DECOR Expo postponed, DECOR Magazine sold
DECOR Expo and DECOR, Art Business News and VOLUME magazines announce new ownership under the newly formed Next Step Media.
Formerly owned by Summit Business Media under the company’s Art Division, the properties, along with Artexpo, were sold to Art Acquisitions LLC on July 31.
In a second transaction that day, DECOR Expo and DECOR, [...]
Athentech Perfectly Clear now available as iPhone app
Apple iPhone and iPod Touch owners now have access to a new app giving them imaging optimization technology previously available only in retail photo kiosks, minilabs, online photo sites and labs, and imaging software. Athentech Imaging Inc., Calgary, Alberta, Canada, says Apple Inc. has approved an application of Athentech’s Perfectly Clear image correction technology for [...]
Target splitting with Amazon.com
The Associated Press reports Target Corp., Minneapolis, Minn., will take over control of its own website, separating from partner Amazon.com over the next 2 years.
Amazon has worked with Target on its website for the past 8 years. Target plans to roll out its new website prior to the 2011 holiday season.
Sam’s Club to open Latino-themed warehouse club in Houston
The Houston Chronicle reports Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is seeking to attract Hispanic consumers with a Sam’s Club store carrying foods and products imported from Mexico and Central America. The 143,000-square-foot pilot store, called The Más Club, will open the first half of 2010 in Houston, Texas.
Customers of The Más Club will purchase an annual membership [...]
Mass retailers reduce product selection
Financial Times (FT) reports mass retailers, led by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Bentonville, Ark., are reversing the traditional effort to provide access to all available products by cutting back on the number of products they sells. Valuable shelf space is being reserved for best-selling lines, while inventory of products that do not sell as well is [...]
Learn how New Jersey photo retailers are going green — in just a minute — on today’s PMA Marketing Moment
In this week’s PMA Marketing Moment, Bret Harmen, co-owner of Photo Summit in Summit, N.J., takes a moment to explain how Photo Summit, along with its sister store, , are going green.
New on PMA TV: How to find unique views of famous
It’s difficult to take a unique shot of tourist icons, like the Sydney Opera House. New on PMA TV is a video from photographer Jim Everett, who demonstrates how to “break the rules” to capture an intimate view of frequently-photographed places and things, and create an unusual end result.Click here to go directly to Everett’s [...]
