MailPix expands products and services available through 1 Hour Photo app New Products News 

MailPix expands products and services available through 1 Hour Photo app

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MailPix announced new products and services for its popular 1 Hour Photo app. 1 Hour Photo is the convenient photo-printing app offering pick up at more than 21,000 locations among all five of the largest U.S retailers with photo services –  CVS, Walmart, Walgreen’s, Duane Reade and Target stores. 1 Hour Photo is available for iOS and for Android. Today, MailPix... Read More
GraphicConverter 11.2 updates imaging functions Updates 

GraphicConverter 11.2 updates imaging functions

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Independent developer Lemke Software GmbH released GraphicConverter 11.2, an update to the image-editing utility for macOS. The utility can convert any of 200+ graphic file formats into any of 90+ other graphic formats. New features in version 11.2 include a Live Unskew effect, Dehaze filter, Bulging Eyes filter, and numerous other new and updated features, as well as bug fixes... Read More
Apparel company taps CEO to model new products due to COVID-19 News 

Apparel company taps CEO to model new products due to COVID-19

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A custom team apparel company based in Columbus, Ohio, Emblem Athletic, launched a new service to make it easy for small businesses to order customizable face masks – but did so with a special guest product model: Mike Nemeth, their CEO. The new service, named Emblem Shield, launched quickly but without initial product photography because their usual models were unavailable... Read More
Apple updates 13-inch MacBook Pro with usable keyboard New Products 

Apple updates 13-inch MacBook Pro with usable keyboard

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Apple updated the 13-inch MacBook Pro with the new Magic Keyboard for “the best typing experience” ever on a Mac notebook and doubled the storage across all standard configurations. The new lineup also offers 10th-generation processors for up to 80 percent faster graphics performance and makes 16GB of faster 3733MHz memory standard on select configurations, the company said. With powerful... Read More
B&H Photo lays off 400 staff members News 

B&H Photo lays off 400 staff members

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B&H Photo and Video, the iconic Manhattan consumer-electronics store, has laid off about 400 of its 2,000 employees, according to published reports. The superstore at Ninth Ave. and West 34th Street closed in mid-March but, according to the Jewish Press, kept employees on staff through Passover. The store’s HR Director Izzy Friedman told staff last Wednesday the store had “waited... Read More
How to create photos for your online store Marketing Tips and tricks 

How to create photos for your online store

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The key to branding your products on your online store is to create great product shots. Your customers can’t touch or feel your products. The only way to attract your market is by showing them photos in the best light possible. Professional and high-quality images will drive traffic to your website and even increase your conversions. Unfortunately, not all online... Read More
Family History Metadata group formed to assist with picture data preservation News 

Family History Metadata group formed to assist with picture data preservation

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The Family History Metadata Working Group (FHMWG), a public initiative for family history technology companies, announces its was formed and launched Feb. 27 at the RootsTech Conference in Salt Lake City, UT. FHMWG says it will help organize and provide standards to create shared industry best practices for digital preservation. The FHMWG is a collaboration between public organizations and private... Read More
Onyx Graphics launches ONYX TruFit software Updates 

Onyx Graphics launches ONYX TruFit software

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Onyx Graphics Inc., announced ONYX TruFit, the company’s new shape-based nesting software. Using artificial intelligence to search millions of combinations for the most precise nests and media utilization, the company says ONYX TruFit saves valuable print production time and reduces media usage up to 50 percent. Designed to work seamlessly across both Windows and Mac OS platforms and with any... Read More
Industry notes for the week of May 2 News 

Industry notes for the week of May 2

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Industry Notes for the week of May 2 Adorama Wins Best Instagram Live” in the 12th Annual Shorty Awards Adorama won a Shorty Award for Best Instagram Live for its production, “Styling on a Budget for Fashion Photography with Lindsay Adler.” Lifetouch lays off 400+ workers in Maryland Lifetouch reported laying off 413 workers effective March 12, according to a notice filed on the Maryland... Read More
Henry’s files for protection, will close seven stores News 

Henry’s files for protection, will close seven stores

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Leading Canadian photo specialty retailer Henry’s, a division of family-owned Cranbrook Glen Enterprises Ltd., announced dramatic restructuring, including a creditor protection filing and the plans to permanently close seven of its 29 stores across Canada. Grant Thornton Ltd. of Toronto is the trustee. The company’s e-commerce operations continue, and the 22 remaining stores will open when the COVID-19 situation passes.... Read More
Tamron USA announces Mother’s Day instant savings Promotions 

Tamron USA announces Mother’s Day instant savings

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Tamron USA Inc. announced Instant Savings for Mother’s Day on three of the company’s best-selling zoom lenses. The 18-400mm, for crop-sensor Canon and Nikon DSLRs as well as crop-sensor mirrorless cameras with the manufacturer adapter, has a $100 Instant Savings. And Tamron’s fast wide-angle and standard zooms for Sony full-frame mirrorless cameras—the 17-28mm F/2.8 Di III RXD and 28-75mm F/2.8... Read More
Vistaprint parent Cimpress takes $300 million investment from Apollo Global Management News 

Vistaprint parent Cimpress takes $300 million investment from Apollo Global Management

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Apollo Global Management Inc. is investing $300 million in Cimpress plc, the parent of Vistaprint and other commercial printing entities. The move is part of several actions Cimpress management is taking to counter the impact of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, Apollo Global – which manages billions of dollars across multiple funds and sectors – purchased Shutterfly and Snapfish.... Read More
Printful launches marketplace keyword research tool News 

Printful launches marketplace keyword research tool

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Printful launched a free SEO software, Keyword Scout, in a public beta. Keyword Scout’s main functionality is to help Printful customers optimize their Etsy listings and increase their search visibility and sales on the Etsy marketplace. Keyword Scout offers SEO tips and keyword suggestions for the Etsy Marketplace; with the tool, customers can analyze their listings and learn how to... Read More