The Customization Group launches customized photo shop platform “Fotowelt” News 

The Customization Group launches customized photo shop platform “Fotowelt”

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The Customization Group, the Cologne, Germany-based customized photo products and mass customization company with its best-known brand MEINFOTO.de, launched the ‘Fotowelt’ platform offering businesses an easy and efficient way to create a customized photo shop for their brand. ‘Fotowelt’ allows businesses to choose from a wide range of high-quality photo products, including photo canvases, photo books, photos behind acrylic, photos... Read More
European photo buying group Ringfoto has a record year in 2023 Earnings reports 

European photo buying group Ringfoto has a record year in 2023

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European imaging news site Foto-Contact reports the largest European buying group Ringfoto GmbH & Co. KG also sold more cameras, video products, lenses, video accessories, drones, and photo books in 2023, achieving record results, based on the group’s announcement at the start of this year’s roadshow. While the average price of cameras, according to GfK, rose again by almost 10... Read More
PRO Spring Convention brings together camera dealers Events 

PRO Spring Convention brings together camera dealers

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The Dead Pixels Society attended the Photographic Research Organization (PRO) Spring Convention & Trade Show in Lincolnshire, IL, March 20-21. The annual spring event brings in camera dealers from around North America for community, education, and knowledge sharing. In this video, we talk with PRO president Tony Miresse, Art’s Cameras Plus and Mark Leonard, COO, PRO, about what makes this... Read More
CEWE is planning further turnover and earnings growth in 2024 Earnings reports News 

CEWE is planning further turnover and earnings growth in 2024

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CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA  presented the results for 2023 and the outlook for 2024 at the Annual Press and Analysts’ Conference. The company closed the 2023 financial year with a significant increase in turnover and earnings: Group turnover, including futalis, which was sold in December 2023, increased by +6.5%, rising by €47.8 million to 788.8 million euros (2022: €741.0 million),... Read More
Felix Schoeller shows expanded lines at DSCOOP Indy Events New Products 

Felix Schoeller shows expanded lines at DSCOOP Indy

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Felix Schoeller is fulfilling its PAPER MADE FOR LIFE brand promise with its iconic E-PHOTO® range for HP Indigo, its S-RACE sublimation range for fabric and hard substrate, as well as a first glimpse at new sustainable product solutions at this year’s DSCOOP Edge (March 24-27) in Indianapolis, IN. “We are pushing forward with our One-Stop-Shop approach and are about... Read More
Peakto update adds AI keywords News 

Peakto update adds AI keywords

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CYME updated its universal cataloger, Peakto, with AI-boosted and cross-catalog photo keywording. Peakto 1.12 automates mass keyword assignment to scattered photos, serving as the indispensable control tower to centralize and harmonize all associated keywords in a photo library. Key features of Peakto 1.12 include: Automatic Keyword Assignment: Peakto’s artificial intelligence recognizes image content and suggests appropriate keywords, saving users valuable... Read More
Deja vu: Fujifilm files patent claim against Kodak News 

Deja vu: Fujifilm files patent claim against Kodak

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Fujifilm Corp. has launched a legal action against Eastman Kodak Co. and claims its Sonora processless plates infringe on Fujifilm’s patents. The patent infringement lawsuit was lodged against Eastman Kodak in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on March 20. Fujifilm has asserted four patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 10,427,443, 10,525,696, 10,875,346, and 11,294,279) on various aspects... Read More
Charting creative entrepreneurship and small business marketing with Drew Donaldson Marketing Podcasts 

Charting creative entrepreneurship and small business marketing with Drew Donaldson

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Have you ever found yourself at a career crossroads, yearning for creative liberation and the thrill of entrepreneurship? Drew Donaldson, founder of GroHaus, joins Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society to share his transformation from a film and television graduate to a marketing maven. Donaldson transports us through inspirations drawn from his parents’ business savvy, and how a mix of resilience, strategic thinking, and a dash... Read More
Claranova reports first half sales exceed €300 million Earnings reports News 

Claranova reports first half sales exceed €300 million

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PlanetArt parent Claranova reports half-year sales exceeded €300 million, with a normalized operating profit up 67% at constant rates to €27.5 million for an operating margin of 9.1%, with a net result of €2.2 million “The results for this first half of 2023-2024 demonstrate the tremendous work carried out by the teams for almost two years and the vigor of... Read More
Logitech debuts Mevo Core streaming Micro-Four Thirds camera News 

Logitech debuts Mevo Core streaming Micro-Four Thirds camera

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Logitech International introduced Mevo Core, the next generation live streaming camera in the Mevo ecosystem, now with Micro-Four Thirds lens mount. Mevo Core is available now for $999 (camera body only) at Mevo.com, B&H Photo Video and Amazon in the US and Canada, and will be offered with lens bundles at select retailers. Mevo Core is a 4K camera built for... Read More
NRF: Retail sales to reach at least $5.23 trillion in 2024 News 

NRF: Retail sales to reach at least $5.23 trillion in 2024

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The National Retail Federation (NRF) forecast that retail sales will increase in 2024 between 2.5% and 3.5% to between $5.23 trillion and $5.28 trillion. The announcement was made during NRF’s fourth annual State of Retail & the Consumer virtual discussion on the health of American consumers and the retail industry. “The resiliency of consumers continues to power the American economy, and... Read More
Canon unveils enhanced PRISMA Home v1.5 Cloud Portal New Products 

Canon unveils enhanced PRISMA Home v1.5 Cloud Portal

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Canon U.S.A. Inc. launched the revamped PRISMA Home v1.5 portal for accessing and managing PRISMA cloud-based applications. This update offers enhanced features and tools designed to empower Canon production printing and large format customers to help optimize access to their workflow processes and print production solutions. PRISMA Home serves as a centralized hub for cloud-based PRISMA workflow applications and tools... Read More
EFI adds new VUTEk Q3h XP and EFI Pro 33r Printers New Products 

EFI adds new VUTEk Q3h XP and EFI Pro 33r Printers

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Electronics For Imaging, Inc. introduced the EFI VUTEk Q3h XP printer – a true high-speed hybrid flatbed/roll-fed LED printer, offering superior-quality imaging along with flexible and versatile production-level throughput – and the next generation 3.2-metre EFI Pro 33r roll-to-roll LED printer. The new, 3.3-metre-wide VUTEk Q3h XP hybrid flatbed/roll-fed LED printer is available with four (CMYK) or six (CMYK, lc,... Read More
Tiffen 58mm Filter System now works with iPhone New Products 

Tiffen 58mm Filter System now works with iPhone

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Tiffen brings its award-winning professional motion picture and still lens filters to the iPhone with the new Tiffen Smartphone 58mm Filter Mount. The mount uses Apple’s MagSafe Technology to  magnetically secures to the back of an iPhone, where it accepts any Tiffen 58mm filter including Neutral Density (NDs), UV Protectors, Polarizers, Glimmerglass, Pro-Mist, Smoque, and Fog diffusion. The Tiffen Smartphone... Read More