Category: Marketing – Page 15 – The Dead Pixels Society

Exclusive Kodak Alaris interview at Kiosk Marketplace

September 24, 2013 GaryPageau Kioskmarketplace.com, Kodak, Kodak Alaris, Photo kiosks

From our post at KioskMarketplace.com: Earlier this month, the Eastman Kodak Co. completed the sale of its personalized imaging and document imaging businesses to the U.K. Kodak Pension Plan — a move ensuring the Kodak brand continues on with kiosks and consumer film. The new $1.3 billion company, Kodak Alaris, is staffed by experienced Kodak executives who know the business: Dolores Kruchten for... Read More

Marketing

Secrets Behind the Growth and Popularity of Canon and Nikon

July 20, 2013 GaryPageau Canon, Infographics, Nikon

Secrets Behind the Growth and Popularity of Canon and Nikon infographic This infographic is Courtesy of Digital Photography Blog and Designed by Graphs <link href="http://visual.ly/embeder/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> Read More

Marketing Opinion

Remember why Facebook bought Instagram

January 21, 2013May 23, 2017 GaryPageau Facebook, Instagram

With the hullabaloo dying down over the short-sighted change in Instagram‘s privacy policies, let’s look back at the reason why the purchase by Facebook was made in the first place. It really didn’t have anything to do with photography, but in user growth and engagement (see below). Instagram reached 50 million users in less than half of the time it... Read More

Marketing

Analysis of photo-filter apps show declining interest

October 15, 2012 GaryPageau filters, photo apps

Photo filter apps for smartphones and tablets: A vanishing category? Analysis of the U.S. Android, iPhone and iPad mobile app store rankings reveals filter and effects functionality is becoming a “checkbox” item in photo and video apps, rather than a distinct category, according to our friends at Suite 48 Analytics. A study just released by Suite 48 Analytics, the leading... Read More

Marketing

The big get bigger, or do they?

September 10, 2012 GaryPageau Kodak, Ritz Camera

With the recent implosion of Ritz Camera and Image, the on-going struggles of Best Buy, and the highly visible bankruptcy of Eastman Kodak Co., the photo industry is witnessing a seismic shift. While not as drastic as the shift from analog to digital photography, there is certainly a lot of disruption in the photo channel these days. The Ritz Camera... Read More

Marketing

RIP Kodak kiosks. Or maybe not?

August 28, 2012 GaryPageau Kodak

With the announcement bankrupt Eastman Kodak Co. would look for a buyer for its Personalized Imaging Group, which includes film, paper and more than 100,000 kiosks worldwide. This is a stunning development in the long slow decline of the Rochester, N.Y., pioneer. Kodak without a consumer imaging component is hard to imagine. Kodak wasn’t just another photo kiosk vendor. In... Read More

Marketing

More dimensions in photo kiosks

August 22, 2012 GaryPageau Fujifilm, Photo kiosks

Photo kiosks are still big news in the retail world. Much thanks to our friends at KioskMarketplace.com for publishing our latest blog entry, ”More dimensions in photo kiosks.” Here’s an excerpt: “Fujifilm has long been a technology leader in photo printing and processing. Recently, the company demoed a 3-D printer designed to bring dimensional printing to retail… These are not 3-D... Read More

Marketing

Kodak and Apple: The Irony of Defeat

August 12, 2012 GaryPageau Apple, Kodak1 Comment

As the sale of Eastman Kodak Co. digital-imaging patents wind down, it’s time to reflect back on how a legendary company is reduced to being sold for parts. In the 21st Century, it’s hard to realize the impact Kodak had on society in the twentieth. In some ways, by bringing reliable photography to consumers, George Eastman’s company was the analog... Read More

Marketing

Square Deal: Here’s why the Starbucks tie-up is a game-changer

August 12, 2012 GaryPageau Square, Starbucks

The announcement that mobile-payment leader Square was tying up with Starbucks Coffee Co. drew widespread attention. Most analysts viewed this as an investment deal, since the $25 million Starbucks put in Square was part of a fundraising round which valued the startup at more than $3 billion. Certainly not trivial, considering Square is a likely IPO candidate. The real winner... Read More

Marketing

Future of photo kiosks at KioskMarketplace

July 11, 2012 GaryPageau DNP Photo, Fujifilm, HP, Kodak, Lucidiom, Photo kiosks

Photo kiosks are still big news in the retail world. Much thanks to our friends at KioskMarketplace.com for publishing our latest blog entry, “Predicting the future of photo kiosks.” Here’s an excerpt: “The compelling challenge of photo kiosk vendors is to build a better business case, based on total engagement, not just prints. Some vendors, like Lucidiom and Kodak, allow... Read More