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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.

DJI updates dual-camera drone for aerial travel photography New Products 

DJI updates dual-camera drone for aerial travel photography

DJI announced the DJI Air 3S, an advanced dual-camera drone designed for travel photography, featuring a 1-inch-CMOS primary camera and a 70mm medium tele camera, each with up to 14 stops of dynamic range1 that both support the new Free panorama feature, the Air 3S allows for flexible shooting-range selections to capture landscapes, architecture, and more in stunning detail. The drone’s... Read More
1 Hour Photo app now offers ship-to-home convenience News Updates 

1 Hour Photo app now offers ship-to-home convenience

1 Hour Photo, the photo-printing, canvas and gifting app offering local pick-up, now offers convenient ship-to-home service for its array of photo products, all through the 1 Hour Photo app for iOS and Android. 1 Hour Photo is the most convenient photo-printing app in North America, offering pick up at more than 20,000 locations among all four of the largest... Read More
Shutterfly campaign promotes “meaningful” photo gifts Marketing Promotions 

Shutterfly campaign promotes “meaningful” photo gifts

  North America’s personalized photo products leader Shutterfly is changing its tone this holiday season. After two years of campaigns featuring celebrity Kris Jenner in its holiday campaigns, Shutterfly is now promoting personalized photo gifts as superior to kitchen gadgets, clothing and other “meaningless stuff.” At a time when the outlook for 2024 holiday gifting season is cause for concern... Read More
NRF expects steady sales growth for 2024 holiday season News 

NRF expects steady sales growth for 2024 holiday season

The National Retail Federation (NRF) forecast winter holiday spending is expected to grow between 2.5% and 3.5% over 2023. That equates to between $979.5 billion and $989 billion in total holiday spending in November and December, compared with $955.6 billion during the same timeframe last year.  “The economy remains fundamentally healthy and continues to maintain its momentum heading into the... Read More
Amaze teams up with Adobe Express News Partnerships 

Amaze teams up with Adobe Express

Amaze Software Inc., a leader in creator-powered commerce solutions, announced a strategic integration with Adobe Express, the quick and easy create-anything app, to put Adobe’s world-class creative tools right at the fingertips of creators directly on the Spring by Amaze platform. Starting today, Adobe Express will be integrated into Spring, allowing creators to design graphics, apply them to products, and launch... Read More
Adobe debuts Content Authenticity, a free web app to help creators protect their work New Products 

Adobe debuts Content Authenticity, a free web app to help creators protect their work

  Adobe Inc. announced a new free web app, Adobe Content Authenticity, designed to help creators protect and receive attribution for their work with Content Credentials. Adobe claims Content Credentials are like a “nutrition label” for digital content, serving as secure metadata that anyone can attach to their work to share information about themselves and provide context about how their content... Read More
Fujifilm debuts small, light Fujifilm X-M5 camera, 16-55mm lens, and 500mm f5.6 lens New Products 

Fujifilm debuts small, light Fujifilm X-M5 camera, 16-55mm lens, and 500mm f5.6 lens

FUJIFILM North America Corp., Electronic Imaging Division, announced the launch of the latest mirrorless digital camera in its X Series lineup – FUJIFILM X-M5 (X-M5). X-M5 is designed to appeal to emerging content creators that want to use one lightweight and powerful device to make both still and moving imagery, the company said. “X-M5 is a tool for the ‘camera... Read More
Ringfoto announces new central services for its dealers under the alfo brand News 

Ringfoto announces new central services for its dealers under the alfo brand

Ringfoto GmbH & Co. KG, Europe’s largest photo network, announces the introduction of a series of new central services under the “alfo.” brand. These will sustainably strengthen cooperation with the more than 2,000 specialist shops and partners in Germany and Europe and offer consumers a modern, central service experience, the group said. One of the featured offerings under the “alfo.”... Read More
Canva walks back controversial price hike News 

Canva walks back controversial price hike

Popular graphics platform Canva is walking back its controversial price hike which hiked subscription prices as much as three times. In early September, Canva warned customers some plans would see a substantial price increase. Canva Teams, for example, lept from $180 per year to $500. The move was met with considerable backlash on social media, despite the company justifying the hike... Read More
Tiffen debuts Soft Glow, Black Soft Glow and Golden Glow filters New Products 

Tiffen debuts Soft Glow, Black Soft Glow and Golden Glow filters

The Tiffen Co. adds the new Glow Series to their ine of diffusion effects lens filters. Paired with digital cameras, Soft Glow, Black Soft Glow, and Golden Glow filters are designed to maintain contrast for a natural appearance and take away the sharpness and sterility associated with a digital look—while producing unique and pleasing highlights, the company says. With eight... Read More
CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor: Retail sales declined monthly in September but still grew year over year Market research 

CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor: Retail sales declined monthly in September but still grew year over year

Retail sales saw a slight month-over-month drop in September but consumers continued to spend more than last year as interest rates and inflation fell and employment rose, according to the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor, powered by Affinity Solutions, released by the National Retail Federation (NRF). “After seven consecutive months of gains, consumers pulled back a bit in September, which is historically... Read More
Exclusive interview: Brett Zucker, CEO of ImageQuix Feature Opinion 

Exclusive interview: Brett Zucker, CEO of ImageQuix

Software solutions company ImageQuix announced the appointment of Brett Zucker as CEO. Zucker joins ImageQuix with more than 30 years of experience in the technology industry, with deep expertise in scaling businesses and delivering exceptional customer experiences. The Dead Pixels Society had the opportunity to interview Zucker last week, in a wide-ranging discussion covering his background, what brought him to... Read More