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Circana: Holiday shopping insights shows in-store spending up Market research News 

Circana: Holiday shopping insights shows in-store spending up

Gary Pageau
Circana posted a preliminary holiday sales report. The early signals from Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2025 reveal a significant shift in spending behaviors. Unlike the consistency of previous years, income disparity is driving distinct patterns this season. Spending Diverges by Income: Unlike last year’s consistent spending across demographics, Black Friday and Cyber Monday levels diverged significantly this year. Lower-income... Read More
Everest Solutions enters into a definitive agreement to acquire Lifetouch Canada Acquisitions News 

Everest Solutions enters into a definitive agreement to acquire Lifetouch Canada

Gary Pageau ,
Everest Solutions and Imaging, a leading Canadian school photography company, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Lifetouch Canada. Terms weren’t disclosed. The transaction is expected to close in Q1 2026. Everest Solutions is a relatively new player in the Canadian volume photography market, having launched in 2022 with Dan Boudreau as President and Arley MacKinnon as Vice President of Operations.... Read More
Nikon is spending $159 million to update lens manufacturing Investments News 

Nikon is spending $159 million to update lens manufacturing

Gary Pageau
Nikon Corp. has officially commenced the construction of two major new buildings at its Tochigi Nikon subsidiary, marked by a ground-breaking ceremony held on Jan. 7, 2026. Located in Otawara City, Tochigi Prefecture, this expansion represents a significant investment of approximately 25 billion yen and is designed to modernise and reinforce Nikon’s core production capabilities for high-precision optical technology, the... Read More
Photo Imaging CONNECT announces exit strategy session with Hans Hartman Events News 

Photo Imaging CONNECT announces exit strategy session with Hans Hartman

Gary Pageau ,
Photo Imaging CONNECT conference announces Hans Hartman, president of Suite 48 Analytics and chair of Visual 1st, will present, “Exit Stage Right,” at its 2026 event, March 1-2, in Las Vegas. Part of the startup journey is to consider exit options. Apart from IPOs, what to consider when developing a proactive exit strategy? In this session, Hartman will describe what... Read More
Photo Imaging CONNECT announces Jordan Moore to speak on privacy and security Events News 

Photo Imaging CONNECT announces Jordan Moore to speak on privacy and security

Gary Pageau ,
Photo Imaging CONNECT conference announces security expert Jordan Moore, ICD.D, will present, “Privacy & Security: What Every Business Needs to Know,” at its 2026 event, March 1-2, in Las Vegas.  Moore, who is the founder and CEO of the consulting firm, Riseilient, has a long-standing history in the professional photography industry, particularly volume photography. In this fast-paced, interactive session, sponsored by... Read More
From Spreadsheets To Streamlined: How Airstudio Connects Scheduling, Payroll, Equipment, And Analytics News Podcasts 

From Spreadsheets To Streamlined: How Airstudio Connects Scheduling, Payroll, Equipment, And Analytics

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If your studio juggles spreadsheets, calendars, and three different apps just to run picture day, this conversation will feel like oxygen. The Dead Pixels Society sits down with Scott Rodgers and Peter Koop from Airstudio to unpack how a platform built by school photographers solves the messy middle of volume photography—linking CRM, senior bookings, staff scheduling, payroll, equipment, workflows, and e‑commerce integrations into one place. We start... Read More
Instagram head Adam Mosseri says camera makers are the problem News Opinion 

Instagram head Adam Mosseri says camera makers are the problem

Gary Pageau ,
Instagram head Adam Mosseri has shared some end-of-year thoughts on the company’s “Threads” platform on the state of photos on social media amid an avalanche of AI slop, and blamed “camera companies” who “are betting on the wrong aesthetic.” Claiming the ubiquitous social media platform has evolved past merely sharing photos, Mosseri acknowledged the platform struggles with keeping up with... Read More
Lightricks open-sources LTX-2, the production-ready audio and video generation model News Updates 

Lightricks open-sources LTX-2, the production-ready audio and video generation model

Gary Pageau
Lightricks announced the open-source release of LTX-2, the production-ready model to combine open audio and video generation with native 4K output, synchronized expressive sound, and full access to model weights, inference, and training code, alongside extensive options for fine-tuning and deeper customization for builders and creative professionals. The model is free to use for academic research and for commercial use... Read More
Apogee Enterprises reports third-quarter net sales increased 2.1% to $348.6 million Earnings reports News 

Apogee Enterprises reports third-quarter net sales increased 2.1% to $348.6 million

Gary Pageau
Apogee Enterprises, Inc., a provider of architectural building products and services, and a high-performance coated material like Chromaluxe, reported its results for the third quarter of fiscal 2026, ended Nov. 29, 2025. The company reported the following selected financial results: Three Months Ended (Unaudited, $ in thousands, except per share amounts) November 29, 2025 November 30, 2024 % Change Net... Read More
GeoSnapShot partners with Australian school portrait firm, advancedlife News 

GeoSnapShot partners with Australian school portrait firm, advancedlife

Gary Pageau
Smart photo sharing platform GeoSnapShot announced a partnership with advancedlife to give parents and schools instant, secure access to graduation, formal, and other school event images on the Geo0SnapShot platform. advancedlife is one of Australia’s long-standing school and event photography companies, established in 1984 by the Isherwood family. In 2025, the company worked with more than 1,250 schools and more... Read More
Breaking: Captura acquires Studio Source Yearbooks Acquisitions News 

Breaking: Captura acquires Studio Source Yearbooks

Gary Pageau ,
High-volume photography platform provider Captura announced its acquisition of Studio Source Yearbooks (SSY), a leader in studio support, yearbook production guidance, and operational execution. Terms weren’t disclosed. In a press release, the company said, “By bringing Studio Source’s proven support model and administrative tools into Captura, yearbook studios can confidently manage every yearbook from setup through delivery, including setup, school... Read More
Claranova announces executive changes News 

Claranova announces executive changes

Gary Pageau
Claranova announced it is establishing a single, cross-functional executive committee to optimize the execution of its strategy and appointed Thierry Jaffry to executive VP of Revenue and Growth to boost B-to-B performance. Claranova recently spun out its PlanetArt business to focus solely on its Avanquest imaging software business. Claranova’s unified Executive Committee (COMEX) is a merger of the COMEXs of... Read More
Popsa reports it has a great 2025 News 

Popsa reports it has a great 2025

Gary Pageau
U.K.-based photobook app Popsa reported on LinkedIn the top results for 2025. Among the highlights: $58m in revenue First $1m+ revenue days Highest rate of growth for 4 years Increased AOV by 10% year-on-year Shipped to 48 countries on 4 continents 1 million year-in-review albums AI-generated Hit the $1m revenue per employee milestone Released the brand new popsa.com Launched Perspectives... Read More
VSCO adds video recording to VSCO Capture iOS camera app News Updates 

VSCO adds video recording to VSCO Capture iOS camera app

Gary Pageau ,
VSCO has added video recording to its free VSCO Capture iOS camera app, launched in June, joining an already crowded camera app market. The new video recording functions work with the app’s 50-plus photo presets, the company said. There are new film grain capabilities, as well. Video recording resolution is capped at 1080p. The VSCO Capture app’s new grain filter... Read More
2025 events in review for the Dead Pixels Society Events News 

2025 events in review for the Dead Pixels Society

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The Dead Pixels Society had a busy year in 2025, visiting industry events and reporting important industry happenings. Among the video highlights: Visual 1st 2025 Printing United IPIC 2025 SPAC 2025 And that’s just a few! For 2026, the Dead Pixels Society is looking to attend the following events and more: Jan. 21-24     SPAC – 71st Annual SPAC School... Read More