Category: News

U.S. economic growth has slowed, but it still isn’t clear if the nation is in a recession, said National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz. “As we come to the end of the summer, economic indicators are signaling an unsteady U.S. expansion in the face of several headwinds,” Kleinhenz said, noting ongoing inflation, Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, the volatile... Read More

Snap management is making some difficult choices in the wake of disappointing financial results. Sandwiched between the short video war between Instagram and TikTok, “Camea company” Snap is reportedly undergoing cost-cutting measures, including the cancellation of its Pixy personal selfie drone. The $230 Pixy drone, while still available on the Snap website, was introduced at the end of April during... Read More

Mitchell Press Ltd., of Burnaby, British Columbia, which is one of the largest print and visual communication providers in Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest, will be home to the first Landa Nanographic Printing Press in Canada. The Landa S10P Nanographic Printing Press from Landa Digital offers reproduction of up to 96 percent of Pantone colors, 6,500 sheets per hour... Read More

At the recent IPIC conference, one of the main topics of conversation was the resurgence in the film-processing business. With the boom in business, however, is ongoing concern about the availability of parts and consumables for film processing. To help address that need, Manny Parks, of Pro Image Photo in New York, has added the distribution of Colenta Labortechnik film-processing equipment... Read More

Yorba Linda, Calif.-based print-on-demand company JONDO announced a new workflow enabling the retail store industry, associated buyers, and content providers to have access to bulk wall-decor products via domestic U.S. production. Products are made at high-quality levels that exceed overseas manufacturing while offered at prices that are competitive and locally fulfilled, thereby avoiding long lead times and high fees related... Read More

Radiant Imaging Labs will officially release Radiant Photo on Sept. 15 but the company has been doing a lot of pre-release hype to raise awareness of this new desktop image-correction software. The photo editor and plug-in is designed and optimized for life-like color, realistic detail and natural light. It will be available by Sept.15, 2022. Radiant Photo says it processes... Read More