Industry notes, earnings reports and more for the week ending Nov. 1
Rumours and interesting items from around the internet
- Circle Graphics was recognized for its sustainability efforts by the City of Longmont, Colo., via the Longmont Observer.
- UPS plans 100,000 holiday hires to handle higher volumes, via Fortune “UPS is recruiting for 100,000 seasonal jobs this year, and it aims to fill half of those positions with a national “Brown Friday” hiring event Friday. The company is forecasting a 5% increase in daily package volumes over last year’s holiday season.”
- Brands battle to win over ‘VSCO girls’, via Business Journals. How a shopping cohort named after a photo app are changing fashion and marketing.
App and software updates
- Fujifilm reported many of its MacOS imaging software programs don’t work properly under MacOS Catalina. Click here for a full list.
- Insta360 has launched an online application for the Insta360 SDK to help businesses integrate their apps with Insta360 cameras.
Tech developments to watch
- Deep Fusion Demo: Trying Out Apple’s Computational Photography Tech, via PetaPixel
- HumanEyes Technologies announces HumanEyes Cloud 1.0 Beta
- HONOR 9Xl launches with FullView Display and 48MP triple camera
Financial News
- Cimpress reports first-quarter growth of 8 percent
- Samsung mobile earnings improve in third quarter
- Xerox reports lower third quarter sales, increased profits
- Canon expects earnings to dip this year due to weak demand
- Amazon.com announces third-quarter sales up 24% to $70.0 billion, compared with $56.6 billion in third-quarter 2018
- Apple posted quarterly revenue of $64 billion, an increase of 2 percent from the year-ago quarter, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $3.03, up 4 percent, a record. International sales accounted for 60 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
People on the Move
- FUJIFILM Australia appointed Shaun Mah, as its new Electronic Imaging (EI) Division Manager, via Imaging Insider
- FASTSIGNS International appoints Jennifer Herskind as Chief Marketing Officer
- Epson’s Andrea Zoeckler named LA Business Journal 2019 CFO of the Year