2023-2024 demonstrate the tremendous work carried out by the teams for almost two years and the vigor of... 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 lens 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
EFI adds new VUTEk Q3h XP and EFI Pro 33r Printers New Products 

EFI adds new VUTEk Q3h XP and EFI Pro 33r Printers

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. introduced the EFI VUTEk Q3h XP printer – a true high-speed hybrid flatbed/roll-fed LED printer, offering superior-quality imaging along with flexible and versatile production-level throughput – and the next generation 3.2-metre EFI Pro 33r roll-to-roll LED printer. The new, 3.3-metre-wide VUTEk Q3h XP hybrid flatbed/roll-fed LED printer is available with four (CMYK) or six (CMYK, lc,... 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