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APTech launches new online APTech CONNECT forum News 

APTech launches new online APTech CONNECT forum

Reston, VA— The Association for PRINT Technologies has launched the APTech Connect Community Forum, a new and free online resource designed to foster engagement, collaboration, and information-sharing across the print industry’s value chain. The APTech Community Forum’s goal is to create a virtual community replete with useful, user-generated content. The forum has the capacity to allow committees and working groups to... Read More
Sony Electronics renews Alpha Female ‘Creator in Residence’ contest Events News Press releases 

Sony Electronics renews Alpha Female ‘Creator in Residence’ contest

Winners to Receive $21,000 Project Budget, up to $5,000 in Sony Gear and Industry-renowned Mentors SAN DIEGO — August 5, 2019 — Sony Electronics Inc. today announced contest applications are now open for the second Alpha Female Creators-in-residence program. Launched in summer 2018, Alpha Female is a program that provides extensive resources and opportunities to advance the careers of female... Read More
Cimpress reports improved sales, earnings for fiscal 2019, CEO promises more changes Earnings reports News Opinion 

Cimpress reports improved sales, earnings for fiscal 2019, CEO promises more changes

Cimpress executives characterized the Netherlands-based company’s recently concluded fiscal 2019 as a disappointing and difficult year, with revenue at its flagship Vistaprint business increasing less than 1% and profitability declining in its National Pen segment. Cimpress reported it doubled overall net income to nearly $93.5 million, or $3.00 per diluted share, compared to $1.36 per diluted share the prior year. Cimpress... Read More
JONDO opens fulfillment center in Dallas, Texas News 

JONDO opens fulfillment center in Dallas, Texas

Yorba Linda, Calif-based printer JONDO has announced the opening of its fifth U.S. print-on-demand location, a 74,000-square-foot facility in Dallas, Texas. The company stated, “Currently, JONDO has facilities on the east and west coasts of the United States. By adding a production facility centrally located in the country, we are able to increase capacity and reduce overall transit times. Once... Read More
Quarmby Colour installs EFI VUTEk h3 LED Hybrid Printer News Press releases 

Quarmby Colour installs EFI VUTEk h3 LED Hybrid Printer

Ratingen, Germany – 1 Aug. 2019 – Quarmby Colour has installed an EFI™ VUTEk® h3 LED hybrid flatbed/roll-to-roll inkjet printer from Electronics For Imaging, Inc. The Leeds, England-based printing company is using the 3.2metre wide production device to drive higher throughput and superior print quality in its display graphics operations.   “We needed more productivity in a similar footprint area to... Read More
Iris Works has rebranded to offer business-management system to all creatives News Press releases 

Iris Works has rebranded to offer business-management system to all creatives

Iris Works, an Indianapolis, Indiana, business-management system servicing photographers, recently announced a rebrand to reflect the company’s evolution in the software space. The rebrand includes a full redesign of the company logo, online presence, graphics, communications and the user experience of the application itself. The new brand brings a sharp visual identity to Iris, characterizing the brand as an innovative,... Read More
Shutterfly taps company veteran Greg Hintz as new head of Lifetouch division News Opinion 

Shutterfly taps company veteran Greg Hintz as new head of Lifetouch division

Shutterfly Inc. signaled the possible future direction of its Lifetouch National Studios business with the appointment of company insider Greg Hintz to the president of the division. He succeeds Michael Meek, who shepherded Lifetouch from a profit-starved employee-owned company to a profitable, cash-flow-rich division of Shutterfly. Meek stayed on after the sale, earning more than $5.6 million in total compensation... Read More
Industry notes, app updates and more for the week of Aug. 2 News 

Industry notes, app updates and more for the week of Aug. 2

  New apps and updates Pixellu updates SmartAlbums 2019 photo album design software Topaz Labs introduced Topaz Studio 2, a non-destructive photo editor with hundreds of layers and effects. MAGIX Photostory now up to 3x faster and with more creative possibilities for custom slideshows di Support releases version 3.6.0 of the Rossmann Photo World app, via website. New features include paying with PayPal and large-format printing. JPEGmini introduced a Capture... Read More
Venus Optics announces pricing and availability of Laowa 17mm f/4 Zero-D GFX lens New Products News Press releases 

Venus Optics announces pricing and availability of Laowa 17mm f/4 Zero-D GFX lens

Anhui China, Aug 1, 2019 – Venus Optics, the camera lenses manufacturer specializes in making unique camera lenses, unveil the pricing and availability of the world’s widest rectilinear lens for Fujifilm GFX camera system, Laowa 17mm f/4 Zero-D GFX lens. Laowa 17mm f/4 Zero-D GFX is a 13.5mm equivalent ultra-wide angle prime specially designed for Fujifilm GFX camera system. The... Read More
Image Protect launches Fotofy Digital Image Marketplace News 

Image Protect launches Fotofy Digital Image Marketplace

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Aug. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Image Protect Inc. , a global leader in the end-to-end copyright infringement sector, is thrilled to announce the official launch of the Company’s revolutionary new digital image marketplace and in-image advertising platform, Fotofy.com. This is a one of a kind website in the Photo Image Space to offer revenue to Users,... Read More
GoPro announces second quarter 2019 results Earnings reports News Press releases 

GoPro announces second quarter 2019 results

Second Quarter Results In-line with Guidance Revenue of $292 Million Increased 20% Sequentially and 3% Year-over-Year Sell-Through of Cameras at $300 and Above Increased More Than 90% Year-over-Year GoPro Plus Paid Subscribers Increased 15% Sequentially and 50% Year-over-Year SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — GoPro, Inc.  announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2019. “In the second quarter,... Read More
Photo Finale adds Rite Aid to client roster Feature News Press releases 

Photo Finale adds Rite Aid to client roster

Rite Aid Photo signals reinvigoration of photo category McLean, Va – Photo Finale, the leader in white-label photo e-commerce services, announced Rite Aid Corp., the Camp Hill, Pa-based national drugstore chain, has launched its online photo service on the Photo Finale platform. Customers can now order prints, canvas, photo books, gifts and much more at photo.riteaid.com.  Rite Aid is one... Read More
Image Protect’s “Fotofy” digital image marketplace set to go live Aug. 2 News Press releases 

Image Protect’s “Fotofy” digital image marketplace set to go live Aug. 2

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., July 31, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via OTC PR WIRE — Image Protect Inc., a global leader in the end-to-end copyright infringement sector, is pleased to announce the firm launch date of Friday, August 2, 2019 for the company’s revolutionary new platform, Fotofy, a digital image sharing marketplace set to act as a massive online library of... Read More
Lightricks raises $135 million in Series C Funding, raises valuation to $1 billion News Press releases 

Lightricks raises $135 million in Series C Funding, raises valuation to $1 billion

Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing Joins Existing Investors Insight Partners, ClalTech, and Viola Ventures to Propel Lightricks’ New Products, Acquisitions and Global Reach JERUSALEM, July 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Israeli software company, Lightricks, a leading developer of subscription-based content creation tools, announced today that it has raised $135 million in Series C funding at a $1 billion valuation in a round led by Goldman Sachs Private... Read More
Rite Aid launches Rite Aid Photo News Press releases 

Rite Aid launches Rite Aid Photo

CAMP HILL, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) announced today the launch of Rite Aid Photo, a new one-stop shop photo website designed to provide customers with a seamless shopping experience for all of their photographic needs. The site will enable customers to create photo books, calendars, stationary, greeting cards, canvases and wall décor and of course photo prints and enlargements.... Read More