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Book now to get low PSPA/SPAA conference hotel rate
With less than one month before the 2012 PSPA/SPAA Conference at the Renaissance Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev., rooms are filling fast and, once filled, the $139 single/double conference rate expires. To … [Read More...]
Comscore: Samsung is top mobile handset maker
comScore Inc.,Reston, Va., reported Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 25.3 percent market share, according to a study of 30,000 U.S. mobilr subscribers.Google Android … [Read More...]
CeWe Color acquires Saxoprint GmbH, Dresden
CeWe Color AG & Co., Oldenburg, Germany, has acquired online printer Saxoprint GmbH, Dresden, Germany. The price was not disclosed. 'This acquisition will quickly give us a leading position on … [Read More...]
Costco reports January sales up 11 percent
Costco Wholesale Corp., Issaquah, Wash., reported net sales of $7 billion for the month of January, the four weeks ended Jan. 29, 2012, an increase of 11 percent from $6.30 billion during the similar … [Read More...]
Avid edits HD on iPad
Leading film and video editing tool developer Avid released its first application for the iPad, “leveraging decades of experience working closely with the world’s leading movie and television … [Read More...]
Stan Freimuth named CEO of Presstek
Stanley E. Freimuth was named chairman, president and CEO, of Presstek Inc., Greenwich, Conn., effective Feb. 13. Presstek is a digital offset printing supplier. Freimuth, who has been a member of the … [Read More...]
Shutterfly announces 58 percent increase in fourth quarter revenues
Shutterfly Inc., Redwood City, Calif., reported fourth-quarter net revenues were $263.8 million, a 59-percent year-over-year increase. In the fourth-quarter, Personalized Products and Services net … [Read More...]
Curtain call: Kodak seeking exit from theatre sponsorship
The Wall Street Journal reports Eastman Kodak Co. aims to cut costs in its Chapter 11 restructuring by getting out of its $75 million, 20-year sponsorship agreement for exclusive naming rights to the … [Read More...]
Business Journal: Lifetouch closing Tennessee plant
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reports Lifetouch Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn., is shuttering a plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., acquired through its purchase last year of Olan Mills Inc. The … [Read More...]
New Pentax ILC highlights design
Pentax-Ricoh calls Marc Newson “one of the most acclaimed and influential contemporary designers” — and worked with him to develop its newest compact system camera, the K-01. The company … [Read More...]
Nevercenter launches CameraBag 2 Desktop for Windows, Mac OS
Nevercenter Ltd. Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, has launched CameraBag 2 Desktop, Windows and Mac OS X versions of its popular image-editing app. CameraBag 2 can apply classic film stocks and techniques … [Read More...]
42x zoom highlight of nine new Nikons
“Breaking the zoom barrier,” Nikon says, it’s new P510 “brings the action close” with a 42x lens that zooms from 24mm wide to 1000mm, with optical image stabilization. “With this … [Read More...]
Hirai replaces Stringer as Sony CEO
Sony appointed Kazuo Hirai as president and chief executive officer, effective April 1, replacing Howard Stringer, who will become chairman of the board of directors in June. Hirai is currently … [Read More...]
Industry veterans acquire Express Digital Graphics including Photoreflect and Labtricity products
Photoreflect LLC, a new Austin, Texas-based company formed by the owners of Imaging Spectrum Inc. of Dallas, Texas, announces it has finalized the acquisition of Express Digital Graphics (also known … [Read More...]
PPFA elects 2012-2013 board of directors
Members of the Professional Picture Framers Association (PPFA), a PMA member association, elected their 2012-13 board of directors Jan. 31 at the PPFA Luncheon and All-Member Meeting held at the … [Read More...]
Stoik Imaging offering photo caricature app for Android
Stoik Imaging, Moscow, Russia, released its Stoik Photo Deformer app for Android, which now includes Facebook integration. The new release has automated face recognition and pre-defined morphing … [Read More...]
Events
Tamron’s Mom to Mom Project launches the latest exhibit to the series
Tamron's Mom to Mom Project launched the latest exhibit to the series, "Tips for Taking Photos Indoors", showcasing the moms' images and descriptions … [Read More...]
GoingPro Bootcamp set for Feb. 18 in Las Vegas
GoingPro Bootcamp, the business program for emerging professional photographers, will hold its second live bootcamp Feb. 18, in Las Vegas, Nev. Since … [Read More...]
PMA advances growth plans for next year, PMA@CES 2013
Mark your calendar for 2013 PMA@CES, Jan. 8-11, 2013 After a successful PMA@CES exhibition and conferences in Las Vegas, the leadership of PMA, the … [Read More...]
On the DIMAcast: Marketing Ideas Exchange from PMA@CES
Why did so many people cram into one room to participate in Session D32, Bill McCurry's DIMA Marketing Ideas Exchange? So they could get one or two or … [Read More...]
Photo industry “Young Guns” talk connections
At the PMA@CES Official Business Session, “Young Guns of the Photo Industry”, at the Venetian last week, four bright young … [Read More...]
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PMA News
Do you have deals that you thought would close months ago, yet somehow they remain in your pipeline — stale opportunities? It’s time to start … [Read More...]
With less than one month before the 2012 PSPA/SPAA Conference at the Renaissance Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev., rooms are filling fast and, once filled, … [Read More...]
The smart phone can do more than take photos -- it is also a connected computerized camera. These capabilities means it can see, understand, and … [Read More...]
Mark your calendar for 2013 PMA@CES, Jan. 8-11, 2013 After a successful PMA@CES exhibition and conferences in Las Vegas, the leadership of PMA, the … [Read More...]
Following weeks of media speculation, Eastman Kodak Co. today filed voluntary petitions for chapter 11 business reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy … [Read More...]
