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NRF: August retail sales grew 4.6 percent over last year but new tariffs present ‘downside risks’ News Press releases 

NRF: August retail sales grew 4.6 percent over last year but new tariffs present ‘downside risks’

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WASHINGTON, September 13, 2019 – Retail sales were up 0.4 percent in August seasonally adjusted from July and up 4.6 percent unadjusted year-over-year, the National Retail Federation said today. The numbers exclude automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants. “While consumer attitudes about the economy indicate some retreating optimism, the bottom line is that consumer spending remained resilient in August and... Read More
Pwinty parent Prodigi buys Kite from Canon Europe News 

Pwinty parent Prodigi buys Kite from Canon Europe

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API platform provider Prodigi Group announced it acquired Kite Tech Ltd. (Kite.ly) from Canon Europe. According to the announcement, the combined company has more than 100 staff, processes more than a million printed a month and has grown 10x over the past three years. Both Prodigi and Kite are print API businesses specializing in the dropshipping of high-volume, print-on-demand photo... Read More
Google Photos debuts print-to-retail at Walmart, CVS News Opinion 

Google Photos debuts print-to-retail at Walmart, CVS

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Despite the fact prominent tech personalities ignorantly stating photo printing is dead, no one has bothered to tell Google Photos that. After a series of upgrades to its popular photo app – including photo book printing – the giant has added canvas prints and same-day print-to-retail to 11,000 locations, primarily Walmart and CVS Pharmacy. In a blog post, Shimrit Ben-Yair,... Read More
Online marketplace for photography, PhotogBooker goes Live News Press releases 

Online marketplace for photography, PhotogBooker goes Live

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PhotogBooker will help online users search for professional photographers and book their services   BLANCHARD, OKLA. (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 11, 2019 – Splendid, professional photography makes events, memories and special occasions come alive and stay with us forever. But how to find the right photographer in our budgets? Online marketplaces have revolutionized e-commerce, and are now going to do the same... Read More
Pakor announces merger with Imaging Spectrum News 

Pakor announces merger with Imaging Spectrum

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Photo industry distributors Pakor Inc. and Imaging Spectrum have merged, according to an announcement on the Pakor website. According to the announcement, the two long-time suppliers will bring a “complementary and expanded range of products” and improved efficiencies that will lower prices and speed deliveries. Imaging Spectrum has a 40,000 square foot warehouse in Plano, Texas, and has access to... Read More
Imagely launches automated print fulfillment for WordPress via WHCC News Press releases 

Imagely launches automated print fulfillment for WordPress via WHCC

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Imagely, the leading provider of WordPress products and services for photographers, now offers print lab integration. BOULDER, COLO. (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 11, 2019 – Imagely, the WordPress photography company, has launched an automated print fulfillment service in partnership with White House Custom Colour. This marks the first time automatic print fulfillment is available to the broader WordPress community. Imagely’s automated print... Read More
Retail imports surging again ahead of more tariffs   News Press releases 

Retail imports surging again ahead of more tariffs  

GaryPageau
WASHINGTON, September 10, 2019 – Imports at the nation’s major retail container ports reached unusually high numbers just before new tariffs on goods from China took effect September 1 and are expected to surge again before another round of tariffs takes effect in December, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and... Read More
Pixsy acquires blockchain-based copyright platform Binded.com Acquisitions News 

Pixsy acquires blockchain-based copyright platform Binded.com

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The acquisition will deliver streamlined international copyright registration and image protection services to a wider community of photographers, artists, and designers SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Pixsy, Inc. announced today that it will acquire blockchain-based copyright registration platform Binded.com, strengthening its image protection offerings for a wider community of users (terms of the transactions were not disclosed). The acquisition bolsters Pixsy’s... Read More
Rumours and interesting items from around the internet New Products News People on the Move 

Rumours and interesting items from around the internet

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Rumours and interesting items from around the internet Google Photos preps ‘Canvas prints’ and 4×6 prints from CVS, Walmart, via 9to5Google Kacey Musgraves and Tom’s One Hour Photo: The whole story, via the Los Angeles Times Light Stalking has published “Portrait Photography: The Ultimate Resource for Making the Perfect Portrait.” Travel influencer exposed for faking cloud photos: ‘I honestly can’t... Read More
Canon EOS C500 Mark II cinema camera announced by Canon U.S.A. Inc. New Products News Press releases 

Canon EOS C500 Mark II cinema camera announced by Canon U.S.A. Inc.

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New Cinema EOS Camera Features a User-Changeable Mount, Internal Cinema RAW Light Recording and the Newly Developed DIGIC DV 7 Image Processor MELVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Contrary to popular belief, sometimes a sequel is better than the original. That is the case with the all-new Canon EOS C500 Mark II cinema camera today announced by Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital... Read More
Panasonic supports a new photo project for the upcoming Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 News Press releases Promotions 

Panasonic supports a new photo project for the upcoming Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

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NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Panasonic Corporation, a worldwide Olympic and Paralympic partner, announced today that the company is launching a special photography project through its LUMIX S Series full-frame Digital Single Lens Mirrorless camera system for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. In accordance with the Olympic Games philosophy, Panasonic has supported the tournament for over a quarter... Read More
Edge Imaging acquires Added Touch Photo Acquisitions News 

Edge Imaging acquires Added Touch Photo

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Canada’s largest volume photography company Edge Imaging announced the acquisition of Added Touch Photo, the company’s first acquisition since being acquired by Walter Capital Partners. Added Touch brings more than 70 accounts, primarily fall school photos, graduates, sports organizations, dance companies, and yearbooks in the Rockland/Ottawa area. Added Touch founders Norm and Sandra Goulet, with 35 years of experience, will continue... Read More
Generation Next announces interim-CEO, new independent director and appoints investment bank News 

Generation Next announces interim-CEO, new independent director and appoints investment bank

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SAN DIEGO, Sept. 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NEWMEDIAWIRE — Generation Next Franchise Brands, Inc. announced today its Board of Directors recently passed three resolutions. The first naming Ryan Polk as interim-CEO, the second appointing Tom McChesney to join the Board of Directors, and the third approving an engagement with Investment Bank Stout Risius Ross Advisors, LLC (“Stout”). The... Read More
Facebook changes policy on facial recognition News 

Facebook changes policy on facial recognition

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Facebook posted an update regarding the company’s face recognition technology: Facebook has always given you control over whether we use face recognition technology to recognize you in photos. This setting was previously called tag suggestions because Facebook only used face recognition technology to automatically suggest tags of your friends in photos. In December 2017, we introduced a new setting for some... Read More