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Enabling online sales anywhere, on any platform, with Aaron Day, CEO, Amaze (formerly Famous) New Products News Podcasts 

Enabling online sales anywhere, on any platform, with Aaron Day, CEO, Amaze (formerly Famous)

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Aaron Day, the new CEO of SaaS eCommerce company, Amaze. (The company changed its name to Amaze from Famous just prior to the recording of this episode.) In this interview, Day talks about how the company is bringing its decades-long experience in eCommerce tool development to offer a portfolio of simple tools for making online... Read More
3 Legged Thing refreshes original L-Bracket range News 

3 Legged Thing refreshes original L-Bracket range

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3 Legged Thing has updated its original L-bracket to version QR11 2.0. Available in two sizes – QR11-L 2.0 for standard mirrorless and DSLR cameras, and QR11-FB 2.0 for full-body and gripped cameras – the new L-brackets features numerous enhancements: Ever-conscious of customers’ desire to save weight, 3LT have created a refined shape that has reduced the weight compared to... Read More
Herff Jones adding digital twist to graduation photos with StageClip investment News 

Herff Jones adding digital twist to graduation photos with StageClip investment

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Herff Jones, the achievement division of Varsity Brands, announced a strategic investment in StageClip, the U.K.- based provider of personalized video recognition clips for students. The investment includes an exclusive multi-year commercial agreement allowing all Herff Jones and Varsity Brands customers to exclusively utilize StageClip technology for the benefit of their institution’s brand and students across North America. StageClip’s patent-protected technology... Read More
TikTok family, the D’Amelios, take stake in app maker Lightricks News 

TikTok family, the D’Amelios, take stake in app maker Lightricks

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Imaging app maker Lightricks announced the “social media family megastars, Marc, Heidi, Dixie and Charli D’Amelio” have taken an unnamed investment stake in the company. (If you are over the age of 17 and don’t know who the D’Amelios are, click here.) Lightricks has several popular apps, including FaceTune, Photoleap, Videoleap, and more. The investment is separate from Lightricks’ recent... Read More
Picsart opens corporate headquarters in Miami, adds offices in London, Berlin, and Bucharest News 

Picsart opens corporate headquarters in Miami, adds offices in London, Berlin, and Bucharest

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Digital creation platform Picsart announced the opening of a new U.S. headquarters in Miami, Florida. As an East Coast city, Miami provides a U.S. hub that’s more central for Picsart’s 1000+ globally distributed employees, the company said. “We’re excited to join a rapidly growing innovation hub, building Picsart’s presence in a vibrant city with a booming tech scene,” said Hovhannes... Read More
Regional realty company buys Shutterfly’s Minneapolis corporate campus News 

Regional realty company buys Shutterfly’s Minneapolis corporate campus

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Tempus Realty Partners, an Arkansas-based real estate investment partnership, announced the recent purchase of a 259,000-square-foot former Lifetouch National School Studios campus located at 11000 Viking Drive in Eden Prairie, MN, for $23.4 million. The building serves as the corporate headquarters for Lifetouch, which Shutterfly bought for $825 million in 2018, and houses marketing and merchandising functions for both Lifetouch and... Read More
The life of a working photographer, with Joe McNally News Podcasts 

The life of a working photographer, with Joe McNally

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with professional photographer Joe McNally, whose 40-plus year career spans National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, four Olympic Games, and much more. McNally talks about how his career started in 1976 as a Daily News copyboy, armed with a master’s degree in photojournalism from Syracuse,  and working his way up to success. McNally also discusses how photographers have to continually... Read More
CIPA releases 2022 outlook for camera gear Market research News 

CIPA releases 2022 outlook for camera gear

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The Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) has released its forecasts for cameras and related goods for the 2022 fiscal year. Total shipments of digital cameras were 94.1% of those of the previous year, and the mainstay “interchangeable lens” type cameras were 100.8%. In 2021 (January to December cumulative), the total shipments of digital cameras were 8,361,521 units, 94.1% of... Read More
PortraitsAtNeed.com launches next-day premium-framed canvas portraits News 

PortraitsAtNeed.com launches next-day premium-framed canvas portraits

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PortraitsAtNeed.com, a brand of PhotoFixitPro, Inc., launches to the funeral industry with three new wholesale-only, flat-rate priced framed portrait services. The website replaces MemorialPhotoCanvas.com which has served the industry since 2018 with premium portraits crafted from everyday photographs. PortraitsAtNeed.com offers three new portrait delivery options: At-Need Express: Fastest Service: Overnight delivery USA Nationwide Monday-Saturday. At-Need: Best Value: Priority delivery USA... Read More
Once Upon embarks on all-encompassing rebrand Marketing News 

Once Upon embarks on all-encompassing rebrand

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Swedish photo book app Once Upon rebranded after a two-year project that involved the entire team, the company said. “The brand is now reflected in, among other things, how we set salaries, recruit, onboard and grow,” says Lina Andersson, founder and CEO of Once Upon. “During these two years, it has become clear that the most important thing, both internally... Read More
Kite Optics binoculars available from OmegaBrandess News 

Kite Optics binoculars available from OmegaBrandess

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OmegaBrandess announced it is the U.S. distributor of Kite Optics APC stabilized binoculars. Kite Optics is a Belgian sports optics company founded in 1992. Kite Optics stabilized binoculars are small in size and use numerous sensors to correct the image stability by up to 3°, or 5.3 meters at a distance of 100 meters, or 53 meters at 1000 meters. In... Read More
Kodak Moments becomes official on-site imaging provider of Disneyland Paris News 

Kodak Moments becomes official on-site imaging provider of Disneyland Paris

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Disneyland Paris and Kodak Moments announced they have entered a multi-year commitment with Kodak Moments as the Official On-site Imaging Provider. Disneyland Paris and Kodak Moments are working together to offer new photo services to enhance the guest experience and provide long-lasting memories. The implementation of these new features took place at the end of 2021. Extensive photo system upgrades... Read More
RRD reports full-year 2021 sales up 4% Earnings reports News 

RRD reports full-year 2021 sales up 4%

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R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (RRD) reported full-year 2021 GAAP Net sales, increased $197 million or 4.1%; Non-GAAP organic net sales increased 3.2% primarily from higher demand for many of the company’s products and services GAAP income from operations was up $55 million versus the prior year. “We delivered a strong year of performance capped by fourth-quarter results that exceeded... Read More
Connecting personalized photo production with Maddy Alcala, Gooten News Podcasts 

Connecting personalized photo production with Maddy Alcala, Gooten

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Maddy Alcala, the president of Gooten, the on-demand personalized products solution provider, about the company’s role in the marketplace, its growth opportunities, managing a challenging ecosystem and even the origin of the company’s unusual name. Gooten works with eCommerce businesses, retailers, and global merchandising companies to reduce or eliminate their inventory positions while giving them the... Read More