New European sales manager at Xaar
Xaar, Cambridge, England, U.K., the independent supplier of industrial inkjet printheads, has announced the appointment of Keith Nixon (BSc, MBA) to the role of European Sales Manager. Nixon joins Xaar after spending 12 years with Fujifilm Sericol, where his most recent role was Digital Business Manager. Prior to that, he spent some time working for [...]
Shopzilla meeting determines time is money in shopping search
Shopzilla Inc., Los Angeles, Calif., a leading global comparison shopping network, opened its doors to SpeedGeeks L.A., a Southern California meetup focused on delivering high performance websites. The theme of this SpeedGeek L.A. inaugural event was how faster websites result in better consumer experience, deeper engagement, and ultimately a boost to the bottom line.
Google’s Steve [...]
Rite Aid reports 0.5 percent same store sales decrease for October
Rite Aid Corp., Camp Hill, Pa., announced for the four weeks ended Oct. 24, 2009, same store sales decreased 0.5 percent over the prior-year period. Front-end same store sales decreased 2.7 percent while pharmacy same store sales, which included an approximate 200 basis points negative impact from new generic introductions, increased 0.5 percent.
Total drugstore sales [...]
Target.com expands free-shipping promotion for the holidays
Target.com, Minneapolis, Minn., is providing customers with a broader and deeper selection of free-shipping items this holiday season, including free shipping on more than 100,000 select items across the Target.com site when guests spend $50 or more on Target.com.
In addition to expanding the number of items available for free site-to-home shipping by 50 percent this [...]
Hoya announces 16 percent decrease in second quarter sales
Hoya Corp., Tokyo, Japan, announced financial results for the second quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009. Net sales were 106.8 billion yen for the quarter, a 16.8 percent decrease from 128.3 billion yen in the same period last year. Operating income was 18.7 billion yen , a 9.2 percent decrease from 20.6 billion yen in the [...]
New pigment-based inks for direct-to-substrate printers available from Direct Color Systems
Direct Color Systems, a manufacturer of small-format, direct-to-substrate printers, introduced its Multisolve IR7 pigmented inks. These mild solvent-type inks were designed exclusively for Direct Color Systems’ Model 1309, 1314 and 1324 Direct Jet printers. They can also be used in the company’s model 1212 and 1320 printers when a solvent-resistant head is installed in the [...]
Office Depot announces third quarter declines
Office Depot Inc., Boca Raton, Fla., announced sales for the fiscal quarter ending Sept. 26, 2009, decreased 17 percent to $3 billion. Excluding the impact of foreign currency translation on the International Division, total Company sales were down 15 percent.
The Company reported a net loss of $413 million in the third quarter of 2009, compared [...]
Hear the fresh ideas of under-40 industry members in today’s DIMAcast
Opening new camera stores? Buying existing camera stores? Are these things happening this century? Bill McCurry took the DIMAcast microphone to a recent PRO educational gathering and found executives under the age of 40 who own or manage imaging firms. They’re excited about their future and they’re investing their money, their talents and their passion. [...]
Panasonic reports second-quarter and six-month decreases
Panasonic Corp., Osaka, Japan, reported consolidated financial results for the second quarter and six months ended Sept. 30, 2009, of the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2010 (fiscal 2010).
Consolidated group sales for the second quarter decreased 21 percent to 1,737.8 billion yen, from 2,191.7 billion yen in the same three-month period a year ago. [...]
Fiskars celebrates 360th anniversary
Scissors maker Fiskars, Madison, Wis., celebrated its 360th year of business in October. What began in 1649 as a small ironworks on the banks of the Fiskars River in Finland is now a global consumer products company with operations in 21 countries.
“This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime event – an opportunity few companies ever get to [...]
