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The Photo Managers announce second European meetup Oct. 4 Events News 

The Photo Managers announce second European meetup Oct. 4

The Photo Managers announced the dates for its second European meetup in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The event will feature hands-on education, brainstorming, and networking. Register by Sept. 1. The US$30 cost includes the full-day meeting on Friday, including lunch. The event’s schedule is Thursday, Oct. 3 – Group Dinner – place and details TBD (optional) Friday, Oct. 4 – All... Read More
IMG.LY introduces plugin system for CE.SDK News Updates 

IMG.LY introduces plugin system for CE.SDK

IMG.LY, introduce a brand-new Plugin system for CE.SDK to make feature development much easier, adding one-click features like background removal or vectorizers, smart design tools like QR codes or subtitle generators, and deeply interactive features like generative AI for text and images. The plugins offer three concepts: Customizable Menu Bars The company extended API so it allows easy hooking into... Read More
Fujifilm revamps U.K. House of Photography Events News 

Fujifilm revamps U.K. House of Photography

Fujifilm U.K. held a grand reopening of its House of Photography in London on May 31, 2024, also launching the ’Life As You See It’ photo contest with a FUJIFILM X100VI Limited Edition digital camera as the grand prize. The reopened retail space features  an extended gallery, print workshop, updated studio, bookshop and INSTAX Creator Cube. The company said planned... Read More
50th anniversary IPC luncheon honors Kirklands, Von Wong and many more Events News 

50th anniversary IPC luncheon honors Kirklands, Von Wong and many more

The International Photographic Council (IPC) held its 50th anniversary luncheon May 15 at the United Nations building in New York City. The revived organization, which was dormant for the COVID-19 pandemic, returned with a program showcasing the finest photography. As always, the IPC held to its “Peace Through Photography, The Universal Language” mission. The event was opened by Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for... Read More
IDC: Worldwide smartphone shipments forecast to recover with 4.0% growth in 2024 Market research News 

IDC: Worldwide smartphone shipments forecast to recover with 4.0% growth in 2024

Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 4.0% year over year in 2024 to 1.21 billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. The growth in 2024 adds momentum to the overall recovery IDC expects throughout the forecast as consumer demand slowly rebounds from the dismal past few years. The recovery will continue in 2025... Read More
Smartphoto group acquires TopFanZ Acquisitions News 

Smartphoto group acquires TopFanZ

Belgian e-commerce company Smartphoto group NV announced the acquisition of TopFanZ, a European merchandiser for the sports and entertainment sector. TopFanZ, based in Halen, Belgium, offers total solutions in merchandising and brand activation for its customers and their fans, the company says. They offer full-service merchandising partnerships, including marketing support, product procurement, and e-commerce support. In the last financial year,... Read More
Photo Finale releases Print 50 9.9 Release Notes News Updates 

Photo Finale releases Print 50 9.9 Release Notes

Photo Finale recently updated the functionality of Print 50. Release Notes (9.9.0.3) – 05/29/2024 – The search functionality in Print 50 has been fixed when entering a search term other than an order number. Release Notes (9.9.0.1) – 05/13/2024 – Introduced a new “Active” filter option in Print 50, which displays all orders that haven’t been marked as... Read More
Revolutionizing Print: HelloPrint’s Hans Scheffer on Innovation, Sustainability, and the Future Marketing News Podcasts 

Revolutionizing Print: HelloPrint’s Hans Scheffer on Innovation, Sustainability, and the Future

Ever wondered how a young event organizer could transform into a trailblazer in the print industry? Join Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society in a chat with Hans Scheffer, the visionary founder and CEO of HelloPrint. Hans takes us through his captivating journey from needing efficient printing solutions for events to creating FlyerZone and eventually revolutionizing the print ordering process with HelloPrint. Learn how HelloPrint leverages... Read More
Best Buy reports first-quarter revenues down 6% Earnings reports News 

Best Buy reports first-quarter revenues down 6%

Best Buy Co., Inc announced results for the 13-week first quarter ended May 4, 2024, as compared to the 13-week first quarter ended April 29, 2023. Domestic revenue of $8.20 billion decreased 6.8% versus last year primarily driven by a comparable sales decline of 6.3%. From a merchandising perspective, the largest drivers of the comparable sales decline on a weighted... Read More
drupa, PRINTING United announce partnership Events News 

drupa, PRINTING United announce partnership

The leadership of drupa, the European printing trade fair, and PRINTING United Expo, announced a partnership, with no details revealed at this point other than a pledge to make their respective events “more relevant.” According to the announcement: “Both organizations, with their customer-centric focus, will look to make all their events even more relevant and beneficial to both attendees and... Read More
Peakto Search v.1.1, the instant search plugin for Lightroom and Capture One, is enhanced with Metadata Search News Updates 

Peakto Search v.1.1, the instant search plugin for Lightroom and Capture One, is enhanced with Metadata Search

CYME unveils Peakto Search v1.1, its plugin for Lightroom and Capture One, with new features. In addition, to search by description and similar images, Peakto Search now allows metadata search. It thus becomes the “Finder” dedicated to Lightroom and Capture One, always accessible from the menu bar, offering photo previews and a video player, capable of displaying the searched content... Read More
HP,  Canva announce design and printing partnership News Partnerships 

HP, Canva announce design and printing partnership

HP Inc. announced a strategic multi-year global partnership with Canva, the visual communication platform, to connect HP Print Service Providers (PSPs) and the worldwide Canva community, enabling anyone creating content on the Canva platform to design and print within a fully integrated system seamlessly. This multi-year deal will enable Canva users “to design anything and print anywhere,” according to a... Read More
The Customization Group releases Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Progress Report News Sustainability 

The Customization Group releases Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Progress Report

The Customization Group (TCG), formerly Picanova, shared its 2023 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Progress Report. Here some highlights, from the company’s viewpoint: Environmental Sustainability: On-Demand Production: TCG model promotes responsible consumption and production, reducing waste and minimizing our environmental footprint. Tree Planting Initiatives: TCG planted 30,000 trees in Latvia, enhancing our commitment to reforestation and biodiversity. Sustainability Certifications: TCG have... Read More
Gelato releases its 2023 Sustainability Report News Sustainability 

Gelato releases its 2023 Sustainability Report

Printing platform Gelato has released its 2023 Sustainability Report.  With Gelato, personalized products are produced on demand and as local to the end consumer as possible. That means, a product is only made when it is sold, with 99% of products produced and delivered within the same region as the end customer, and 87% within the same country. This eliminates... Read More