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Photo-Me looks to restructure U.K. operations News 

Photo-Me looks to restructure U.K. operations

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Photo-Me International plc announced an update on the group’s trading for the 12 months ended 30 April 2020 and its cash position. The COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted all the Photo-Me International plc end markets, and “the majority of expected Group revenue in March and April did not materialize,” the company said. Total Group revenue is now expected to be 5.5%... Read More
Jostens adds signatures to digital yearbooks News 

Jostens adds signatures to digital yearbooks

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Jostens announced the release of a new website providing students with free digital yearbook signing pages, in response to COVID-19 separation. After registering at www.yearbooksigning.jostens.com, students can send their personalized web link to friends, requesting them to sign their yearbook. At that point, friends use the online platform to select fonts, colors, and stickers to write a note. As friends contribute... Read More
Dead Pixels Society podcast: Printing garments on demand with Tim Pontin of Printful News Podcasts 

Dead Pixels Society podcast: Printing garments on demand with Tim Pontin of Printful

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Tim Pontin, photographer, Printful, the fast-growing on-demand printing company. Printful is an on-demand fulfillment company offering eCommerce warehousing and custom print and embroidery product drop-shipping services for online retailers. Established in 2013, Printful is one of the leading custom print-on-demand product drop shippers in the USA and Europe with six fulfillment centers (three in the United... Read More
Industry notes for the week of June 6 Events News Updates 

Industry notes for the week of June 6

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CameraPro hunting for retail acquisitions Independent Brisbane retailer, CameraPro, has plans to expand its operations and is on the hunt for specialist photo retailer acquisition opportunities, via Inside Imaging. Photo specialty stores respond to harrowing weeks with trepidation and confidence Digital Imaging Reporter provided a roundup of how U.S. camera stores are coping with post-COVID-19 environment and the on-going civil unrest.... Read More
New SD card specification promises up to 4 GB per second transfer News Updates 

New SD card specification promises up to 4 GB per second transfer

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The SD Association announced the SD 8.0 Specification for SD Express memory cards receives even faster transfer speeds by using the PCI Express (PCI) 4.0 specification delivering a maximum of nearly 4 gigabytes per second (GB/s) data transfer rate. These full-sized cards continue to use the NVMe Express (NVMe) upper layer protocol enabling advanced memory access mechanism. SD Express memory cards... Read More
Adorama presents #CreateNoMatterWhat creative challenge theme: Video Storytelling Events News 

Adorama presents #CreateNoMatterWhat creative challenge theme: Video Storytelling

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Adorama, announced the second installment of the “Create No Matter What” challenge series with the help of filmmaker Renan Ozturk. The second contest of the series challenges creators to submit a 30-60 second video taking viewers on a journey and tells a story. Participants will be entered for a chance to win a Sony Alpha a7 III camera prize package worth over... Read More
NRF Chief Economist says ‘Uncertainty Abounds’ in predicting recovery from Coronavirus pandemic News 

NRF Chief Economist says ‘Uncertainty Abounds’ in predicting recovery from Coronavirus pandemic

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While the reopening of businesses shut down by the coronavirus pandemic is a significant step forward, it is too soon to say how quickly or smoothly the nation’s economy will recover, said Jack Kleinhenz, chief economist, National Retail Federation. “Is it possible the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is behind us? Maybe, but we are not out of the woods... Read More
Nikon continues to lose money in Imaging Products business Events News 

Nikon continues to lose money in Imaging Products business

GaryPageau
Nikon Corp. recorded ¥591B in revenue and ¥6.7B in operating profit for its 2020 fiscal year (FY2020), ending March 31, 2020; this is a decrease of ¥117.6B and ¥75.9B, respectively, year-over-year. Specifically, Nikon quantifies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with its report saying it believes the pandemic has caused 10 billion yen in operating profit losses. Specifically, Nikon attributes... Read More
Shutterfly gets Illinois BIPA privacy claims sent to arbitration News 

Shutterfly gets Illinois BIPA privacy claims sent to arbitration

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In a dispute over so-called “clickwrap” agreements, Shutterfly Inc. succeeded in getting the case sent to arbitration, according to Bloomberg Law. By clicking “accept” on initial sign-up, the original named plaintiff, Vernita Miracle-Pond, in the would-be class suit under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIA) agreed to be bound by Shutterfly’s terms and conditions, including a subsequently added mandatory... Read More
Autel Robotics patent win clouds DJI drone future News 

Autel Robotics patent win clouds DJI drone future

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A U.S. chief administrative law judge ruled Chinese drone leader DJI violated the patent of a smaller drone maker named Autel Robotics USA. The ruling was issued on March 2nd at the US International Trade Commission (ITC), according to a press release by Steptoe, the international law firm representing Autel Robotics USA, a China-owned drone company based in Seattle, Wash. Autel had accused... Read More
Dead Pixels Society podcast: Preserving photo memories with Glen Meakem of Forever.com News Opinion Podcasts 

Dead Pixels Society podcast: Preserving photo memories with Glen Meakem of Forever.com

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Glen Meakem, CEO and founder, Forever.com, the permanent cloud photo storage and sharing company. A serial entrepreneur, Meakem founded FreeMarkets Inc. in 1995, which was later sold for $500 million. He also formerly headed up a venture capital fund and was a former radio host based in Pittsburgh, Pa. For the... Read More
Shutterfly adds PPE products, donates $750,000 to COVID-19 affected communities New Products News Updates 

Shutterfly adds PPE products, donates $750,000 to COVID-19 affected communities

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Shutterfly Inc. announced the company, via its Shutterfly for Good platform, has donated more than $750,000 to organizations nationwide that are helping communities most in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. Shutterfly has donated $495,000 to multiple organizations such as those supporting the manufacturing and distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE), food-related charities, healthcare and more via its partnership with The... Read More
HP meets earnings target but misses sales expectations, sending shares tumbling Earnings reports News 

HP meets earnings target but misses sales expectations, sending shares tumbling

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Printer maker HP Inc. announced the company beat analysts second-quarter earnings target of 51 cents per share ($12.47 billion – above the expected 45 cents per share – but lower sales sent HPQ stock lower. On a year-over-year basis, HP earnings dipped 4% while sales declined 11%. Printing net revenue was down 19% year over year (down 18% in constant... Read More