Improving the Image: The Benefits of Photo Retouching for Online Businesses Feature Marketing 

Improving the Image: The Benefits of Photo Retouching for Online Businesses

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Ecommerce is growing nonstop and has boomed over the last few years. It’s estimated that consumers worldwide will have spent almost $3.46 trillion online in 2019, and it’s expected to grow even more in the future. In today’s competitive marketplace, digital photos play an important role in attracting businesses and representing the brand. Images show off your products and services... Read More
Photo organization app Mylio announces simplified pricing model Promotions 

Photo organization app Mylio announces simplified pricing model

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Photo organizing app Mylio announced a new, consolidated two-level pricing plan: Mylio Free offers up to 25,000 photos, three devices, and image editing, and Mylio Premium now includes unlimited photo storage, unlimited devices, and RAW image editing for $9.99 per month ($99.00 per year). This is a savings of $150.00 over previous pricing plans with significantly more flexibility to address today’s growing photo... Read More
Photo-Me reports six-month revenue up 3% Earnings reports News 

Photo-Me reports six-month revenue up 3%

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Photo-Me International plc, the U.K.-based instant-service equipment company, announced six-month increased 3.3%. The Group’s first-half performance was in line with expectations, delivering further revenue and profit growth and further expansion of the Laundry business,” according to a company statement. “Total revenue increased by 3.3% to £123.9 million and by 0.4% to £120.3 million on an underlying revenue basis. Profit before... Read More
Canon, Sony, Panasonic commit to photokina 2020 support Events News People on the Move 

Canon, Sony, Panasonic commit to photokina 2020 support

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A delegation of the City of Cologne, Koelnmesse and the association of the photo industry (PIV)  recently visited Tokyo, Japan. The Mayor of Cologne, Henriette Reker, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Koelnmesse, Gerald Böse, and the Chairman of the PIV, Kai Hillebrandt, were warmly welcomed at a celebratory reception in the German Embassy in Tokyo by Ambassador Ina... Read More
Printful taking Printify to court over intellectual property infringement News 

Printful taking Printify to court over intellectual property infringement

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Printed products manufacturer Printful Inc. filed charges in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco on Dec. 3, accusing print on-demand platform Printify Inc. of infringement of intellectual property rights and unfair commercial practices, according to Printful Latvia representatives. According to published reports, Printful Latvia representatives announced  Printful has accused Printify of illegally copying and... Read More
Unique Photo opens photography superstore in Philadelphia’s Old City District News 

Unique Photo opens photography superstore in Philadelphia’s Old City District

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New Jersey-based photography superstore Unique Photo announced the opening of a four-story superstore in the historic Old City District of Philadelphia. The 9,600-square-foot location opened its doors on Nov 29. Located at 28 South Street, the superstore features four floors of retail space, a multi-media learning center, professional photo lab and studio space. Additionally, the store is an Apple authorized service... Read More
Growing your photo business with blogs Feature Marketing 

Growing your photo business with blogs

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How do photo businesses market themselves in today’s complex and connected world? Many would first say social media, and they would be right. Facebook, Instagram, and other sites have certainly changed the game when it comes to imaging industry outreach. Yet blogs and websites showcasing work also have an equal, if at times more key, role to play. We might... Read More
App updates, people on the move and more for the week through Dec. 4 News 

App updates, people on the move and more for the week through Dec. 4

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Rumours and interesting items from around the internet Shutterfly sent improper arbitration email, says class-action suit, via Law360. Just a filter doesn’t cut it anymore,’ says Glo Up Club founder, via Yahoo Finance Pro photography news It’s crunch time for Seattle-based photo giant Getty Images, and for photographers, via the Seattle Times: “With its vast archive of more than 350... Read More
Carl Icahn publishes letter blasting HP for “recalcitrance” in rejected Xerox offer Acquisitions News Opinion 

Carl Icahn publishes letter blasting HP for “recalcitrance” in rejected Xerox offer

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Activist investor Carl Icahn posted an open letter to HP shareholders today, criticizing the HP Inc. board for rejecting Xerox Corp.‘s merger overtures. Icahn, who respectively owns about 10.85% of Xerox and 4.24% of HP, stated HP is going down the path forged by former foe Eastman Kodak Co., which is often criticized for wasting resources on a series of failed... Read More
Venus Optics announces three lenses: 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D, 100mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO and 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5X Ultra Macro New Products 

Venus Optics announces three lenses: 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D, 100mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO and 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5X Ultra Macro

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Venus Optics has added three Canon RF and Nikon Z variant lenses. Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D provides the new world’s widest angle of view and fastest f/2.8 aperture on Canon & Nikon’s mirrorless systems, the company claims. The 100mm f/2.8 ultra-macro creates 2X magnified close-up shots without chromatic aberration and and the 25mm f/2.8 ultra-macro revolutionizes macro photography between 2.5X... Read More
Phase One launches Capture One 20 New Products Updates 

Phase One launches Capture One 20

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Phase One has launched the latest version of its image-editing software, Capture One 20, with enhancements driven by user feedback from the Capture One user community. These improved capabilities include a Color Editor and Noise Reduction Tool. These developments all stem from user-input and Capture One’s commitment to satisfy requests and deliver beyond. “We want to enable creatives to achieve... Read More
Canon introduces PIXMA G7020 Wireless MegaTank printer New Products 

Canon introduces PIXMA G7020 Wireless MegaTank printer

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Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced the PIXMA G7020 Wireless MegaTank All-In-One Printer for volume printing of photos and documents. The $399 PIXMA G7020 printer provides printing up to 6,000 black text pages, 7,700 vivid color pages and 8,300 black economy pages per each full ink bottle set. The PIXMA G7020 printer uses both pigment-based and dye-based ink allowing for sharp black... Read More
Holiday weekend sales top records Market research News 

Holiday weekend sales top records

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A record 189.6 million U.S. consumers shopped from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday this year, an increase of 14 percent over last year’s 165.8 million, according to the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Shoppers spent an average $361.90 on holiday items over the five-day period, up 16 percent from $313.29 during the same period last year, the... Read More
Early-bird registration closing for Imaging USA 2020 Events 

Early-bird registration closing for Imaging USA 2020

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PPA convention returns to Nashville, TN, for more than three days of education, networking, demos, and parties Early-bird registration for Imaging USA 2020, for Professional Photographers of America‘s annual photography convention and expo, closes tonight, until 11:59 p.m. The early-bird registration of $244 is $25 off the full member rate of $269. More than 10,000 photography professionals will go to... Read More
Small world: Shutterfly CEO has connection to former Shutterfly CEO News Opinion People on the Move 

Small world: Shutterfly CEO has connection to former Shutterfly CEO

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Newly private photo personalization leader Shutterfly Inc. named a new CEO last week, a move that surprised many industry watchers. Ryan O’Hara had only come on board in June, 2019, succeeding in an orderly manner the departing Christopher North. North’s departure was announced in February, and the company had three months of transition to O’Hara, during which the company announced... Read More