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Asher Levy is new active chairman of Landa Digital Printing News People on the Move 

Asher Levy is new active chairman of Landa Digital Printing

Benny Landa, Chairman of the Landa Group, announced the appointment of Asher Levy to the position of Active Chairman of Landa Digital Printing, the largest of the Group’s eighteen companies. Landa Digital Printing (LDP), which started as a spin-out of Landa Labs ten years ago, now employs some 600 people and is in an accelerating growth phase as it ramps... Read More
Apple takes top Q4 spot but Samsung rules 2019 in worldwide smartphone market: IDC Market research News 

Apple takes top Q4 spot but Samsung rules 2019 in worldwide smartphone market: IDC

Worldwide smartphone shipments decreased 1.1% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2019 (4Q19), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. While the past several years have delivered flat growth, 2019 volumes dropped to levels below annual shipment levels between 2015 and 2018. In total, companies shipped 368.8 million smartphones during 4Q19,... Read More
Fujifilm Canada is Toronto Raptors exclusive photofinishing partner Marketing News 

Fujifilm Canada is Toronto Raptors exclusive photofinishing partner

FUJIFILM Canada Inc. announced it is the official and exclusive photofinishing and camera partner of the Toronto Raptors during the team’s 25th Anniversary season. This new collaboration gives Raptors fans the opportunity to print souvenir photos and win prizes at select game nights in Toronto. Select Raptors games will feature a FUJIFILM Canada Memory Station, allowing anyone to print a... Read More
Pro Imaging CONNECT, Pro Imaging Golf registrations are open Events News 

Pro Imaging CONNECT, Pro Imaging Golf registrations are open

Registration is now open for Pro Imaging CONNECT, the new executive conference for the photo/imaging industry, and the leading golf outing, SGIA Pro Imaging Expo and Golf. The two events, held from March 21-March 24, at Horseshoe Bay Resort in Austin Texas. Pro Imaging CONNECT kicks off with two days of executive-level education, while Pro Imaging Golf follows with two... Read More
Durst restructures textile printing segment News People on the Move 

Durst restructures textile printing segment

Durst, the manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies, has restructured its segment for industrial textile printing. The new segment manager, Dr. Stefan Kappaun, has responsibility for the strategic direction in home textiles, clothing and accessories. Dr. Kappaun also will be the connecting link to the Large Format Segment, which takes over soft signage and fabrics in the portfolio.... Read More
Updated: Xerox to nominate up to 11 for HP board seats Acquisitions News 

Updated: Xerox to nominate up to 11 for HP board seats

Xerox Corp. will nominate as many as 11 directors to the HP Inc. board, according to the Wall Street Journal. as the company pushes its unsolicited $33.5B takeover offer. The current HP board consists of 12 members, including chairman Chip Bergh, CEO and managing director Enrique Lores, and former CEO Dion Weisler. In a statement, Xerox nominated the following as board... Read More
SD Association commemorates 20 years News 

SD Association commemorates 20 years

The SD Association (SDA) is celebrating its twentieth anniversary after launching 20 years ago. SD memory cards have become the de facto storage device for billions of products in this mobility era when more storage is required. By 2023 and beyond, enterprises, machines, industries, consumers, science, and more will be generating 103 zettabytes per year, according to IDC. Data generated by... Read More
photobook.ai develops GoBooks mobile photobook app for Entourage Yearbooks News Press releases 

photobook.ai develops GoBooks mobile photobook app for Entourage Yearbooks

Yearbook leader launches AI mobile photobook app for the yearbook mom Las Vegas, NV and Singapore – photobook.ai, developer of AI-powered photobook technology, announces Entourage Yearbooks has released the  GoBooks white-label app based on the industry-leading Albumstory AI-SDK. The iOS and Android apps come with an end-to-end photobook.ai business platform which integrates CRM, marketing, m-commerce, payments and print submissions system... Read More
Industry notes for the week of Jan. 18 News 

Industry notes for the week of Jan. 18

Rumours and interesting items from around the internet Photobox focuses on analytics to get full picture on customer experience, via diginomica The David’s Disposable app ‘develops’ your digital photos like throwback pics, via Daily Dot. Here’s how much some Kodak Alaris films have increased in price, via KosmoFoto People on the Move Emerald Expositions, parent of WPPI, names David Doft incoming Chief Financial Officer In Memoriam Gary Starkweather, the inventor of... Read More
Analyst Alan Bullock to kick off Pro Imaging CONNECT program Events News 

Analyst Alan Bullock to kick off Pro Imaging CONNECT program

Pro Imaging CONNECT, the new executive conference for the photo/imaging industry, announces Alan Bullock, associate director, Keypoint Intelligence-InfoTrends, will kick off the educational program with the informative session, “A Snapshot of the US Photo Printing & Imaging Market “, at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 21, at Horseshoe Bay Resort in Austin Texas. The session is sponsored by Mediaclip. The session... Read More
NRF says 2019 holiday sales were up 4.1 percent Market research News Press releases 

NRF says 2019 holiday sales were up 4.1 percent

Holiday retail sales during 2019 grew 4.1 percent over the same period in 2018 to $730.2 billion, the National Retail Federation said today. The numbers exclude automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants. Online and other non-store sales were up 14.6 percent over the year before at $167.8 billion and are included in the total. “Having spent the last week with... Read More
PicMonkey announces “Shero” contest winners News People on the Move Photo contests 

PicMonkey announces “Shero” contest winners

PicMonkey, a leading image editing and design platform, announced the top ten and grand prize winners of its “Who’s Your Shero?” contest, which celebrates women entrepreneurs for their accomplishments and positive contributions to their communities. Out of hundreds of nominations, the grand prize was awarded to Hannah Kay Herdlinger, founder of Thread Talk, an online shop offering high-end blankets. A portion... Read More
X-Rite announces next-generation i1Pro 3 for print and imaging professionals News 

X-Rite announces next-generation i1Pro 3 for print and imaging professionals

X-Rite Inc. and Pantone LLC announced the third-generation of its popular i1 Family of Color Management solutions for the print, imaging and photo industries. The redesigned i1Pro 3 spectrophotometer is more accurate and reliable as well as two times faster than its predecessor. The i1Pro 3 is ideal for professionals who require accurate color from their printer, display, and projector.... Read More