MailPix announces Acquisition Department

Growth-driven photo company seeks companies for portfolio

Huntington Beach, CA – MailPix, the photo-printing, canvas and gifting site, announced a Department of Acquisitions to aggressively pursue the expansion of its company portfolio of websites and mobile apps. The department is headed by CEO and founder, Fred H. Lerner, who has more than 30 years’ experience in acquisitions.

“The recent investments by private equity in leading photo companies validate what we at MailPix have always believed: The photo industry is a great business!” says Lerner. “Constant innovation and creative marketing are the keys to growth; those are the skills the MailPix team has honed.”

MailPix added five companies and mobile apps since 2014: 1 Hour Photo, MyPix2, RitzPix, Winkflash and, most recently, Photobucket’s PrintShopLab. The MailPix portfolio of websites and mobile apps is an industry leader. Mobile apps in the MailPix family are printed at more than 20,000 U.S. retail locations.

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ABOUT MAILPIX.COM

MailPix.com is the pre-eminent site for printing photos instantly at thousands of retailers from phone app or PC and also offers convenient mail-to-home. MailPix preserves photo memories as photo books, canvas, prints, cards, enlargements and other photo gift products. The service is seamlessly integrated to print photos from any phone, device or computer. MailPix offices are located in Huntington Beach, Calif.

Fred H. Lerner is the founder and CEO of MailPix, his latest startup. He previously founded Ritz Interactive, which included RitzCamera.com, WolfCamera.com and others.  Fred also founded two imaging companies which were acquired by Kodak and became the CEO of Kodak Processing Labs. He is a United Nations’ Hall of Fame recipient from the International Photographic Council and Past President of the Photo Marketing Association International.

Peter Tahmin, co-founder and COO of MailPix, was the former vice president at Ritz Camera & Image and co-founder, senior vice president and COO of the Ritz Interactive e-commerce network, which included RitzCamera.com, WolfCamera.com, BoatersWorld.com and others. He brings more than 25 years of e-commerce experience and a lifetime of imaging industry experience to MailPix.