Cash-starved Urbanimmersive to reduce workforce, seek financing News 

Cash-starved Urbanimmersive to reduce workforce, seek financing

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Quebec-based real-estate imaging company Urbanimmersive Inc. announces a workforce reduction and a review of its available alternatives. In the last fiscal year, the company experienced a decline in revenues across all its divisions and regions due to the decreased number of new properties for sale entering the real estate market. So far in this fiscal year, contrary to historical seasonal... Read More
Shutterfly extending photo deletion date following customer complaints New Products News 

Shutterfly extending photo deletion date following customer complaints

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A Boston TV station acted quickly when a viewer complained that Shutterfly‘s new photo deletion policy for customers who no longer place orders resulted in her photos being unintentionally deleted. As a result, the leading photo personalization products company has extended its deadline for deleting customer photos from inactive accounts from March 29 to May 30, 2023. According to the... Read More
Picanova rebrands as “The Customization Group” Marketing News 

Picanova rebrands as “The Customization Group”

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Wall-decor company Picanova Group announced its rebranding as The Customization Group, which “reflects the company’s significant growth, diversification, and expansion into new products and sales channels, including textiles, apparel, paper goods, accessories, and more.” The Customization Group operates five production sites worldwide, capable of producing more than 500,000 customized products daily. With over 1,000 people working for the company across... Read More
Bloomberg: Shutterfly bonds fall on delay of annual report Earnings reports 

Bloomberg: Shutterfly bonds fall on delay of annual report

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Bloomberg Law reports Apollo Global Management-backed Shutterfly LLC’s bonds fell Tuesday, April 18, after the photo products retailer informed investors it will delay the release of its annual results for 2022, according to people with knowledge of the matter. According to the report from Bloomberg’s Reshmi Basu and Erin Hudson, Shutterfly advised debt holders it amended its credit documents to... Read More
Zenfolio releases the 2023 State of the Photography Industry Report Market research 

Zenfolio releases the 2023 State of the Photography Industry Report

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Zenfolio released its latest State of the Photography Industry Report, providing insights into the photography industry from the perspectives of professional photographers and their businesses, and is the fourth conducted since 2021. The report is derived from survey participants who primarily specialize in Portrait, Landscape, Wedding, Sports, and Family photography. The survey respondents were mostly part-time or full-time self-employed with... Read More
Meta looking to trim Instagram staff in London News 

Meta looking to trim Instagram staff in London

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Bloomberg News reports Instagram will cut or relocate its 100-person London staff as part of an overall staff reduction at parent company Meta Platforms Inc. Reporter Sarah Frier, citing “a person familiar with the matter,” said the London office, which opened in 2013, recently became an important hub for the app when its CEO, Adam Mosseri, relocate there last year.... Read More
WPPI 2023 reaches pre-pandemic levels Events 

WPPI 2023 reaches pre-pandemic levels

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Emerald Expo announced the WPPI 2023 event has reached 2019 levels of participation (although conference attendee numbers were not announced). Held at The Mirage in Las Vegas from March 5-9, the five-day conference and event featured more than 30,000 square feet of exhibit space filled with household brands including Canon, Nikon, and Fuji. The conference hosted 68 interactive photo walks,... Read More
CEWE fills vacant board position News 

CEWE fills vacant board position

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CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA announced Jörg Waskönig, 65, managing partner of Waskönig+Walter Kabel-Werk GmbH u. Co. KG, will fill the vacant Board of Trustees position of Neumüller CEWE COLOR Stiftung. Waskönig was appointed to the four-year term by the Office for Regional Development Weser-Ems (Foundation Supervisory Authority), at the request of the Board of Trustees. A graduate engineer, he... Read More
Imgur cracks down on explicit content News Updates 

Imgur cracks down on explicit content

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Ubiquitous photo-sharing site Imgur has changed its terms of service to remove explicit images and old content, effective May 15. The move brings the entire site’s policies in line with Imgur’s Community Rules, which already banned nudity and explicit content. “Explicit/Pornographic content was previously permitted to be on Imgur, but not when submitted as a comment or as a gallery... Read More
Jostens joins Minneapolis office space downsizing trend News 

Jostens joins Minneapolis office space downsizing trend

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School ring maker, yearbook, and school photography company Jostens has become the latest corporation to join the office downsizing trend, announcing Wednesday it will sublease two of its three floors of headquarters space in a Bloomington, Minnesota, building, according to the Star Tribune. Jostens, which has been in the Minnesota Center building since 2018, has hired Monarch CRE to sublease... Read More
Canva introduces The Visual Economy Report Market research 

Canva introduces The Visual Economy Report

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Canva released The Visual Economy Report featuring actionable data from 1,600 global business leaders. The company claims the report “provides the most comprehensive view into how global business leaders are approaching visual communication principles internally and externally to run more efficient teams, build stronger audience engagement, and fuel greater economic returns on their business.” Among the top findings of The Visual Economy... Read More
Mylio Photos adds support to Frame.io Camera to Cloud News Updates 

Mylio Photos adds support to Frame.io Camera to Cloud

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Photo organizing platform Mylio announced an update to Mylio Photos will offer seamless integration with video and photography creative apps to the Frame.io storage and collaboration platform. For media production teams and individual contributors using Frame.io Camera to Cloud, Mylio Photos can serve as an easy-to-use and efficient hub, the company said. Cameras with native C2C integration include Fujifilm’s X-H2S... Read More