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Applying LEAN Techniques to Creative Businesses with Stuart MacDonald Marketing News Podcasts 

Applying LEAN Techniques to Creative Businesses with Stuart MacDonald

What if the strategy for eliminating waste and enhancing efficiency from the corporate world could be applied to magic? Join us for a spellbinding conversation with Stuart MacDonald, a one-of-a-kind magician turned entrepreneur who dared to do just that. MacDonald, whose career spans from touring as a magician to running a haunted house, to entering the corporate world and filming... Read More
NRF: 2023 Holiday Sales Will Have a ‘Whole New Set of Dynamics’ News 

NRF: 2023 Holiday Sales Will Have a ‘Whole New Set of Dynamics’

Every retail holiday season since the pandemic has been unique, and that will be the case again this year, said Jack Kleinhenz, chief economist, National Retail Federation (NRF). “The last few holiday shopping seasons have been filled with unmatched peculiarities for consumers and retailers alike,” Kleinhenz said. In 2020, sales surged 9.1% year over year despite the challenges of COVID-19,... Read More
GoPro reports third-quarter revenue of $294 million Earnings reports News 

GoPro reports third-quarter revenue of $294 million

GoPro, Inc. announced third-quarter revenue of $294 million, down 4% from last year, while the quarterly net loss was $4 million, compared to $18 million in net income. GoPro subscriber count ended Q3 at 2.5 million, up 20% year-over-year. “GoPro had a strong third quarter, demonstrating the merits of the growth strategy we initiated in May,” said Nicholas Woodman, GoPro’s founder... Read More
Swisscom, smartphoto cooperate in the online photo service industry News 

Swisscom, smartphoto cooperate in the online photo service industry

Smartphoto AG, a subsidiary of smartphoto group NV,  announced a partnership with one Switzerland’s largest IT companies, Swisscom, to enable photo product creation and purchase through the Swisscom myCloud service. Through an API connecting to smartphoto, myCloud customers can select their archived images and then make them into more than 900 smartphoto products. “Due to the demand for a function... Read More
Fundy Software, creator of the Social Design App, Announces Integration of Slideshows into Reels & Posts, 5 Additional Updates News Updates 

Fundy Software, creator of the Social Design App, Announces Integration of Slideshows into Reels & Posts, 5 Additional Updates

Fundy Software Inc. announced six Social Design App updates. The Social Design App allows individuals to take a set of photos from their phone, camera, or desktop, add prompted text if desired, and immediately create multiple sets of reels and carousels. The Social Design App and accompanying Mobile App are free to Fundy subscribers and available as a stand-alone for... Read More
Fujifilm UK unveils “PHOTO by Fujifilm” brand for high-street partners Marketing News 

Fujifilm UK unveils “PHOTO by Fujifilm” brand for high-street partners

Fujifilm UK has unveiled a brand refresh to its photo printing services with the launch of PHOTO by Fujifilm across its 150 independent retail partners in the United Kingdom and Ireland, according to Retail Times. Each of its independent partners – which exclusively stock Fujifilm photo printing services – will be provided with new brand guidelines and a fresh new exterior to... Read More
PRINTING United Expo 2023 draws 28,000 registrants Events News 

PRINTING United Expo 2023 draws 28,000 registrants

PRINTING United Alliance announced PRINTING United Expo, held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta on October 18-20, attracted 28,000 registrants. PRINTING United Expo will take place in Las Vegas next year Sept. 10-12, 2024.  “PRINTING United Expo has set a new benchmark for the printing industry,” says Mark J. Subers, president, PRINTING United Expo. “With over 28,000 registrants... Read More
dna x Imaging is a new Imaging and Printing Convention at drupa 2024 Events News 

dna x Imaging is a new Imaging and Printing Convention at drupa 2024

drupa has announced, through a partnership with New C, drupa is a new five-day convention “dna (drupa next age) x Imaging” which focuses on the great importance of imaging technologies in print and communication, from June 1-5, 2024. “We see many shared technologies and questions, as well as markets that overlap and mutually drive each other, within the imaging and... Read More
Visual 1st continues discussions on generative AI and new markets Events Feature News 

Visual 1st continues discussions on generative AI and new markets

The 11th annual Visual 1st conference was held Oct. 24-25, at the Governor’s Residence at Ft. Mason in San Francisco, Calif. The high-tech executive-level conference featured numerous sessions expanding on last year’s Generative AI themes, with conference organizers Hans Hartman and Alexis Gerard bringing together a wide variety of companies from across the imaging ecosystem, from startups to established players... Read More
Australian film lab FilmNeverDie launching simple 35mm reloadable camera News 

Australian film lab FilmNeverDie launching simple 35mm reloadable camera

Australian film lab FilmNeverDie has announced a pre-order for a 35mm simple camera called the Nana, a successor to its previous camera offering, the Niji.  The company unveiled the camera with a special pre-order price, which is around 40% lower than the camera’s retail price. The metal-clad Nana offers motorized film advance, compared to Niji’s plastic body and manual film advance.... Read More
PrintWeek: Xerox continues use of Fujifilm printing technology News Partnerships 

PrintWeek: Xerox continues use of Fujifilm printing technology

The U.K.’s PrintWeek reports, that despite the end of the Fuji Xerox joint venture, Xerox will continue to license Fujifilm printing technology through the renewal of its contract with the Japanese manufacturer. The decades-long partnership between the two giants ended in 2019 after investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason thwarted Fuji’s plans to acquire the business, but the companies agreed... Read More
Perfect Corp. adds generative AI features to YouCam suite News Updates 

Perfect Corp. adds generative AI features to YouCam suite

Perfect Corp. announced YouCam AI Pro, an addition to its suite of apps, introducing an AI-based text-to-image feature that allows users to transform their ideas into stunning images through just a line of text and one click. YouCam AI Pro’s AI-Powered Text-to-Image tool instantly generates images based on the textual input. Users also have the option for these creations to... Read More
CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid to close nearly 1,500 stores News 

CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid to close nearly 1,500 stores

The largest drug chains in the United States have a prescription for their struggling finances: Close stores. Rite Aid, the third-biggest U.S. chain behind CVS and Walgreens, filed for bankruptcy protection on Oct. 15, according to CNN, beset by mounting debt of more than $3 billion and a Department of Justice suit against the company in March, claiming it knowingly... Read More