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MyHeritage debuts Photo Storyteller feature

February 7, 2021February 14, 2021 GaryPageau

Genealogy site MyHeritage has updated its MyHeritage mobile app to add audio captioning to photos. The company calls the feature MyHeritage Photo Storyteller. The Photo Storyteller enables users to easily record themselves or a family member describing the details of family photo, directly on photos within the gallery. There is one-hour time limit per photo. Once saved, the recording will... Read More

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Dead Pixels Society podcast: Consumer retail photo printing with Kodak Moments

February 7, 2021February 8, 2021 GaryPageau kiosks, Kodak Moments

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Scott Robinson, Director of Strategic Future Products at Kodak Moments. Robinson talks about the touch-free retail printing trends, consumer photo printing, retail changes in the age of COVID-19, and what channels are experiencing growth. Kodak Moments is a leading global provider of photo products and services to retailers, consumers, and entertainment properties. We inspire consumers to bring... Read More

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Canva teams up with Snap Print & Design, Australia’s print franchise network

February 7, 2021February 13, 2021 GaryPageau Canva, Snap Print & Design

Canva, the fast-growing graphic design platform based in Australia, has inked a collaboration with Snap Print & Design, Australia’s largest print franchise network. The collaboration will combine Canva’s drag-and-drop design interface with Snap Print and Design’s expertise in print and production. “This desire to continually offer the greatest value for our customers has been firmly embedded into the Snap DNA since... Read More

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Snap fourth-quarter revenue up 62% to $911 million

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 GaryPageau Snap Inc.

Snap Inc. reported fourth-quarter revenue jumped 62% to $911 million, while the net loss declined from $241 million to $113 million. For the year, the company shaved its loss to $945 million from $1 billion, on sales of $2.5 billion. “We’re grateful for the opportunity to serve our community and partners through this challenging period of time,” said Evan Spiegel,... Read More

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Boots photo partner CEWE now incorporates contactless payment

February 4, 2021January 3, 2024 GaryPageau Boots Photo, CeWe, Computop

Payment processor Computops has integrated a contactless payment function into the 2,200 Boots Photo photo stations powered by CEWE service in Boots pharmacy and beauty stores across the United Kingdom and Ireland. The kiosks enable customers to transfer photos from smartphones for printing. Computop said contactless POS terminals from CCV are installed as special hardware. The software connection is made... Read More

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Advertek Printing offering premium layflat books

February 4, 2021February 5, 2021 GaryPageau Advertek Inc., layflat books

Advertek Inc. is offering premium layflat books allowing customers to present professional presentations and to access new markets such as online consumers, professional photographers, architects, builders, and corporate clients. Advertek’s handcrafted touch, through its seamless production process, allows photos to flow page-by-page, while bonding pages together forming a perfect cross-over with durable, high quality, and long-lasting pages. Options exist for... Read More

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Canon commemorates production of 150 million interchangeable RF and EF lenses

February 4, 2021February 13, 2021 GaryPageau Canon

Canon Inc. reached a new lens-manufacturing milestone with the production in January 2021, of the company’s 150-millionth RF and EF series interchangeable lens for EOS cameras: an RF70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM telephoto zoom lens. Production of interchangeable EF lenses for Canon EOS-series AF single-lens reflex film cameras began in 1987 at the company’s Utsunomiya Plant. Over the years, EF... Read More

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Moonpig Group IPO offering soars to $672 million

February 3, 2021February 4, 2021 GaryPageau Greetz, IPO, Moonpig

U.K.-based online greeting card company Moonpig Group Plc soared in its London stock trading debut, raising £491 million ($672 million) in its IPO. The shares closed at 410 pence, 17% above the IPO price of 350 pence, after rising to as high as 450 pence, according to Bloomberg. Sales at Moonpig more than doubled in the six months ended Oct.... Read More

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Sony Electronics elevates Neal Manowitz to president, COO

February 3, 2021 GaryPageau Neal Manowitz, Sony Electronics

Sony Electronics Inc. announced long-time executive Neal Manowitz will be promoted to president and COO for Sony Electronics Inc North America effective April 1, 2021. Mike Fasulo, who has led Sony’s Electronics operations in North America for the past seven years will be retiring, after serving 37 years with the company. Manowitz has 25 years of experience with Sony and... Read More

Acquisitions News

Edge Imaging acquires Ontario studio Bob Johnson Photography

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 GaryPageau Bob Johnson Photography, Edge Imaging

Toronto-based school photography leader Edge Imaging announces the acquisition of local firm Bob Johnson Photography. The acquisition adds primarily to Edge’s graduation photography portfolio in the Peterborough, Ontario region, the company said. The acquisition will add 6 high schools and two private schools to the Edge Imaging portfolio. “Edge’s ability to grow in this challenging time is incredibly encouraging and... Read More

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DNP shares expectations for photo industry in 2021

February 2, 2021February 5, 2021 GaryPageau DNP

Despite the difficulties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, DNP Imagingcomm America Corp. executives say they expect the industry to not only recover, but come out stronger. “2020 was a challenging year for everyone. While the past year could have crushed the spirits of the event photography and photobooth industries, we were so pleased to see many of our customers and... Read More

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Lomography launches Atoll Ultra-Wide Art Lens

February 2, 2021February 4, 2021 GaryPageau Lomography

Lomography has launched Atoll 2.8-17 Ultra-Wide Lens, which will be available on Kickstarter at a starting price of $399 USD with savings of up to $150 USD on the expected suggested retail price of $549. The lens delivery date is August, 2021. The lens will focus as close as 0.1 meters on Canon RF, Nikon Z, Sony E cameras, and... Read More

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EFI debuts VUTEk XT hybrid printer

February 1, 2021February 5, 2021 GaryPageau

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. debuted the VUTEK XT display graphics printer, which is a redesigned, next-generation successor to the EFI VUTEk HS series of hybrid high-volume printers. The new printer will print more than 375 boards per hour – nearly twice the throughput of the VUTEk HS125 F4 printer, the company said. The new VUTEk XT represents the next-generation hybrid... Read More

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NRF says 2020 Holiday Season was “one for the record books”

February 1, 2021February 2, 2021 GaryPageau COVID-19, holiday, NRF, shopping

Record holiday season retail sales during the last two months of 2020 reflected the recovering economy but also got a boost from consumer emotions after a stressful year, said Jack Kleinhenz, chief economist, National Retail Federation (NRF). “This was not a typical holiday season and it took place amid an unprecedented shopping landscape,” Kleinhenz said. “When we assembled our 2020... Read More

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Photogenic, Cherry Hill Programs reveals COVID adaptations

February 1, 2021February 5, 2021 GaryPageau Cherry Hill Programs, Photogenic

Photogenic Inc., a souvenir photography company providing ground-breaking capture technologies, and parent company Cherry Hill Programs take a look at some lessons from 2020, according to theme-park industry news site, Blooloop. Photogenic and Cherry Hill Programs joined forces in 2018, under the leadership of CEO Steve Craig. According to the report, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Cherry Hill Programs... Read More