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Scanning leader ScanMyPhotos takes on Epson over advertising claims News Opinion 

Scanning leader ScanMyPhotos takes on Epson over advertising claims

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A native New Yorker, ScanMyPhotos CEO Mitch Goldstone has never shied away from a fight. He’s taken on competitors big – like Visa/Mastercard – and small in his 30-year photo-industry entrepreneur career. His latest crusade is against Epson America, which positioned its FastFoto FF-640  desktop scanner as a home solution equivalent to ScanMyPhotos’ own industrial scanners. The FastFoto FF-640 is... Read More
DxO to release new version of Nik Collection in 2018 News 

DxO to release new version of Nik Collection in 2018

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DxO posted (on Google Plus, of all places) it will release a new version of the Nik Collection in 2018. In October, DxO acquired the assets of the Nik Collection from Google. In May, Google announced it was abandoning the Nik Collection, which it had acquired (along with Snapseed) in 2012. By 2013, Google killed off Snapseed for Desktop, and... Read More
Neomodern featured on Cheddar News Opinion 

Neomodern featured on Cheddar

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Neomodern, the San Francisco-based concierge retail photo-printing service, had another media win on Dec. 27, with a nearly 10-minute long feature interview on the Cheddar news network. The interview included a review of the highly personalized printing and framing process used by the store, along with the description of the business model. Michael Rubin, CEO, stressed the importance of printing... Read More
Top 10 Dead Pixels Society photo industry stories of 2017 News Opinion 

Top 10 Dead Pixels Society photo industry stories of 2017

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It’s been a busy year for the Dead Pixels Society, with the launching of the full blog and a weekly newsletter. Here are the top 10 stories from the website, based on hits and shares: 10) Costco gets into business printing Costco has added business printing to its online Photo Center. The company notified customers of the addition of business... Read More
Business Forum Imaging Cologne coming in February Events News 

Business Forum Imaging Cologne coming in February

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Business Forum Imaging Cologne 2018 will be staged by photokina on February 28 and March 1, 2018 at the Congress-Center East of Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany. The new title “Creating new realities” is taking on the dramatic expansion of the imaging market. In fact, it’s now possible to create new realities with digital imaging innovations such as new capturing devices, Virtual... Read More
Mobile app store spending to jump 30% in 2018 News 

Mobile app store spending to jump 30% in 2018

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Consumer spending among all mobile app stores will rise 30% to more than $110 billion in 2018, according to a Mobile Marketer article cited in RetailDive. “App Annie’s forecast for 2018 holds nuggets of insights based on the in-app spending and downloads it tracks. The retail industry will increasingly become less segmented between traditional categories of ‘digital-first’ like Amazon and... Read More
Business columnist lauds Illinois camera stores as successful competitors News 

Business columnist lauds Illinois camera stores as successful competitors

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Business columnist Jim Kendall recently featured two camera stores in an article about independent retailers competing with large-scale and online retailers. In the feature article, “How the little guys beat the big guys,” Kendall tells the story of LaGrange Camera Inc. and PJ’s Camera & Photo Supply in Glen Ellyn, Ill. “They’re scattered around the suburbs, a relative handful of... Read More
Procrastination Nation: Holiday Shoppers Rushing to Meet Deadline News Press releases 

Procrastination Nation: Holiday Shoppers Rushing to Meet Deadline

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126 million consumers plan to shop on Super Saturday WASHINGTON, December 20, 2017 – Just over half of U.S. adults surveyed expect to finish their holiday gift shopping by today, but others will still be buying gifts on Christmas Eve — and some will miss the deadline altogether. That’s according to the annual survey released today by the National Retail... Read More
Update: Arrest made in Calgary’s The Camera Store $35,000 robbery News 

Update: Arrest made in Calgary’s The Camera Store $35,000 robbery

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Update: The Calgary Sun reports tips from the public were instrumental in the arrest of two suspects in the Saturday-morning break-in of The Camera Store.  The stolen Hasselblad X1D and lenses were recovered already. Original article: The Camera Store, located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, suffered an early Saturday-morning burglary resulting in $35,000 in stolen hardgoods, according to the CBC. Stolen... Read More
Photographer looks to resurrect vintage Phogenix film processors News Opinion 

Photographer looks to resurrect vintage Phogenix film processors

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When a friend of photographer Ben Carufel showed him 30 old-school inkjet digital labs unearthed in a San Diego, Calif., salvage yard, he wasn’t sure what he was seeing. After doing a little Googling, he discovered the colorful purple units were film processors from the early 2000s-era Phogenix joint venture between Eastman Kodak Co. and HP. (The entire salvage story... Read More
A closer look at the Mixbook acquisition of WedPics Feature News Opinion 

A closer look at the Mixbook acquisition of WedPics

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Last week, Mixbook announced the acquisition of Raleigh, N.C.-based WedPics for an unspecified amount. WedPics had carved out a considerable niche in the wedding market, and Mixbook CEO Andrew Laffoon says the combination will be a good fit. A large segment of Mixbook users are brides, he says, and the addition of WedPics is a natural for that vertical. The... Read More
Adobe releases the last version of updatable Lightroom News 

Adobe releases the last version of updatable Lightroom

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Adobe has finally put a dagger in the heart of user-owned desktop apps with the release of the last standalone, updateable version of Adobe Lightroom. “The goal of this release is to provide perpetual customers additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom,” the company said in a blog post.... Read More
Photobook Canada adds canvas prints News 

Photobook Canada adds canvas prints

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Photobook Canada Introduces Best Canvas Prints Canada Has Ever Seen Photobook Canada, the online custom photo album making platform, has launched premium canvas prints service for its users. December 18, 2017 /MarketersMedia/ — Photobook Canada is ready to make an addition to your home decor. The best online custom photo album creator brings its users a wide range of elegant... Read More
Mixbook acquires WedPics, Leading Photo Sharing App for Weddings News Press releases 

Mixbook acquires WedPics, Leading Photo Sharing App for Weddings

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Acquisition Reinforces Mixbook’s Leadership in Custom Photo Goods Creation While Elevating its Bridal And Wedding Photo Sharing Expertise REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Mixbook, an award-winning online design tool for creating beautiful printed photo goods, today announced that it has acquired WedPics, a leading photo sharing platform focused on weddings. This acquisition will combine Mixbook’s leading photo... Read More
Gear rental company Lumoid sells off assets, according to founder News 

Gear rental company Lumoid sells off assets, according to founder

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Photography gear rental company Lumoid has ceased operations, according to Facebook post by founder Aarthi Ramamurthy. The news came despite a notice on the Lumoid website saying the business has “paused,” not ceased. The post states: “I just joined Facebook to work on Payments… 4.5 years ago, I bought the Lumoid domain name and applied to YC with a crazy idea.... Read More