Fujifilm looking to hire 600 seasonal employees for photo product production News 

Fujifilm looking to hire 600 seasonal employees for photo product production

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FUJIFILM North America Corp.’s Personalized Photo Products Group announced it will hire up to 600 seasonal employees for production roles at its Greenwood, S.C., manufacturing plant as the company enters its busiest production season of the year. The Fujifilm plant provides a wide variety of custom photo products ranging from photo books, prints and cards to ornaments, textiles, wall décor,... Read More
Kodak Moments highlights power of printed pictures in new videos Marketing 

Kodak Moments highlights power of printed pictures in new videos

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Kodak Moments has launched a series of videos centered around the value of displaying printed photos in the home. The “Let Your Home Tell Your Story” series of videos features vignettes of how printed photos displayed in the home cam make special moments last longer. The subjects range from a pair of best friends getting matching tattoos to a father... Read More
Shutterfly survey reports young consumers prefer physical holiday cards Market research News 

Shutterfly survey reports young consumers prefer physical holiday cards

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Shutterfly released the results of a survey of 2,000 adults conducted by OnePoll regarding trends in holiday cards and gifting across both product categories, spanning generations. The survey found a resurgence in the popularity of tangible holiday expressions and that traditional physical cards and personalized gifts reign supreme in conveying the sentiment of the season, the company said. According to... Read More
Audax Private Debt providing additional financing for ImaqeQuix add-on acquisitions Investments News 

Audax Private Debt providing additional financing for ImaqeQuix add-on acquisitions

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Audax Private Debt announced, as administrative agent and sole lead arranger, it provided a unitranche credit facility to support add-on acquisitions for Charlesbank Capital Partners’ portfolio company, ImageQuix, the provider of workflow and e-commerce software for the professional photography industry. According to Investopedia, “unitranche” is “a type of debt that combines senior and subordinated debt into one debt instrument; it... Read More
Canva launches music library in partnership with Warner Music Group, Merlin, and a dozen others News 

Canva launches music library in partnership with Warner Music Group, Merlin, and a dozen others

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Canva is making it easy for its Pro and Education customers to access a new library of music clips featuring some of the world’s biggest artists. By doing so, the company is enabling its community of millions to create more engaging content by incorporating their favorite songs into their design work. For the first time, Canva is providing access to... Read More
Picsart launches Ignite, a suite of AI tools New Products 

Picsart launches Ignite, a suite of AI tools

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Picsart launched a suite of AI tools, Picsart Ignite. to allow the seamless creation of ads, social posts, logos, and more, aiming for the popular graphics platforms like Canva, Visme, and more. This suite catalyzes imagination, enabling users to effortlessly transform their ideas into vibrant visual content for their brands, selves or businesses, the company says. Picsart Ignite is now... Read More
Shutterstock unveils TRUST, its approach for ethical AI News 

Shutterstock unveils TRUST, its approach for ethical AI

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Shutterstock, Inc. announced TRUST, a guiding framework that embodies Shutterstock’s long-standing values and commitment to using AI responsibly in its products and workflows. TRUST, an acronym for Training, Royalties, Uplift, Safeguards, and Transparency, serves as an action-driven checklist for companies experimenting with AI technologies and reiterates Shutterstock’s lifelong, contributor-centric operating principles, the company said. TRUST’s commitments include: Training on properly... Read More
Applying LEAN Techniques to Creative Businesses with Stuart MacDonald Marketing News Podcasts 

Applying LEAN Techniques to Creative Businesses with Stuart MacDonald

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What if the strategy for eliminating waste and enhancing efficiency from the corporate world could be applied to magic? Join us for a spellbinding conversation with Stuart MacDonald, a one-of-a-kind magician turned entrepreneur who dared to do just that. MacDonald, whose career spans from touring as a magician to running a haunted house, to entering the corporate world and filming... Read More
Eastman Kodak reports flat income on lower sales Earnings reports 

Eastman Kodak reports flat income on lower sales

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Eastman Kodak Co. reported third-quarter revenues of $269 million, compared with $289 million for Q3 2022, a decrease of $20 million or 7 percent. Net income was $2 million, flat compared with Q3 2022. A quarter-end cash balance of $246 million, compared with $217 million on December 31, 2022, an increase of $29 million. Cash flow from operations improved $151... Read More
NRF: 2023 Holiday Sales Will Have a ‘Whole New Set of Dynamics’ News 

NRF: 2023 Holiday Sales Will Have a ‘Whole New Set of Dynamics’

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Every retail holiday season since the pandemic has been unique, and that will be the case again this year, said Jack Kleinhenz, chief economist, National Retail Federation (NRF). “The last few holiday shopping seasons have been filled with unmatched peculiarities for consumers and retailers alike,” Kleinhenz said. In 2020, sales surged 9.1% year over year despite the challenges of COVID-19,... Read More
Sony debuts Alpha 9 III full-frame mirrorless camera with a global shutter system New Products 

Sony debuts Alpha 9 III full-frame mirrorless camera with a global shutter system

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Sony Electronics introduced the Alpha 9 III camera equipped with the first full-frame global shutter image sensor, as well as the lightweight 300mm telephoto prime lens G Master (SEL300F28GM). The newly developed global shutter image sensor exposes and reads all pixels simultaneously, unlike a rolling shutter sensor that records images sequentially from the top row of pixels to the bottom.... Read More
GoPro reports third-quarter revenue of $294 million Earnings reports News 

GoPro reports third-quarter revenue of $294 million

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GoPro, Inc. announced third-quarter revenue of $294 million, down 4% from last year, while the quarterly net loss was $4 million, compared to $18 million in net income. GoPro subscriber count ended Q3 at 2.5 million, up 20% year-over-year. “GoPro had a strong third quarter, demonstrating the merits of the growth strategy we initiated in May,” said Nicholas Woodman, GoPro’s founder... Read More
Blackmagic Design dropping prices Cloud Store devices Promotions 

Blackmagic Design dropping prices Cloud Store devices

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Blackmagic Design announced new lower prices for all Blackmagic Cloud Store models. The Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini 8TB is reduced to US$1,645, the Blackmagic Cloud Store 20TB was reduced to US$5,645 and the Blackmagic Cloud Store 80TB model is reduced to US$15,595. The Blackmagic Cloud Store and Cloud Store Mini are very fast high-capacity network disks designed to handle large... Read More