PMDA presents first in new series of educational program
The first in a new series of educational programs from PMDA, “Social Networking: Building a Winning Strategy for Photo,” will be held on Sept. 9 from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. EST at the Yale Club, 50 Vanderbilt Ave., New York, N.Y.
In this program, industry experts will discuss how people in the photo industry can build [...]
OmegaSatter adds Jim Graham to Sales and Marketing Team
An ever-growing catalog of product lines has created the need for a “product specialist” at OmegaSatter, Hampstead, Md., says Jeff Seidel, director of sales. The new role has been filled by Jim Graham, who brings nearly 20 years of photo retail experience to this position.
As part of his position in Corporate Sales Development, Graham will [...]
Vistaprint announces dismissal of federal class action lawsuit
Vistaprint N.V., Venlo, the Netherlands, announced the purported class action lawsuit pending against VistaPrint USA Inc., Vistaprint Ltd. and two third-party merchants in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, has been dismissed by the Court.
The plaintiffs’ consolidated complaint in the lawsuit alleged that the defendants had violated the Electronic [...]
Unibind launches new line of casemaking and binding systems
Peleman Industries Inc., Alpharetta, Ga., announces a new line of affordable, fast and easy systems for outputting high-end personalized hardcover books, the Unibind CaseMaker 750A and the Unibind BCC10 binding systems.
The Unibind CaseMaker 750A and Unibind BCC10 offer a complete solution for automating the process of casemaking, binding and casing-in, solving many of the most [...]
Lexmark launches line of eight new inkjet AIOs
Lexmark International Inc., Lexington, Ky., launched its full line of eight all-in-one (AIO) inkjet printers for small to medium-sized businesses. Included is the world’s first Web-connected line of inkjet AIOs and the lowest black printing cost in the inkjet industry, Lexmark says.
Lexmark’s new 105XL black ink cartridge offers businesses a penny-per-page option for mono printing, [...]
YouTube may enter movie rental business
Bloomberg reports Google Inc.’s YouTube, San Bruno, Calif., the most- visited video Web site, is talking to Hollywood studios Sony Pictures Entertainment and Lions Gate Entertainment in preparation to start an online movie rental service for new releases.
YouTube, which gets the bulk of its videos from users, agreed last month to carry excerpts from Time [...]
Samsung Electronics drops bid to purchase SanDisk
Samsung Electronics Co., Seoul, South Korea, announced it is no longer pursuing a plan to purchase flash memory card maker SanDisk Corp., Militas, Calif., according to published reports. The company made an unsolicited attempt to acquire SanDisk for $5.85 billion in 2008. SanDisk rejected that offer as too low. Samsung then withdrew its bid, and [...]
Western Digital launches high-performance hard drives
Western Digital (WD), Lake Forest, Calif., is now shipping desktop 7200 RPM 2 TB hard drives and is qualifying with OEMs enterprise-class hard drives based on WD’s 500 gigabytes-per-platter technology. The family of WD Caviar Black drives, now led by the new 2 TB capacity, is perfect for gaming, high-performance desktop systems and workstations; while [...]
InteliCoat Technologies adds to its array of fabric offerings
InteliCoat Technologies, South Hadley, Mass., introduced Magic FAB-12 heavy polyester woven fabric for eco-solvent and solvent ink jet printing systems. This new selection combined with InteliCoat’s existing line of fabric products successfully rounds out the company’s offerings to meet the increasing demand for fabrics in the ink jet imaging market. A 12-mil, heavy woven 100 [...]
JCPenney reports August sales decrease
J. C. Penney Co. Inc., Plano, Texas, reported comparable store sales for the four-week period ended Aug. 29, 2009 decreased 7.9 percent, in-line with the Company’s guidance for sales to decrease 6 to 9 percent. In last year’s August period, comparable store sales decreased 4.9 percent. Total Company sales in August decreased 5.6 percent.
As expected, [...]
