Adweek: Polaroid targets Gen Z audience through Snap AR lenses News Promotions 

Adweek: Polaroid targets Gen Z audience through Snap AR lenses

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Adweek reports Polaroid has turned to social platform Snapchat to reach the Gen Z audience with an AR campaign to promote its Polaroid Go instant camera. The company created AR lenses transporting Snapchat users into exotic locations, from a jungle to the North Pole. The experience began earlier in May and is available to users across the United States, United... Read More
GotPhoto launches service for volume sports photographers News 

GotPhoto launches service for volume sports photographers

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Leading volume photography software maker GotPhoto launched its updated sports photography service designed to meet the needs of this large segment of the volume industry with a new comprehensive suite of features. “As the market leader for high-volume school photographers, we have always served the sports market as well, simply on the strength of our existing features,” said Benedikt Greifenhofer,... Read More
Global smartphone shipments expected to decline 3.5% in 2022 Market research 

Global smartphone shipments expected to decline 3.5% in 2022

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According to an International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker forecast, shipments of smartphones will decline 3.5% to 1.31 billion units in 2022. After three consecutive quarters of decline and increasing challenges in both supply and demand, IDC has significantly reduced its forecast for 2022 from the previous projection of 1.6% growth. IDC expects, however, this to be a... Read More
Sony adds three E-mount lenses News 

Sony adds three E-mount lenses

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Sony Electronics Inc. introduced three E-mount lenses: the power zoom G lens E PZ 10-20mm F4 G (model SELP1020G), versatile G lens E 15mm F1.4 G (model SEL15F14G), and the ultra-wide prime E 11mm F1.8 (model SEL11F18). The three new lenses bring Sony’s E-mount lens family to a total of 70 different models, offering more options than ever for still, video, and hybrid content... Read More
NRF: Economy ‘being rebalanced’ but ‘extreme cooling off’ seems unlikely Market research 

NRF: Economy ‘being rebalanced’ but ‘extreme cooling off’ seems unlikely

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The Federal Reserve faces “a tricky job” in addressing inflation but continuing growth in employment, wages and consumer spending make it unlikely the effort will backfire into a major setback for the economy, said Jack Kleinhenz, chief economist, National Retail Federation. “With changes underway that focus on taming inflation without splintering the economy, the nation’s economic system is in the... Read More
HP reports second-quarter revenue up News 

HP reports second-quarter revenue up

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HP Inc. announced fiscal 2022 second-quarter net revenue of $16.5 billion, up 3.9% from the prior-year period. Net earnings declined to $1 billion, compared to 1.086 billion for the same period last year. “We delivered a solid quarter of revenue and non-GAAP EPS growth, while returning significant capital to shareholders,” said Enrique Lores, HP President and CEO. “Collectively, our key... Read More
Shutterstock acquires Splash News News 

Shutterstock acquires Splash News

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Shutterstock, Inc. announced the acquisition of Splash News, an entertainment news networks for newsrooms and media companies. A leading source for image and video content across celebrity, red carpet, and live events for over three decades, Splash News is an industry leader with customers including E! News, People, Daily Mail, TMZ, Dow Jones, Reach and News UK. Splash’s comprehensive collection... Read More
Leica Camera AG, Panasonic sign collaboration agreement News 

Leica Camera AG, Panasonic sign collaboration agreement

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Panasonic Entertainment & Communication Corp., Osaka, Japan, and Leica Camera AG, Wetzlar, Germany, reached an agreement for a new comprehensive business alliance. Both companies agreed to increasingly bundle their core competencies and to develop new technologies and solutions resulting from this collaboration under the name of “L² Technology ” (L squared Technology) which symbolically uses the two „L“ of “... Read More
Fujifilm debuts new flagship X-series camera, two lenses New Products 

Fujifilm debuts new flagship X-series camera, two lenses

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FUJIFILM North America Corp. announced the launch of its next flagship X Series mirrorless digital camera, FUJIFILM X-H2S (X-H2S). It is also the first APS-C digital camera of its kind to feature Fujifilm’s 26.16MP X-TransTM CMOS 5 HS imaging sensor, a stacked, back-side illuminated imaging sensor with a signal reading speed up to four times faster than Fujifilm’s previous X-TransTM... Read More
CEWE takes over system supplier for CEWE Photo Station Acquisitions 

CEWE takes over system supplier for CEWE Photo Station

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CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA concluded a purchase agreement for Delmenhorst-based Hertz Systemtechnik GmbH as part of its succession plan. CEWE acquires with Hertz Systemtechnik GmbH a specialist for the development and production of POS terminal systems and its long-time partner and supplier for the CEWE Photo Station. Terms weren’t disclosed. “The acquisition of Hertz Systemtechnik GmbH is an excellent... Read More
Urbanimmersive reports second-quarter revenue doubles Earnings reports News 

Urbanimmersive reports second-quarter revenue doubles

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Quebec-based real-estate imaging company Urbanimmersive Inc. announced select financial results and presents business highlights for its second quarter ended March 31, 2022.  For its second quarter of 2022, the company generated total revenues of $2.182 million compared to $982,000 for same period last year, an increase of $1.2 million. For the quarter, the company sold 3,806 immersive 3D tours compared... Read More
TIPA announces 2022 World Awards winners Events News 

TIPA announces 2022 World Awards winners

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The Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) has announced the winners of the 2022 TIPA World Awards. The 40 TIPA World Award winners represent the wide range of products and services making up the imaging industry today, including cameras, lenses, inkjet papers and printers, imaging software, video, lighting, monitors, cameraphones, and more. “Each year we have more and more products and... Read More
Former Colorado Timberline exec has new Mexico-based fulfilment center News 

Former Colorado Timberline exec has new Mexico-based fulfilment center

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Dan Greene, the former owner of now-defunct Colorado Timberline, announced a new Mexico-based company, UsMx Supply. The company is offering free samples and has no set-up fees. Greene claims the 750,000-square-foot facility offers 12-15 day shipping. Greene left the company a year prior to its abrupt closure, following the sale to private equity, according to the Advertising Speciality Institute news... Read More
Rise Above Research: Photo printing still important to consumers Market research 

Rise Above Research: Photo printing still important to consumers

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According to a new study from Rise Above Research, most consumers still print photos, despite the ability to view and share the photos electronically on mobile devices or computers. This is true across all age groups, which leaves the door open for opportunities to get consumers to print more than they do now. The 25-34-year-old age group has the highest... Read More