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Google Photos adds monthly subscription, retail pick up at Walgreens News 

Google Photos adds monthly subscription, retail pick up at Walgreens

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Google Photos is adding two more ways for consumers to print their photos, including a revival of its monthly print subscription service. Google Photos tested a $7.99 monthly 10-unit 4×6 cardstock photo subscription service earlier this year but discontinued in June. Google uses AI to choose the photos. In the newest service, the photos are still chosen by AI but... Read More
Photobox launches “Invites, not presents” campaign News Promotions 

Photobox launches “Invites, not presents” campaign

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UK photo site Photobox is launching a Christmas shopping campaign to encourage people to create printed gifts, according to the Campaign website. With references to calendars, canvases, and photobooks, the TV ad – which will run across Europe – describes photographs as “invites to more together time” and “the stories we’ve yet to make”. “We’ve seen the potency of our... Read More
Ricoh launches Ricoh GR II Street Edition, provides update on PENTAX K-3 Mark III flagship News 

Ricoh launches Ricoh GR II Street Edition, provides update on PENTAX K-3 Mark III flagship

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Ricoh announced the RICOH GR III Street Edition, a stand-alone model of the limited edition “RICOH GR III Street Edition Special Limited Kit” with a dedicated genuine leather strap and external mini finder. The camera body has been treated with a metallic gray finish and accentuated with an orange-yellow ring encircling the lens barrel. The exterior finish features an elegantly... Read More
Zenfolio adds CMO News 

Zenfolio adds CMO

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Zenfolio announced Jason Egnal joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer. Egnal will focus on expanding brand recognition, bringing new products to market, and driving revenue growth. An executive with experience at startups and global corporations, Egnal has guided companies from concept to market, launched multiple innovative products, and expanded businesses internationally. “The photography industry has evolved rapidly in the last... Read More
PicsArt makes design tools available on the web News 

PicsArt makes design tools available on the web

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Popular mobile photo/art app company PicsArt announced more than two dozen of its most popular editing and AI-based tools are now available for free and subscription on PicsArt.com. Tools include a template editor, background and object remover, video slideshow maker, text editor, and more. Also included is an entire library of premium content, including stock photography, templates, fonts, and stickers, as... Read More
Lifetouch promoting at-home school photos in Shutterfly app News 

Lifetouch promoting at-home school photos in Shutterfly app

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Lifetouch is promoting the concept of at-home school photos through parent company’s Shutterfly mobile app. The Picture Day Snaps @Home feature provides parents and children with an annual school photo, using Lifetouch backgrounds. The user selects the “Picture Day Snaps @Home” tab, chooses from three package choices: Basic package – Shutterfly digital image, one 8×10 and two 5x7s for $4.99.... Read More
The Dead Pixels Society Podcast: Making Magic with Rob Mauldin and Candy Parks News Podcasts 

The Dead Pixels Society Podcast: Making Magic with Rob Mauldin and Candy Parks

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Rob Mauldin and Candy Parks of the MagicMakers Group about company culture, serving customers, how COVID is impacting businesses of all kinds, and ways to adapt. Rob Mauldin, founding partner of the MagicMakers Group, focuses on Business Transformation and Experience Development. He was a member of the Disney Cruise Line launch team and was a key executive in the Entertainment... Read More
Leica Camera AG, WhiteWall announce global collaboration News 

Leica Camera AG, WhiteWall announce global collaboration

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Leica Camera AG and premium photo lab WhiteWall announced a collaboration where WhiteWall products will be available in select Leica Stores around the world. Leica customers will be able to enjoy the benefits of the extensive portfolios of both companies, including a comprehensive range of premium photographic products and services, from expert advice to ready-to-hang prints, now all from a... Read More
DOJ clamps down on DJI drones News 

DOJ clamps down on DJI drones

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Dronelife reports The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has decreed no agency may use DOJ funds for any unmanned aircraft manufactured by a “Covered Foreign Entity,” which is an “entity that is determined or designated, within the Department of Justice, to be subject to or vulnerable to extrajudicial direction from a foreign government,” which includes drones made by DJI. The full... Read More
Registration is now live for the PRINTING United Digital Experience Events News 

Registration is now live for the PRINTING United Digital Experience

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The PRINTING United Digital Experience announced free registration for the three-week event is now live at digital.printingunited.com. A single sign-up allows for complete access to the entire schedule of daily events. The PRINTING United Digital Experience takes place online from Oct. 26 – Nov. 12 and content will be recorded each day for future accessibility into 2021. PRINTING United Digital... Read More
Industry Notes for the Week of Oct. 10 News 

Industry Notes for the Week of Oct. 10

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  Events MagicMakers Group offering free customer service webinar Oct. 22 In honor of National Customer Service Week, MagicMakers Group, a consultancy of longtime Disney executives and leader representing one of the most diverse teams of practitioners in the marketplace, unveils its “Studios of Expertise.” The 37th annual Leitz Photographica Auction is Nov. 21 Interested in weird and unique photographic gear? The 37th Annual... Read More
Printful adds third fulfillment center in Europe News 

Printful adds third fulfillment center in Europe

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Personalized product company Printful is opening its third fulfillment center in Europe, and eighth globally. The 30,138-square-foot fulfillment center is in the Marupe Smart Park industrial space in Riga, Latvia. Product fulfillment operations are set to be launched in the first quarter of 2021. The second fulfillment center in Riga will initially serve as a storage and warehousing space, as... Read More
COVID and School Photography, with James Aziz, Edge Imaging News Podcasts 

COVID and School Photography, with James Aziz, Edge Imaging

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with James Aziz, the new CEO of Edge Imaging, about what brought him to the company, the challenges faced by the school photography industry in the face of COVID-19, and the bright future. Aziz came to Edge Imaging effective March 16 from Transcontinental Printing and Packaging’s Premedia services for Printing and Packaging. Aziz has expertise in finance, operational reporting, continuous improvement,... Read More
Fastsigns acquires NerdsToGo, an IT services franchise brand News 

Fastsigns acquires NerdsToGo, an IT services franchise brand

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Fastsigns Holdings Inc. has acquired GTN CAPITAL GROUP, LLC the parent company of NerdsToGo, an IT services franchise brand. “We are excited to officially welcome NerdsToGo, a growing franchise organization in the IT Services business, into our family,” said Catherine Monson, CEO of FASTSIGNS International. “We look forward to what lies ahead for this exciting brand, especially the continued growth that... Read More