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Photo-Me reports six-month revenue up 3% Earnings reports News 

Photo-Me reports six-month revenue up 3%

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Photo-Me International plc, the U.K.-based instant-service equipment company, announced six-month increased 3.3%. The Group’s first-half performance was in line with expectations, delivering further revenue and profit growth and further expansion of the Laundry business,” according to a company statement. “Total revenue increased by 3.3% to £123.9 million and by 0.4% to £120.3 million on an underlying revenue basis. Profit before... Read More
Canon, Sony, Panasonic commit to photokina 2020 support Events News People on the Move 

Canon, Sony, Panasonic commit to photokina 2020 support

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A delegation of the City of Cologne, Koelnmesse and the association of the photo industry (PIV)  recently visited Tokyo, Japan. The Mayor of Cologne, Henriette Reker, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Koelnmesse, Gerald Böse, and the Chairman of the PIV, Kai Hillebrandt, were warmly welcomed at a celebratory reception in the German Embassy in Tokyo by Ambassador Ina... Read More
Printful taking Printify to court over intellectual property infringement News 

Printful taking Printify to court over intellectual property infringement

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Printed products manufacturer Printful Inc. filed charges in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco on Dec. 3, accusing print on-demand platform Printify Inc. of infringement of intellectual property rights and unfair commercial practices, according to Printful Latvia representatives. According to published reports, Printful Latvia representatives announced  Printful has accused Printify of illegally copying and... Read More
Unique Photo opens photography superstore in Philadelphia’s Old City District News 

Unique Photo opens photography superstore in Philadelphia’s Old City District

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New Jersey-based photography superstore Unique Photo announced the opening of a four-story superstore in the historic Old City District of Philadelphia. The 9,600-square-foot location opened its doors on Nov 29. Located at 28 South Street, the superstore features four floors of retail space, a multi-media learning center, professional photo lab and studio space. Additionally, the store is an Apple authorized service... Read More
App updates, people on the move and more for the week through Dec. 4 News 

App updates, people on the move and more for the week through Dec. 4

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Rumours and interesting items from around the internet Shutterfly sent improper arbitration email, says class-action suit, via Law360. Just a filter doesn’t cut it anymore,’ says Glo Up Club founder, via Yahoo Finance Pro photography news It’s crunch time for Seattle-based photo giant Getty Images, and for photographers, via the Seattle Times: “With its vast archive of more than 350... Read More
Carl Icahn publishes letter blasting HP for “recalcitrance” in rejected Xerox offer Acquisitions News Opinion 

Carl Icahn publishes letter blasting HP for “recalcitrance” in rejected Xerox offer

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Activist investor Carl Icahn posted an open letter to HP shareholders today, criticizing the HP Inc. board for rejecting Xerox Corp.‘s merger overtures. Icahn, who respectively owns about 10.85% of Xerox and 4.24% of HP, stated HP is going down the path forged by former foe Eastman Kodak Co., which is often criticized for wasting resources on a series of failed... Read More
Holiday weekend sales top records Market research News 

Holiday weekend sales top records

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A record 189.6 million U.S. consumers shopped from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday this year, an increase of 14 percent over last year’s 165.8 million, according to the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Shoppers spent an average $361.90 on holiday items over the five-day period, up 16 percent from $313.29 during the same period last year, the... Read More
Small world: Shutterfly CEO has connection to former Shutterfly CEO News Opinion People on the Move 

Small world: Shutterfly CEO has connection to former Shutterfly CEO

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Newly private photo personalization leader Shutterfly Inc. named a new CEO last week, a move that surprised many industry watchers. Ryan O’Hara had only come on board in June, 2019, succeeding in an orderly manner the departing Christopher North. North’s departure was announced in February, and the company had three months of transition to O’Hara, during which the company announced... Read More
Facebook launches photo transfer tool to Google Photos News SDKs and APIs Updates 

Facebook launches photo transfer tool to Google Photos

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Facebook launched a photo transfer tool (initially in Ireland) to enable users to port their photos directly to Google Photos  via encrypted transfer. Facebook says it is still testing the feature based on feedback but states “worldwide availability” is coming in the first half of 2020. The company added the service is part of the Data Transfer Project, “a collaborative effort... Read More
Shooting products for your e-commerce website the right way  Feature News Tips and tricks 

Shooting products for your e-commerce website the right way 

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About 75% of online shoppers state that pictures significantly influence their purchasing decisions, according to a recent e-commerce photography report by Weebly. It means that if your marketplace listings or e-commerce site doesn’t have properly-photographed images of your product, or doesn’t have any pictures at all; you’re putting off a lot of potential customers. So why are these photos so... Read More
Lux Optics’ Spectre Camera named Apple iPhone app of the year News 

Lux Optics’ Spectre Camera named Apple iPhone app of the year

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Lux Optics‘ long-exposure app, Spectre, was named iPhone app of the year by Apple Inc. Spectre uses AI to help make long-exposure photographs to remove crowds from busy city streets, turn nighttime highways into rivers of light and make waterfalls look like paintings. Spectre’s intelligent computational shutter takes hundreds of shots over the span of a few seconds and saves... Read More
CEWE to supply photo products to U.K. drug chain Boots in 2020 News 

CEWE to supply photo products to U.K. drug chain Boots in 2020

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Oldenburg’s CEWE Foundation & Co. KGaA will provide its full range of photo services to Boots, the largest British and Irish drugstore chain. Under the heading “Bootsphoto powered by CEWE“, customers will be able to order CEWE products both on the Boots website and in more than 1,000 branches, the announcement said, adding around 2,500 CEWE photo stations and product... Read More
Back at ya, HP! Xerox to take merger case to shareholders in hostile bid Acquisitions News 

Back at ya, HP! Xerox to take merger case to shareholders in hostile bid

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Xerox Inc. management has responded bruskly to HP‘s rebuff of its offer to combine the two printing giants. Earlier this week, HP rejected Xerox’s advances, citing what it said were Xerox’s declining fortunes and it’s own perceived bright prospects. In response, Xerox vice-chairman and CEO John Visentin says the refusal to engage in the process “defies logic.” Specifically, Visentin rejects... Read More