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Five ways to boost your photo business in 2018 Feature Opinion 

Five ways to boost your photo business in 2018

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Every new year brings new opportunities and new challenges and 2018 is shaping up to be no different. After the hustle and bustle of the all-important fourth quarter, many photo businesses use this time to reflect and to plan. Let’s take a look at some practical ideas: Know your value – Many business owners think they know their business, but... Read More
Scanning leader ScanMyPhotos takes on Epson over advertising claims News Opinion 

Scanning leader ScanMyPhotos takes on Epson over advertising claims

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A native New Yorker, ScanMyPhotos CEO Mitch Goldstone has never shied away from a fight. He’s taken on competitors big – like Visa/Mastercard – and small in his 30-year photo-industry entrepreneur career. His latest crusade is against Epson America, which positioned its FastFoto FF-640  desktop scanner as a home solution equivalent to ScanMyPhotos’ own industrial scanners. The FastFoto FF-640 is... Read More
Neomodern featured on Cheddar News Opinion 

Neomodern featured on Cheddar

GaryPageau
Neomodern, the San Francisco-based concierge retail photo-printing service, had another media win on Dec. 27, with a nearly 10-minute long feature interview on the Cheddar news network. The interview included a review of the highly personalized printing and framing process used by the store, along with the description of the business model. Michael Rubin, CEO, stressed the importance of printing... Read More
Top 10 Dead Pixels Society photo industry stories of 2017 News Opinion 

Top 10 Dead Pixels Society photo industry stories of 2017

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It’s been a busy year for the Dead Pixels Society, with the launching of the full blog and a weekly newsletter. Here are the top 10 stories from the website, based on hits and shares: 10) Costco gets into business printing Costco has added business printing to its online Photo Center. The company notified customers of the addition of business... Read More
Photographer looks to resurrect vintage Phogenix film processors News Opinion 

Photographer looks to resurrect vintage Phogenix film processors

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When a friend of photographer Ben Carufel showed him 30 old-school inkjet digital labs unearthed in a San Diego, Calif., salvage yard, he wasn’t sure what he was seeing. After doing a little Googling, he discovered the colorful purple units were film processors from the early 2000s-era Phogenix joint venture between Eastman Kodak Co. and HP. (The entire salvage story... Read More
A closer look at the Mixbook acquisition of WedPics Feature News Opinion 

A closer look at the Mixbook acquisition of WedPics

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Last week, Mixbook announced the acquisition of Raleigh, N.C.-based WedPics for an unspecified amount. WedPics had carved out a considerable niche in the wedding market, and Mixbook CEO Andrew Laffoon says the combination will be a good fit. A large segment of Mixbook users are brides, he says, and the addition of WedPics is a natural for that vertical. The... Read More
Costco gets into business printing News Opinion 

Costco gets into business printing

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Costco has added business printing to its online Photo Center. The company notified customers of the addition of business cards, banners, postcards and more to its product offerings. According to a notice in December, 2017, issue of The Costco Connections magazine, the services are provided by RPI. The announcement continues the trend of the on-going convergence between photographic and digital printing markets.... Read More
For the second year, Tom’s Reviews chooses Mixbook as top photo card pick News Opinion 

For the second year, Tom’s Reviews chooses Mixbook as top photo card pick

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Popular consumer ratings site, Tom’s Guide, has for the second-straight year selected Mixbook as the top choice for photo cards. Unlike other reviews we’ve criticized here at The Dead Pixels Society, the Tom’s Guide review at least has someone knowledgeable – veteran photo-industry writer, Sally Weiner Grotta – conducting the test. The list of tested companies, however, was a little on... Read More
Kodak film production flat in third quarter Earnings reports News Opinion Press releases 

Kodak film production flat in third quarter

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Although primarily a printing/graphic arts company, Eastman Kodak Co. is still producing a lot of film-based products these days, as well as licensing numerous products with the Kodak label. In its third-quarter earnings report, the Rochester, N.Y.-based company stated sales in its Consumer and Film Division were $55 million, flat compared last year. Operational EBITDA was negative $2 million, a decline... Read More
Snap reports earnings, stock price plummets, redesign on the way Earnings reports News Opinion 

Snap reports earnings, stock price plummets, redesign on the way

GaryPageau , , 1 Comment
Snap’s road to profitability hits bump as Spectacle sales stall Snapchat app and Spectacles maker Snap Inc. still hasn’t told a story Wall Street  wants to hear, as the stock dropped 15 percent after the company reported disappointing third-quarter results (shown below). Snap revenue was up 62 percent to $207 million in the third quarter but losses mounted faster: $443 million... Read More
Takeways from Shutterfly’s third-quarter earnings News Opinion 

Takeways from Shutterfly’s third-quarter earnings

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Shutterfly reveals move to AWS, will retain BorrowLenses Shutterfly reported its third-quarter earnings last week, and gave insight into the progress of its brand consolidation and business-solutions expansion. As reported earlier, the Redwood City, Calif-based company trimmed its brands down to just Shutterfly, TinyPrints and Weddings, while combining these on to a single technical platform. Doing so caused an expected... Read More
Consumer Reports does another strange photo print test Opinion 

Consumer Reports does another strange photo print test

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For 80 years, Consumer Reports has been the bellwether of reliable consumer product reviews. From washers and dryers to cars and trucks, CR was the go-to resource for unbiased information. Every year, the annual buyers guide – available on newsstands – influenced camera purchases, as the reviewers were seen as unbiased and truthful. Sometimes the recommendations were head-scratchers – like... Read More
Kodak missed the point of the PR moment Marketing Opinion 

Kodak missed the point of the PR moment

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Kodak Alaris recently posted a press release about its new Kodak Moments marketing scheme. There was a time when Kodak “got” the point of the press release was to convey useful information, not dwell in a marketing-speak rathole. Kodak PR pros were literally the gold standard of the business; with this release, there wasn’t even a press contact person. As... Read More
Photo Finale response to HEIF roll-out News Opinion Sponsored post 

Photo Finale response to HEIF roll-out

GaryPageau , 1 Comment
The Dead Pixels Society asked leading kiosk vendors to respond to the challenges posed by the new HEIF image-file format. Here is the response from Photo Finale: JPEG has long been the image format of choice for the imaging industry, for superior compression and easy-to-use format. However, as the imaging world has moved towards motion, transmission speeds are vital and... Read More
UPDATED: What the HEIF is going on? Opinion 

UPDATED: What the HEIF is going on?

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Updated: Vendor responses below New file format could pose challenge to photo retailers With the debut of new iPhone 8 models and a VR-driven iPhone X, Apple has more than doubled-down on its smartphone platform as an imaging device. Boasting 12MP cameras and a host of new portrait modes, all three new iPhones promise new photo frontiers. But, when it... Read More