CRIS named authorized Pentax factory service provider
Camera Repair Instrument Service (CRIS), Chandler, Ariz., was named by Pentax Imaging Co., Golden, Colo., to provide factory repair service for Pentax brand cameras and sport optics consumer products. In this agreement, CRIS will act as the “factory service facility” for dealers, and consumers in the United States.
Camera Repair Instrument Service (CRIS) is one of [...]
PMA Data Watch: Digital camera sales down in May
According to NPD Inc., digital camera sales were down 18 percent in May 2009, compared to the same month last year. Sales in dollar terms were down even further (-24 percent), indicating falling prices on digital cameras. When compared to the previous year, camera sales have been down for the past few months. Digital camera [...]
Ritz Camera regrouping, ready for digital age
Ritz Camera and Image, the new company emerging from the bankrupt Ritz Camera Centers Inc., will be a smaller, “hipper” company going forward, according to an interview with CEO David M. Ritz in Saturday’s Washington Post. According to the article, Ritz Camera and Image “will reinvent itself in a new ad campaign aimed at drawing [...]
New DIMAcast McCurry Marketing Idea Exchange presents “brain buzzes” from
In today’s DIMAcast, Bill McCurry brings back several “brain buzzes” — ideas to get your brain buzzing — from the just-completed 51st Photographic Research Organization (PRO) Annual Convention and Trade Show in Palm Srings, Calif.. Listen and hear great ideas from seven photo dealers on topics ranging from scanning prints to classes to endearing customers [...]
